First Day of Class Essay

Walking into Ms. Vanneman’s first grade class on the first day of my observation, I expected first grade to be an extension of kindergarten. I thought that first grade was the transitional period before real learning took place. I expected the students to still be learning about shape, size, color, the alphabet, and proper classroom etiquette. I was quickly proven wrong and my expectations were blown. This first grade class was reading, spelling, solving math problems from memory, writing…

his influence stops.” At a mere five-foot four he appeared to be a kid minus the burly lumberjack beard that he possessed. I remember being skeptical at first because I had never had a male teacher before. All of my friends in the eighth grade came running to us once we got our schedule wondering who got lucky and was put into Mr. Lilly’s class. I felt very exclusive considering all my friends on the soccer team were put in the other group with very non-energetic teachers.…

before the first day of class I prepared myself both mentally and physically. I had bought all new pens and a fresh new notebook for the special occasion. I even stood in front of the mirror and practiced how I would introduce myself to my new peers in order to achieve, at least in my head, a maximum opportunity of making friends. Now fast forward, and I’m standing in front of the Criminal Justice building on West campus, for the first day of class. As I walked in I had all of the pre-class…

was no schedule outlining the information that would be covered each day or PowerPoints containing lecture material. Instead, each class meeting was a discussion concerning the assigned reading. Professor B started off the discussion with a few questions, but after that the students took control of the conversation. It was obvious which students had read the night before and which had not depending on their participation in class. As the semester progressed, it became assumed that the few…

score to remain in the course and was allowed to continue training. The first day attending the course was filled with a block of instruction on critical thinking, followed by Equal Opportunity, then by a brief on the Hogan testing that was to follow. The next day was filled with classes on effective communication taught by Pete Riopel. He was engaging with the class and prompted responses from all of the students. This class will be useful in the future as the material can be presented to the…

Doing Homework in Class I believe that doing homework in class is a great strategy and idea, because of the information taught in a certain class or day will be fresh in your mind and less stressful for the student.This concept came to my mind on a cold winter day in the start of my freshman year of high school.This idea was finally used when I was thirteen years old(13). I learned that doing my homework in class is more efficient by how the knowledge of a certain subject will be better and less…

On my first day of (public) school ever, I walked into the wrong classroom, went to the wrong lunch, was late to class and forgot my locker combination (several times). This was two years ago. Considering that I had to debunk my own fair share of rumors about being homeschooled -- so, you just watch TV all day? Do you even have any friends? Are you like a genius, or something? -- I probably shouldn’t have been too surprised when my High School Musical perceptions of public school were a bust.…

classroom, up the stairs, and into the second grade class. Walking to my assigned desk directly in front of the window, I sat down in front of my best friend. Sometimes, sleepy and tired, I stared at the giant oak tree in our school yard and watching the clouds move. My first experience with writing was in fourth grade. My elementary school decided to try something new by requiring all fourth through sixth graders to have a mandatory elective class every day. Among the required electives were…

November 2015. Everyone worry about after the end of November 2015. This is one year ago. I was one of them however, I started new chapter as a ICC student. My first semester and my first class was Dr. Aitken’s class English 110 on August 16, 2016. There are computers every on the desk. In my mind was “ Really? Do we use computer during class?” I can use the computer but I am old school. I expected to use text, note, pencil and dictionary. I should have known that because my children used…

Heartland Career Center has a class called Early Childhood Education (ECE) taught by Rachel Higgins. Students would be there five times a week and 3 hours a day to attend. This class does go out on job sites. They go out to day cares, preschools, and Wabash elementary. Students would only go 4 days on their job sites. Because the last day of the week is in class where you talk about the growth of a baby to a little kid and their development. Some of the projects this class does is healthy snake…