Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
What makes a good teacher?
What does make a good teacher? Is a good teacher an entertainer? Is a good teacher full of qualifications? Here is a Will Wilkinson blog entry on the topic I found interesting. Look at the comments as well.
In the entry, I came across this provocative statement: Teaching should be open to anyone with a pulse and a college degree—and teachers should be judged after they have started their jobs, not before. There are things that can be said in support of this. In the time I have been able to hire people, I have looked at character and personality more than experience. Although, saying this, I have to hire people because they are warm bodies and not much else. And you really don't know how people will work out...
In the entry, I came across this provocative statement: Teaching should be open to anyone with a pulse and a college degree—and teachers should be judged after they have started their jobs, not before. There are things that can be said in support of this. In the time I have been able to hire people, I have looked at character and personality more than experience. Although, saying this, I have to hire people because they are warm bodies and not much else. And you really don't know how people will work out...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Interview with Judy from HyLite School in Wuxi, China
Judy is a mother and a study advisor at our school.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
HyLite Christmas Party to be held Friday, December 19.
In this, the third part of my hard-hitting interview with Lisa, one of the corporate study advisors, I learn the plans for the 2008 HyLite Christmas Party.
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