The Water is Wide Reflection

Recently we watched The Water Is Wide and I will be talking about the different problems Mr. Conroy faces in the movie. Here are some questions I will be answering.

2. Not a lot has changed since this movie, they still have the same learning ways that we have and they learn about the same things we do.
4. Mr. Conroy was confused on why the children did not understand what he was talking about. He used many different ways to teach them until they understood it. At first he used music to teach them different artist and explained to them different things with each song so that they wouldn't get the songs mixed up.
   When Mr. Conroy started talking to them about the main land and then ocean on the other side of their island, they didn't know what he was talking about and so to teach them about it, he took them on a small field trip to the ocean so that they could see it and learn about it.
   The kids also didn't believe that someone went and walked on the moon so, to prove it to them, he got permission to take then on a field trip to Washington D.C. so that they could see the museum on it and learn about all the different things that have been done in our world and they also learned about all the different presidents and what they did to make such a big difference in our world and on our lives.
5. He talked to all the parents and explained to them what was going on and then they were all for the way he was teaching because they didn't like Ms. Brown.
8. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. always push through and try new things, even if other people don't like it. It is your choice on how you do things, not anyone else.

The leader in me

Leadership observed

Teacher and leaders are very similar by the things thats they do. They are similar because of the type of roll models they have to be. They have to show that they can stay calm and be professional and not over react about things. Ms. Keany is a good example of this. Her classes sometimes get out of control but she is always professional, stay calm, and gets them back on task. Mr. Falcon also does this to. He may get a little mean but he dos it out of love because he wants you to learn and be successful.

My leadership in action

I will not let my actions define me. I will stay calm in rough situations and try my best to work hard on being a better leader then I was before. I will be a better leader in Rawkin Hawks, since I am the only returned from last year I have to step up and help our captions with what needs to be one if they don't know what to do about something. I will also step up as being caption of the varsity bowling team. I can't let my own feelings get in the way. I have to stay calm when something doesn't go my way and I have to lift up other people or if they are down about there score or down because we lost our matches.

An Interview with Ms. Keany

Read about my interview and observation with Ms. Keany below. I hope you enjoy the facts I discovered.

Top 20 Characteristics of Effective Teachers

understanding
respectful
patience-If a student doesn't understand something, to be patient with them as they are trying to figure it out.
determined
uplifting-To make students happy about being in class or to just be uplifting toward students when they are upset or something hard in there lives is going on.
empathetic
creative
truthful
imaginative
loyal-To be a safe place to the students. That if something is going on they can come and talk to you about it and they can trust you to not saying anything to anyone else.
accepting-Everyone is different so you have to be open hearted to everyone that walks into your classroom.
passionate
encouraging-If a student think they are to stupid to understand something you have to be able to say encouraging things to get them to understand that they got this.
gentleness
responsible
determined
humble
fair
forgiving
supportive

Big Plans

1. I will be graduating in 2018.
2. I don't know what set job I want yet. I have been talking to a few colleges about being a professional bowler but I also want to do teaching to.
3. I want to go to Baker University in Kansas. I want to go for 4 years and get my education degree and also, hopefully, get signed by a company to become a professional bowler when I am done with college and depending on how long they sign me for, I may or may not go to teaching when I am done.
4. I would like to sign with Storm bowling company. They are on of the best and I would love to be a professional bowler sponsored by them.
5. I have been bowling for 6 years now and it is one of the best things that have ever happened to me. I have been chasing my dream of being a professional bowler for 4 years now and I have so many dreams for it. I would also love to do teaching because I love working with kids and watching them grow but I don't think I would want to do it forever.