Types of food that he enjoys are pastelitos, pozole, tamales, arroz, chivo, pernil, and even something called mole. Mole is a type of thick chocolate looking sauce that you eat with chicken. Pozole is a traditional soup from Mexico consisting of pork, beans and spices. A tamale is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa or dough, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf. The wrapping is discarded before eating. Arroz is just rice. Chivo is goat soup. Lastly pernil is pork shoulder.…
you this warning: you only get one shot to do it right! Who am I to say this? I have been to several huge universities (University of Texas and Arizona State University), I started over several times, went to several community colleges, strictly online colleges, joined all different kind of clubs, lived in different dorms, apartments, and at my parents while going to college, and got a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. Considered by many a failure at college (mainly because I went there for so…
classroom at Morris Area Secondary, specifically to a 9th-grade civics class. Their teacher, Mrs. Rinkenberger, who also teaches 11th-grade American History, is well-liked and respected by her class and she has learned to incorporate a lot of non-traditional curriculum into her class. Morris Area Secondary is a public high school in Morris, MN. The school has four hundred and ninety-five students enrolled, making it a pretty small school. Among those students, eighty-nine percent are white, and…
me, that while we are in the midst of a technology-engulfed world, that students prefer the face-to-face interaction and environment of the traditional classroom setting. Although the students liked the online portion for extra practice, they still wanted the face-to-face instruction. Although educators may think that the younger generation would prefer online assignments, it is important to understand that some may feel uncomfortable with that environment. When implementing a blended learning…
Bullying has plague many parts of the internet. A study looking into Facebook memorials analysed the usage and commentation of these pages for the deceased. It discussed the differences between public and private memorials and the types of comments the pages received. With each comment was a reaction from the audience that ranged from personal loved ones and friends to strangers and tourists/strangers as the article liked to call them. The authors of this article used many methods to find…
of deciding what should I do for this project was a struggle for me, for the reasons that I have numerous things that I didn’t get a chance to explore and do. For instance, design and make a dress by myself, write a piece of piano music, make a traditional Chinese food recipe, etc. Every single idea was developed from my passions, however when I reflected on which one is the most passionate about, I found that art, such as drawing, painting is what I really liked to do. Therefore, I decided to…
This chapter is centered around the idea that science is a subject matter that is able to incorporate all other subjects into it yet it is not emphasized enough. “Science is a way of thinking; it involves doing, acting, investigating, gathering, organizing, and evaluating. Active teaching promotes learning and it is through science activities and experiences that students do, act, investigate, gather, organize, analyze, and evaluate information” (p.132). It is hard to imagine that through all of…
They were an effective way for me to learn pathology and recognize the link between seeming unrelated events. Through the evidence presented in these research articles I now understand that when combined with other teaching strategies, concept maps can be effective in improving how a student understands a topic. They can also increase…
My digital literacy journey can be credited as the ultimate source of the technological knowledge I possess. As a result, technological literacy has given me the ability to work independently, to work in collaborations, to be responsible, effective and appropriate in using diverse technologies that keep changing over time. According to Iinuma, (2016), technological literacy is the ability to effectively use computerized innovations. My digital literacy journey was facilitated by my sponsors…
goes to work and provides for her family she is seen as neglecting her responsibilities as a wife, nonetheless if she decides to be a housemother she is falling into the ‘sexist values’ of traditional society (Harris, 1982, p. 215). In conjunction, women are still discriminated…