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I don't feel comfortable in one of my speech classes. I don't understand where the problem is -- with me or with the students. I have the same lessons with the other two Speech classes that I have but I feel more competent there. In my first MWF BSN class, it seems like the students are not at all interested. And when I call them to recite, I coudn't get a good performance or answer. Grrr...
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Bringing the laptop and LCD is causing a lot of delay in my class, not to mention that bringing them from one building to another makes me really tired. I wish I would not need to use LCD and laptop but my lessons are in my USB! I hate bringing them and I hate asking students to bring them for me. But I surely won't be able to teach well without my lessons. The only choice left is to choose the lesser evil: bring or not to bring. I never want to be media dependent. I wish things are the same even without PowerPoint. This is media dependency in action!
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Sinamahan ko kanina ang 6 na ABMC3 sa office ng Chair. Tinatanong kasi nila ako kung bakit teacher pa rin nila sa Advetising class si ******. Sinabi kong magtanong sila sa chair kaya sinamahan ko sila. Sabi ng chair, hindi siya ang may desisyon na magturo uli si ****** pero sinunod lang niya ang sinabi ng Dean. Sa palagay ko, bagaman totoo ang sinabi ng chair, na hindi niya desisyon yun, hindi niya dapat basta na lang sinunod iyon. Dapat pa ring isaalang-alang ang magiging kalagayan ng mga estudyante. Isa pa, maraming dahilan para hindi siya magturo sa MC. Una, hindi naman MC ang tinapos niya. Ikalawa, hindi naman siya practitioner (ano tagalog nito?).
Sa tingin ko, ang sagot sa kawalan ng gurong magtuturo sa MC ay hindi pagtanggap sa kahit sino na lang -- para lang may magturo. Dapat rebyuhin ang pamantayan sa pagtanggap at pag-maintain ng mga practitioner na minsa'y tumuntong sa pamantasang ito para magturo. Kung iisipin, marami nang nagtangkang magturo dito. Galing pa ng Maynila ang karamihan at sila ay mga prominenteng media practitioner. Pero matapos ang isang semestre o isang taon, kung sinuwerte, ay umaalis din. Hindi lang dahil sa layo ng eskwelang ito sa Maynila kundi dahil sa iba pang mas mahalagang isyu. Marami nang dumating para magturo pero walang pumigil at nag-udyok sa kanila na manatili dito. Kaya tuloy ang nangyayari, ibang guro ang nagtuturo bawat semestre. O kaya, parang ginagawang CAS Variety show: KAHIT ANO PWEDE.
Kung ganyan ang kalakaran, eh di pwede pala akong magturo ng Anatomy o di kaya ng Criminal Justice Education?
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