Tag: Journal

El 29 mayo,2024

Write. (gestures handwriting in the air) That’s how you get better

This blog will be about graduation, completing my first teaching job and my summer. 

I completed my bachelor’s degree at 38 years old. I’m proud of my accomplishment. It seems underwhelming, because I’m constantly thinking about what’s next. It was a long journey. I dropped out of art school 20 years ago. I think I was a year shy of graduating. I joined the Navy at 24. When I was discharged at 32. I went back to school. I completed my associate’s in education and finally my bachelor’s in education. I took roughly 5 years. I practically had to start all over. Without the help of the Navy, I wouldn’t have completed college. It was the mentality that I learned from my enlistment. The VOCREHAB/ chapter 31 also helped me financially. In conclusion, I completed something that I didn’t think I would be able to complete before the Navy. It brings me joy knowing that I can accomplish a long term goal. 

I finished my first teaching job. I took a 3rd Grade self-contained bilingual class in the middle of the year. I was the rookie teacher within the team. I can say that without a doubt that the learning curve to become a competent teacher is the hardest thing I have ever tried to undertake. Yes, I have been in the military. As complicated as the military is, there is no way to truly prepare for being a teacher. The quality of my work is based on other people’s performance. That is something I never truly internalized in any part of my life. I was egocentric in most of my life, I still am in some degree. Overall, I will be continuing to try to do a better job next year.

Summer

I needed time to relax and recharge my morale. I bought a one way ticket to California. I will return to Texas by whatever means I choose. I needed some time to talk to people I really trust, my family and friends. I will return to Texas by the end of June.

Feliz Cumpleanos a mi

Estoy cansado pero yo voy a escribir por 10 minutos.

Hoy tengo 37 anos. Soy viego en los ojos de generacion Z.

No me importa. Tengo que escribir en español para mejorar mi escritura. En el futuro, voy a tomar un examen en español. Mi idea es que yo necesito practicar todos los días. Yo puedo escribir, editar, y publicar con wordpress. Hay otras maneras para mejorar mi escritura. Si ustedes tiene consejos para mi por favor, dígame en los commentarios debajo.

Estoy preocupado sobre este examen. Yo estaré preparado o desprevenido. Yo elijo preparar esta habilidad y fortalezco mis debilidades.

yo dibujé este boceto mientras yo corrí esta manana.

December 2020

Lone Star College

I finished this semester and my grades were A, B and C. An A in Mathematics for teachers, B in General Psychology and C in Statistics. The interesting part is I spent the most time on the statistics, the class I received the lowest grade and I spent the least amount of time on Mathematics for Teachers. Psychology was pretty straight forward, read the chapter, do the quiz, then do the unit test. As a student, it would be nice to get all A’s, but the most important part is what did I learn from the class.

What did I learn from my statistics class?

I learned that math or data is valuable. I rewatched the film, Moneyball, recently and using data and statistical analysis the Oakland Athletics were able to create wins by looking at baseball differently than the way previously viewed. This concept can be applied in many different aspects of the world. I learned how to gather data, read it, and see if it had any correlation with other variables/factors. I also learned how to create graphs, boxplots, histograms, and scatter plots with a programs called jupyter.

What did I learn in Psychology?

Like I said above, the class was straight forward. I would read the chapter, take the online quiz, then take the online unit test that would cover the last 3 chapters. There was a zoom class every week, but my zoom/webex wouldn’t work the last 4 weeks. It wasn’t a big problem. What I learned…? Psychology is an important part to life. blah, blah, blah. I don’t care about the entirety of the class. The most interesting part about it was the education part. How we learn skills? As a future educator, this part was fascinating. Learning about operant conditioning and classical conditioning concepts was very interesting. I teach kids jiu jitsu, so I can see when my students learn techniques they didn’t know before. I can also see them forget the techniques they learned before(extinction). Which is frustrating. I will look into these concepts for the future.

What did I learn in Mathematics for Teachers?

The most important thing I learned from this class was teaching math to younger students may not be as straight forward as people think. Here are some questions that are in my assignments. What concepts are in this problem? What problems or confusions do you think your student can have when undertaking this equation? How would you solve this? (Please keep in mind you may be teaching this to a K-8 student.) I never really thought about math this way, or even teaching. For example, 5x= 10. Obviously, x=2. First, is the concept of numbers, second the concept of multiplication/division, then the concept of x being variable for another number. Then I would have to think as if I never saw this before. To look through the eyes as a student again. This kind empathy is interesting because it is very difficult to forget that 2+2=4. This is just an example. I feel like this course is necessary for students that haven’t taken college math before.

In conclusion, I’m glad I finished this semester. I also learned a few things about the class.

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