INICIANDO MAIS UM SEMESTRE

  By Rosa Siedschlag  The John J. Ivers [1] article impacted my thoughts by its title, “Is the Great American Teacher Dead?” I never thought about that. On the whole, when people think about Education, they think that teachers will do their best to help students gain knowledge for their future life. By reading the article, I noticed that’s not really true because teachers, administrators, and politicians have different concepts of what great teaching constitutes. What might be right and what could be wrong in the educative realm? A good question, isn’t it? According to Ivers, “Education is more than just exposing people to the facts. It is an acquisitional process that, without the proper delivery system, tends to fall flat”. Right, but what is the “proper delivery system”? It is the teachers' delivery way that consists of intertwining speaking and teaching with good communication. Anthropologists from other nations who spent some time in the U.S. universities claim that thes...

POR QUE CONTINUO ESTUDANDO?  Porque é o ar que preciso para continuar sobrevivendo. Minha mente precisa ser constantemente alimentada por novos conhecimentos ou me sinto sufocando na mesmice.  É uma maravilha iniciar um novo semestre na faculdade, um novo semestre no inglês, um novo semestre na classe do Seminário e Instituto de Religião (S&I), pois o estudo sempre estará aliado a fazer novas amizades. Não é incrível isso?  WHY DO I KEEP STUDYING?  Because it's the air that I need to continue surviving. My mind needs to be constantly fed by new knowledge, or I will suffocate on the monotony.  It's superb to begin a new semester at college, a new semester in an English course, a new semester in Seminaries and Institutes of Religion (S&I) because our study will always be allied with making new friends. Isn't it awesome this?