As many of you may already know, I have the privilege of doing another 6 month mission trip in January-June of 2018, this time to Honduras. There I will be an Elementary teacher at the Campos Blancos School. This is a Adventist bilingual Elementary school located on the VIDA Internacional mission compound about 90 minutes …
Student Teaching Reflections: Monday
During the weekend leading up to my week of student teaching in an E1 (grades 1-3) classroom, I was blessed with a feeling of calm and peace that descended over me, after feeling much turmoil and trepidation during the previous months over my upcoming experience. I had finalized all my tentative lesson plans by Friday, had gone …
New Testament Bible Dictionary Project
Here is the 2nd half of my Bible Survey class assignment of making mock Bible dictionary entries. The first half of the assignment required three Old Testament entries (read here), and the second half required three New Testament entries. One entry for a Biblical character, one for a book of the Bible, and one for …
Teacher Interview #2
Here is my second teacher interview from my EDUC 200 assignment. If you would like the read the first one done with Molly, a teacher in Myanmar, you will find it here. Judy is a seasoned teacher of 20 years who currently works as a full-time Music Specialist for grades two through five at Park Elementary in …
Teacher Interview #1
Another EDUC 200 assignment was to interview teachers with ten, open-ended questions about the teaching field. I picked four teachers that I know personally and did the interview with them via email. Here is the first response. Molly is a teacher of 6 years. She currently works at the Ayeyarwaddy International School in Mandalay, Myanmar, as …
Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project
Another school writing assignment, this time from my Bible Survey class (read my last essay from my Education class here). For this project, we were to write three mock Bible Dictionary entries, one about a book of the Bible, one about a Bible character, and one about a place mentioned in the Bible. Each "entry" was …
Scholarship Day & My Take on Leadership
Friday was Scholarship Day at Crown College. Since I'm currently planning on attending this school to finish my Bachelor's in Elementary Education with an emphasis in English Comp. & perhaps Literature, I decided to attend the event to see if I am eligible of any scholarships. They couldn't have picked a worse day to hold …
The Spirit Behind the Civil War
This was my final essay for History of the United States. I absolutely loved delving into the topic of the Civil War--yes, I, who have always hated History classes! What made this class different was the way in which it was taught. Our teacher did use any exams or quizzes; we were graded solely on …