Introductions

Hey Party People! For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Joshua Chisholm. I used to have something like this on another website where I would rant about significant goings-on in my life, as well as posting some of my rough draft stories. This is my last semester at California State University Northridge (CSUN), and am incredibly thrilled about this prospect. The only down-side is that I’ve decided to get my Masters in Teaching and Credentials at the same time. So basically I’m coming right out of one learning environment and into another.

There isn’t a lot to say about me as a person. I spend a lot of time reading, playing video games, and sleeping. Life, for as long as I can remember it, has revolved around school. And in all of that time I can count, on one hand, the amount of teachers that have inspired learning within me. It is a sad state of affairs when I find myself wanting to be a teacher, not in emulation, but in response to a vapid community of educators.

I hope that I will break this dreary mold and bring energy and life back into a classroom. I know that it will be tedious at points, tiresome at others, but in the end, when that one student comes up to me after the school year to tell me that they have enjoyed having me as a teacher, I know it will all be worth it. On the other side of the coin from hope is my fear that I will be just as awful as some of the teachers who “taught” me. Maybe I won’t be the kind of person who can deal with a classroom environment, and will end up hindering, more than helping, this situation. And if this is the case, I hope I will realize my mistake in this career choice and move onto something else.

This English 495ESM class is helping me to notice technology for teaching purposes. Email and instant messaging come to mind with students who are having problems with material. Also, school projects and assignments can be posted online for the convenience of the students. The only problem with technology is that not all students are savvy with it. Some do not own computers, and others use it chiefly for watching TV shows, youtube videos, or other worthless gestures, that a main point of the web, to learn, is put at the wayside.

Till next time,

~Later Days