So today’s lesson went fairly smooth and we had no problems, thankfully. I began the day with an interdiction of what red and black means in the business world. I asked what day is Black Friday and what other day dose it relate to? (Black Tuesday, 1929 stock market crash). A female student explained to me that Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year. Then I went over why this shopping day is extremely important for the economy this year. Additionally, I reviewed the national unemployment rate, SD unemployment rate (6.4 as of Sep-08), and what is full employment.
Moreover, then I preceded to review the material that we have been doing for the last few weeks. The mantra is W.C.W. which = Will you do the job, Can you do the job, and Will you fit into the job? In addition, I discussed appearance, language, body language, and communication to prep them for a future interview for their dream job (any job). So today I gave them interview questions which Qualcomm directly uses in their interviews; then I had the students look over the questions and place them into the categories of W.C.W. and had them answer 10 questions based on the interview matter for homework, which is due on Monday. This was a downer for several of the students because I NEVER give them homework.
When the students were working on their HW, my self and the teacher would walk around the room and ask the students how were they doing and if they needed any help? I ran across one student with a blank sheet of paper who was talking, I asked him what is you answer to Q#1? And he replied that he dose not know what he wants to do. In this predicament I always ask the student what he or she likes to do in their free time? Or what his he or she good at? This typically gets the student involved and they find an answer. However this kid was lost. I began to provide some open ended questions and some possible answers to his questions. I asked him what attributes could he offer an employer? He ask me what was an attribute? And after my explanation he told me that he was “lazy” to which I replied, that is not a quality you want to tell an employer. I worked with him a bit longer and had to explain the definition of FIVE different words- wow, I asked myself “am I using big words, or is this guys vocabulary tremendously minute?” it was the later because several of the students around him helped him understand the words that I was using.
On a side note, I am disenchanted that I will be unable to complete one of the goals that I developed for this JA assignment. My goal was for the students to create a resume and have mock interviews, unfortunately there is no time in the semester for such a project. However, Mr. Rose said that I have inspired the social science chair and he loves my idea! He proceeded to tell me that they will do mock interviews at the end of next semester to prep the students for graduation and give them extra credit. I am sad that they will not be conducting the interviews this semester because I feel that I have bonded with some of the students, I also get this feeling at the end of each soccer season.( If you are reading this professor “I” do you get sad at the end of the semester?) But i will go to the interviews next semester, for sure!!!
Moreover, then I preceded to review the material that we have been doing for the last few weeks. The mantra is W.C.W. which = Will you do the job, Can you do the job, and Will you fit into the job? In addition, I discussed appearance, language, body language, and communication to prep them for a future interview for their dream job (any job). So today I gave them interview questions which Qualcomm directly uses in their interviews; then I had the students look over the questions and place them into the categories of W.C.W. and had them answer 10 questions based on the interview matter for homework, which is due on Monday. This was a downer for several of the students because I NEVER give them homework.
When the students were working on their HW, my self and the teacher would walk around the room and ask the students how were they doing and if they needed any help? I ran across one student with a blank sheet of paper who was talking, I asked him what is you answer to Q#1? And he replied that he dose not know what he wants to do. In this predicament I always ask the student what he or she likes to do in their free time? Or what his he or she good at? This typically gets the student involved and they find an answer. However this kid was lost. I began to provide some open ended questions and some possible answers to his questions. I asked him what attributes could he offer an employer? He ask me what was an attribute? And after my explanation he told me that he was “lazy” to which I replied, that is not a quality you want to tell an employer. I worked with him a bit longer and had to explain the definition of FIVE different words- wow, I asked myself “am I using big words, or is this guys vocabulary tremendously minute?” it was the later because several of the students around him helped him understand the words that I was using.
On a side note, I am disenchanted that I will be unable to complete one of the goals that I developed for this JA assignment. My goal was for the students to create a resume and have mock interviews, unfortunately there is no time in the semester for such a project. However, Mr. Rose said that I have inspired the social science chair and he loves my idea! He proceeded to tell me that they will do mock interviews at the end of next semester to prep the students for graduation and give them extra credit. I am sad that they will not be conducting the interviews this semester because I feel that I have bonded with some of the students, I also get this feeling at the end of each soccer season.( If you are reading this professor “I” do you get sad at the end of the semester?) But i will go to the interviews next semester, for sure!!!
2 comments:
I HATE HOMEWORK.
but im happy to see your class is going well! i would be sooo scared to teach high school right now with JA, you're like the only one from class doing hs.
I don't usually feel sad at the end of the semester but I do know what you mean. There have been a few classes where I wished I could have those same students again every semester. But I often do see my former students after the end of the semester, either around the department or at graduation, and that's always nice. One of the best things about being a teacher is keeping in touch with former students and seeing what they end up doing with their lives!
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