Blog #4 Ha young Choi

My best class I ever had was Chinese class that I took at my 9^th grade. My Chinese teacher was a woman and her name was Hun Ju Yang. I attended foreign language high school in Korea. I learned Chinese 3 years in my high school. She was my homeroom teacher. I still can remember that I was in the #7 class in 9^th grade. In my country, there are about 30 students in one class and study 1year with the same classmates. She has a black and short curly hair, black eyes, little fat but cute and very white skin. When I first met her, I thought she was Chinese not Korean but she is Korean. She said the she live about more than 15years in china. She speaks well in Chinese like a Native Chinese. I liked the class because of two reasons.

I like my teacher and she likes me and my classmates very much. I was president in my class which supports my classmates and homeroom teacher. At the beginning of the semester she doesn’t like me. I was so noisy, trouble maker and always played with friends instead of studying. But after I Become a president I study hard to be love by my teacher. Her nickname was Yang mother. The reason is that she treats us life her sons and daughters. During the final week, she bought a chocolate bar and something to drink for every each one of us. When we graduated, FEB 2007, she hugged me and cried that she missed me. I was so appreciated of her concerned and her love toward us. I never met teacher like her before.

She teaches Chinese well. She graduated elementary, middle, high school and university in China. She speaks Chinese very fluently and knows a lot of Chinese characteristic. She teaches Chinese using not only the textbook but also Chinese movies, songs and news paper. I like china and Chinese language until now and ever. I will learn Chinese in BU if I have a chance.

blog #4 Jacob Lee

I think if I had to talk about a most memorable class it would be my 3rd grade of my homeroom teacher’s class which was a math class. I personal do not have an exact reason that it was the most memorable class. Well fist of all I did ditch a lot in that class for some reason; for example, to sign up for a university, sickness, and many other reasons. However, I had manages to understand everything I missed. I don’t know if it was because the teacher was our home room teacher, but he always made up for the class some how when we missed it. Moreover how the teacher taught was also different than most of the Korean teachers that taught in Korea. Most Korean teachers would make students just “work work work.” On the other had our teacher made us think more and think deeply in the questions that we did. In some way I did like it because I did not have to do many questions and it was easy going, but my 3rd year high school teacher is one of the teachers that it is hard for me to forget.

Grace Kim - Assignment 4

International school was my 3rd different style of education experience in Singapore (After Korea and Canada). I took a course called “Critical thinking”. Most of my school teachers were from England but the teacher of this course was an American (I will just call her Ms. S). C.T class had about 15 students, was a very small class so each students could get more attention.

I was in International school so the class was consist of variety of nationalities; Korean, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Australian, Japanese, Malaysian, American and so on. I especially loved this class because to be honest, it wasn’t a hard course and the teacher was amazing! I took an IB course and it is such a hardcore education (the 1st year of UK university courses) and Critical thinking class gave me some kind of relaxing time. We had lots of different kinds of activities. Especially we practice a lot of presentations and it helped me to think critically. We made flyers, advertisement video etc. and one more reason that I really loved this course was that my best friend was in it too. The most exciting assignment was to make a product advertisement. My best friend I decided to make an advertisement of a bra for females. And we decided to have a name “Zebra” for our product. And we made 60seconds of an advertisement video. We got an A for this project and we really felt everything we did were such a creative ideas. Also I realized that a minute is such a short time but it’s so hard to put things and represent the product within in a short time. Also, we went a field trip to the city. We rent a bus and went to china town and had a fabulous time. It was a little be hard to get an approval from the principle because he thought Critical class was having too much fun rather than studying(which was sort of true lol) All of us were so excited about this filed trip and we took lots of pictures and had great lunch at china town. We could just went home by subway after several hours of filed trip. My best friend and I were roommates so after the filed trip we went shopping. I really loved this class especially because I could be with my best friends. (you know high school girls lol)

I can’t really remember everything that we did in Critical Thinking class because it’s about 2 years ago. I do remember it was my favorite class from high school. However, I remember that Ms. S left our school after that semester. Other teachers were too strict but this class gave me a break though from the stressful school life. Also, I had a great practice of how to look and think things critically.

Vanessa Cruz Inoa Blog: 4

One best class in my life is Language Arts; take this class on University of Puerto Rico, Bachelors Education. In the beginning I think that class is for learn the different expression on the language. Remember the first day of the class the Professor is pretty women and look very well. Nice closeting, black and long hair and serious faces. The class starts, she introduces her self and one moment and other she takes her book bag and trough out a marionette.

She introduce her friend, his name are “POPE”. She explained the possibility of use the marionette how part of language communication. All wonder student, I never in me life thinking on University are possible that thing. The assignments for the class are really good. Because you need think in forms what the people learning and using the creativity to create activities for the classroom. One assignment is bringing to the class to story book and one thing what represent one part of the reading. For sample I was bring to the story of “Gold COQUĺ”. “COQUĺ” is the reptile symbolic of the island and the Gold Coquí is one treatment of extinction. I represent one part of the story with “Gold COQUĺ” souvenir and explain the important of reptile in the story.

