It's all about the blog, the sweat, the tears (Machine Head)

2nd post, let's make it properly despite of the late time again, just so everyone knows, I'm just back from Chica-fabulous-go and Metallica's show on Tuesday was simply awesome (though American crowd is kinda lame compared to the French, no offense here :p ). Now let's get it on with the Questions!

Oh, by the way Jet's new album sounds great, you all gotta check it out!

Now...focus...let's start...

¤This year, I want to acquire teaching skills specific to French language, my goal is to figure out by the end of the year wether I should cary on my studies in FLE and try to become a French teacher (abroad or in France, I still have sometime to think about it) or rather in English Culture in order to become an English teacher instead. Another option would be not to be a teacher at all, I guess it will be mostly up to my students, depending on how hard a time they are going to give me throughout the year! So in brief, I want to learn how to be a good French teacher, I want to learn the right way to prepare French classes, how to create a will to learn in my students' minds, how to make them enjoy my classes and efficient tricks to make sure they have learned something from my classes.

¤I discovered, somehow to my disapointment, how easy it was to obtain good grades in the American educational system, I learned how to correct and grade tests the American way and I believe the grades are not relevent to what the students have actualy learned, I think sometimes it rewards some students when they should rather be told to study harder, I also believe it doesn't help them learn more, or at least a better way, some of them obviously just do the minimum work just not to be punished or get a bad grade and these ones don't seem to improve, very often they show a lack of interest for their studies, or French at least and I think this is when they should be confronted to this reality and the teacher should do something about it instead of letting go. But of course it's just my French strict opinion, I just thought it was the right place to share it and see everyone's reaction...

¤About myself, I could only observe how I naturaly got involved in the life of the class. Very fast, I felt concerned about all the students, what they learn and the way they learn it, I want them to acquire real language skills in reading, writing, speaking and understanding, and of course I want them to enjoy it and like me as a teacher! This is why I keep trying to make my classes more and more attractive and find new ways to entertain them as they learn. I still have to improve but it's always stuck on my mind when I prepare my classes and I believe it will flow as I long as we keep this friendly but professional relation we share.

That's it, I'm eager to read your feedback my fellow French interns! And yours to Mrs Wolf!

Let the blog spill! (Hatebreed)

First, allow me to explain de the title of this blog, it is related to Metallica's first album ever "kill'em all" released back in 1983, start of a long and epic career! So you know that I will keep refering to Metallica and other awesome metal bands throughout this blog on every occasion, just like I do all the time, so get used to it!

Now it is...12:25 AM, I'm just back from the weirdest concert I've ever seen (gwar at first avenue), tomorow is metallica's concert, Wednesday I will be visiting my partner family whom I unfortunately didn't get to see very often lately, and right after that I'll be heading for Chicago until Sunday in the evening so I should get done with my September Assignment, otherwise I will make Mrs Wolf very upset and it is the last thing I want!

But! Come to think about it, I shouldn't haste and waste my work on this so I guess I should take some extra time for the questions on Sunday evening, so that I can go to bed by now and rest in order to be healthy and cheerful in front of my students tomorow morning (and eventualy be up to rock out at the concert later on), I think this is what a wise teacher would do so...

...to be continued...