Beneath the Wraps

I've been working at various schools substituting for aides who need the time off for whatever reason.  This week I observed two different classes react differently to the same set of instructions:             "We will be doing these problems as a class.  Follow my instruction.  I will give you time to finish each problem.  Stay on task.  Do not go ahead of your classmates.  It's important that we do this together."             The first group did not even make the attempt to follow the directions.  Each had a private race against the other classmates.  Most of them really did seem to understand what was expected on the worksheets but still lacked in following the direction of staying on task and not moving ahead.             The second group stayed on task and focused....

          I had been asked to mark attendance for choir - only I have not marked anything for four weeks now - either choir was canceled, the doors were locked, or I wasn't there.   For an entire month?           Every fourth Sunday a class is offered to the instructors. A primary counselor reminded me of that.   It's hard to believe that four weeks have gone by.   Where am I?             I had just finished another accounting class - suspecting that my instructor is even more bored with the class than I am.           The one I compared to Walter and Sheldon here, has been copying and pasting her findings word for word.   I called her on it.   I don't know if anybody caught that.             So bored with the dis...

          I wish the instructors would provide entertaining power points as is expected of the students.  O ne of the first courses I took at the online university was in computer fundamentals.  I did not know much about PowerPoint at that point.  In fact, my baby girl knew her way around it much better than I as she had not only used it before, but enjoyed doing it.           I don't know if we (the students) had been introduced to the "speaker's notes" part of the PowerPoint at that time.   I know I didn't use them in that particular class.  Yet I still received full credit.   We were given certain requirements for completing these assignments: Create a professional 6 to 8 slide presentation on the topic of our choice.   Our  PowerPoint was to include all of the following:  1.       Title slide with your ...