The professor every day has new thing for the class some day surprising to class with movie, music, poetry, book, posters and activity what create stimulate the form of thinking. The professors in one class explain mentalities form multiples, bringing many attractive things. How book, music, calculated, paint and other stuff. This is for asking to the student which is more attractive. These form explained the mentalities form multiples. The group work is really funny; the last part of the class are necessary prepare one demonstrative class. The group in the beginning has not idea of what development topic. The group teaching pantomime “mime”. The focuses of this class are expressing the language by pantomime and art of learning whit this. All in the group work going to theater and take training of pantomime, white face paint, black clothing and gloves. The demonstrative class is excellent and the professor said good work by all class integration and used clothing for the topic.

The class has twelve students and the possibility of cancellation the class. Because in University of Puerto Rico is very important the quantity of student enrollment in the class. Twelve or more for take the class. The student enrollment in the class going to the register and accept the class with twelve student and approve for learn the course. The true is all the classes what take and taking in my student life are the best. All has the quality of learning to much knowledge what never before.

Jehwan Lee Blog assigment #4

The best teacher that I have heard is elementary school teacher. There were 6 step in elementary school. When I was in fifth grade, he was my teacher. He came from other region at that year and looks very old. The class was very active like other children class. Honesty memory is little fading so even I can't remember his name but I can remember one thing certainly. He tried to teach class by his own method, not formal teaching way like other teacher who teach me first to fourth grade.
The most different thing between he and other teacher is that his teaching style was special. The style didn't make me boring. The study meterial that indicated in text book was revised from his hand and reorganized to understand easily. Because of his skill, I study really hard but feeling .
After class, he sometimes sing us with classic guiter. At that time, the sound of guiter gives me comfortable feeling with his voice. Also he recommend to play many kind of music instrument for us such as harmonica and recorder.
It was the first time that I write essay and poem by myself because I learned how to write logically from the teacher. He didn't force to write and submit but I remember that most of us did it. He evaluate our essay and pick best one up to post back wall of class room. So I always expected that he choose mine.
The good teacher is a teacher who know and purpose of teaching. Thus, the teacher who I introduce before was know clearly what he had to do. He was elementary school teacher so that the most important thing for children was giving experience from several feilds because they had infinite potencial.

Hiu WIng, Chu blog#4

After I read the blog question, I spend a long time to figure out which is my best class that I have ever taken. In my mind, many teacher's face come up, but no one is American. Maybe it can impute to the different education style. Finally, I choose my " Information Technologic" class. I can't said that class have the best funding, resource, or class size. But I am sure that the class have the most attention, care, and friendship from the teacher.
The teacher's name is Man, Chan, he is my IT teacher who just graduated from University. I remembered when the first day of the class, he said his goal is be the "GTC". Do you know what is mean "GTC"? This word is comeing from a very famous comices call "GTO". Since the teacher's last name is Chan, so the "GTC" is means that he wants to be a " Great teacher Chan". He always try to get in our life and find out what we are thinking and what we need. He said we should not just memorize mechanically, otherwise, you will forget more than 80% in the text book after class or exam. So he will use a funny method of teaching to help us to understand the thoery more clear and easily. Such as bringing us to a " Internet Cafe" and find out how is a computer network runs.
On the other hands, he is not only concern on our academic, he also cares about our emotions and health. Sometime, he will date our class to ride the bicycle together on Saturday, or just having dinner with us. He wants to help us to solve every problems, and wants to share our happiness. Since he think that a teacher is not a person who just teach the text book, a teacher should be understand the student and care of them. I don't think I can find a teacher greater than him in my life.
Therefore, I always believe that the most important resources to make a great class is a great teacher!

Yulia Smirnova "Blog # 4

There are a big different between American teachers and Russian.And I have some stories from my high school about teachers but I don't want to talk about things.Because I don't want say bad things about Russia and russian people as I love my country with all minuses.
So last semster I took math class. There were approximatly 200 people in our lectures. Our professor was very funny. He is not american, I don't know where he is from. He has beard and bald spot.His has rediculous gait,like a goose. All the time he said jokes in class,that was so funny,but when he started to explain material for class I wanted to sleep. When we studied "cut problam", and we had problams with pizza.And my professor ordered pizza in class. And he explained this problam with real pizza. I have never met teachers who ordered food to class. And after class if somebody wanted a piece of pizza he or she could take it. Of course there were not pizza for whole classmates. Another day my professor took sweets(candy which you suck) and he wnated to show us that we can't devide 3 candies for 2 people. He said that we can give 1 candy for 1 person.But what we can do with 1 more candy? He tried to get to the core,but that was impossible do with candy.Than he took hammer and striked on the candy.And the candy was broken itno exstrimly little slices. That was so funny. So I think his method was very good,but the subject is very boring,that's why some students were sleeping in class. I think if all teachers would try to make their classes interesting(I don't mean to take food in class),than students will be more interesting in this class.