To begin with it makes my week very simple. I roll into class with my grading sheets and plop down in the verrry back of the classroom. I unpack all of my materials for the particular class and as the students start filing in I say “ok 5 minutes and we begin” These are 3 to 5 minute presentations and most of the time they are pretty entertaining.
Yesterday they looked at me and said, “teacher I play you”….this made me a little nervous but sure enough they nailed it and got some laughs out of me and the rest of the class. The presentation topic for this group was What is the importance of being punctual? They acted me out giving a dictation to the class and as a student came in 30 minutes late I was not allowing the student to participate or get a dictation grade for the day. The best part is when he opened up his computer and played Katy Perry. You see, I do this pretty much every class. When they grade dictations or are having group conversations I like to set the mood and play some music. You better believe some of her hits are played a lot. Of course the presentation took a dramatic effect because it then showed this same student 10 years later late for work and getting fired. We learn valuable lessons in A. Rachel’s class.
Life's little lessons are often the most important. Dietsch Time doesn't really exist does it?
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