Big Dog

Big Dog
The World’s Biggest Dog EverPublished by RGS April 16th, 2007 in Weird. Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds. With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed’s standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that Hercules weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal food and he just grew"…. and grew and grew and grew.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Student Teaching Experience.

To blog or not to blog. I have evidently lost or cannot locate my original blog. So my posting begin are here.
I truly enjoy being in the classroom teaching. I have had the oportunity to student teach in two very different educational settings. The first was a IB public Middle School. The current one is a charter Middle School. I really enjoyed the students in both settings. However, the charter setting seems to promote a more positive culture for learning. Smaller class sizes, gender specific groupings, and a parent commitment that is refreshing, all lend to an enjoyable teaching experience where discipline issues are no longer and learning in the classroom is on the forefront of what takes place.

1 comment:

java junkie said...

I have a few questions - these might help you push your reflection:
You say that the charter school promotes a more positive culture for learning - then you list smaller class sizes, gender specific groups, parent commitment as possible reasons for this [at least that's the way I'm reading your Blog]. Were these things missing from the IB school? Do you think smaller class size has a bigger effect than gender groups?
What is it about smaller classes that makes a more positive culture for learning? Same question about single gender classes.