Steve and I in Spain
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
UNE class----UGH!
Hey ladies....I miss seeing you guys in my new (and last) UNE class...Lynds-Are you taking a course right now???...I know Ms. Cin is DONE--lucky girl....I was really concerned when I got my instructor and saw that this is her first time teaching an online UNE class...It turns out that I was correct in my "bad feeling"...Firstly, I only got 4 pts for the first week of discussion (we only had to introduce ourselves, how bad could it have been-ha!)...I responded 8 times during the course of the week....I'll get over a "point"...Obviously, others had some concerns over their grades as well, b/c she posted online that it was only "one grade", they'll be other opportunities for grades (yep-we know that sister...it's only week 1)....What I'm most concerned about is her comments throughout this week have been VERY evaluative, and have a curt edge to them...One girl explained what literacy looks like in her classroom...The instructor commented back that maybe she should look at the "other posts" (I think she thought she was too brief, and "what exactly is your role in the classroom?"--ouch!....I commented on 1 girl who has the parents fill out a reading log weekly...I said that many of my kids don't read at home and would love to borrow that idea to get some more involvement...My comment from her was "Funny, I consider myself a literate person, but their were times when I was too busy to read Quinns (her kid) Rosy Reader. Parents are busy so don't just make assumptions. But it is great to get parent involvement."...What?....I mentioned b4 about the community that I work in...There's LOTS of neglect, unfortunately....I certainly wasn't talking about a missed few nights of reading w/mom and pop...I mean NO reading whatsoever....Maybe it's the lack of sleep that's making me overly sensitive...It's just that ther's "edge" to everything she says, and I wanted this last class to be just as good as my past 4....I wanted to finish off saying that i got a 100% in EVERY class...Now I just want to make sure I get an A here...I had such a great experience w/Courtney and Karen....This is kind of a downer...Thanks for letting me vent....Miss you guys
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I know the feeling...I searched and searched for a couple of days for some familiar names on the discussion board! I still have until this coming spring until I'm finished! I've been a big blubbering baby with the upcoming departure to school for Ayva!! I am so excited for her and she is so excited. I know she is going to do wondefully well, but it is still such a hard thing to deal with! For much of our lives, and still to an extent now, it's just been the two of us...(picture Will Smith singing to his son) LOL...we are very close and its going to be rough to say the least, for me anyway! I hope you have much success in your class, I had one professor who I alsways detected a little edge in his "voice" and grading policy, but I got through it with nearly a perfect grade, AND he ended up giving extra credit to whoever would volunteer to facicltate a discussion a second time since we were short...and I did it. Don't fret...you're going to fine!! Good Luck and vent as often as you need to, that's what we are here for!!
ReplyDeleteIt's ironic that you made the comment that yyou feel that it's just the two of you girls....Even when my stepdad came into the picture, I always felt that way about my mom at times, that it was us against the world...And my step dad was in the mix from the time I was in 2nd grade!...I feel that if you spend a minute alone (following the divorce), there's just some kind of extra bond that kicks in, I can't explain it....I know that it takes nothing away from your Ron feelings at all...I am sending good thoughts your way (maybe some tissues too!) for Ayva's new adventure...Change is SO hard, but it's usually for the better...Your relationship will keep evolving from this point forward...Tears are healthy...It's ok to miss your "baby", but now you get to enjoy your curious little girl who will be taking the word by storm...Keep me posted how you make out!
ReplyDeletehello girlfriend!!! yes, I am one lucky girl to be FINISHED with UNE...Karen was THE BOMB!!! I felt like I (almost always) gave 100% to every assignment and her words were always encouraging and uplifting...I felt like that was a strength to the UNE program...and I think that 8 posts and your sparkling bio (what's not to love) is worth 6 points, not 5...how dare her!!! I hate curtness and if PERCEPTION IS REALITY (and it is) how dare her talk about ass-umptions....because who seems to be showing hers online??? hhhmmmmmm....well the good news about my UNE 15 point certificate is that it qualified me to teach Developmental Reading at our community college starting 9-27...It's and Mon/Wed class from 4 - 6 for like $1800 bucks...and if I want to tutor for up to 8 hours, they can "only" give me $30 bucks an hour!!!! so, I'm slowly worming my way into a new career!!! LOVE YOU!!!! (today was the day from hell, you'll read why on my blog!)
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic that you have this new career opportunity!....And your day from hell trumps my loss of a freakin point!!!!...OMG....Cin, I'm just happy you are here to joke about it. xoxox A
ReplyDeleteYeah..I'm all about winning...and if I can arrange a silly little kitchen fire so that your point ratio is put into perspective, well, I'm all about it...but seriously, I don't like your teacher! already the 3 reading texts from my FSCJ (florida state college at jax) are coming in super handy with my reading teachers at the high school...every thing is just meshing together in a fairly cool mode...now, I'm certain you will have your A!!! It's funny but the 1st 4 classes, 100% A's...then the final one, I got a 93 (OUCH!!!) and guess what...it looked exactly the same on the transcript!! SISTA!
ReplyDeletehello? hello? anybody home??? hello virtual girlfriend...miss hearing from you...
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