Night Elf Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I'm sitting in my 1st class of the semester and people are talking all around me. But... I can find comfort here on this board! Hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 That will be me tomorrow morning @ 8:00 a.m. I haven't sat in a classroom in twelve years. I've got butterflies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganClassicalPrep Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I'll be starting my junior year, and that feeling still hasn't gone away! Of course, I'm the crazy girl who always sits up front (even when there are still seats in the back! GASP!) and who the professor often talks to when they come into the classroom/at the end of class. :tongue_smilie: Oh well! The awkward feeling does lessen though. Either you find a person or two who you can talk to (even if that person is the professor!) or you get used to it. What class are you sitting in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 People still talk in class? I'm amazed! Whenever I've been on a campus the past few years I see them swing out of their classes and immediately plug into some sort of electronic device or start texting, LOL.... I didn't think students even talked to each other any more (save through texting).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 That will be me tomorrow morning @ 8:00 a.m. I haven't sat in a classroom in twelve years. I've got butterflies! Oh you'll do great! I really love being back in school. I started back last semester. My main problem is the push for group projects in my education classes. Because teachers work collaboratively, the school pushes the classes to be set up in a similar way I guess. The problem is that I'm working with very young people who believe in doing the bare minimum and they think I'm weird for overpreparing. And these are our future teachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 This semester I have 3 classes. One is an education class that focuses on multi-cultural diversity in the classroom or something like that. :) The math course focuses on teaching us to explain how we do the math so we can teach it. My math book talks about Singapore math and has the bar diagrams. And my science course is a content class so we can be familiar with science concepts in order to teach them to elementary students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Of course, I'm the crazy girl who always sits up front (even when there are still seats in the back! GASP!) and who the professor often talks to when they come into the classroom/at the end of class. :tongue_smilie: I like being that girl! It got one of my professors to fill out a whole lot of paperwork so he could run a class he hadn't run for years, just coz I wanted to do the class :) Then he let my brother from another uni come sit in, without paying anything. Top bloke :D I suppose the little kiddies will figure out sooner or later that you are a cool (read: useful) person to have on their team. Rosie- kinda misses uni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganClassicalPrep Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I like being that girl! It got one of my professors to fill out a whole lot of paperwork so he could run a class he hadn't run for years, just coz I wanted to do the class :) Then he let my brother from another uni come sit in, without paying anything. Top bloke :D I suppose the little kiddies will figure out sooner or later that you are a cool (read: useful) person to have on their team. Rosie- kinda misses uni Oh yeah, I enjoy it too. And I know when recommendation time rolls around and I can whip out 3 excellent recommendations for graduate school, I'll be really glad I cultivated that relationship! And they do figure it out quickly. Usually around the time of the first exam or first big paper, they start stopping me after class and wanting to study with me or wanting my advice on their paper. :tongue_smilie:I try and give some general advice, but I don't have time to study with others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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