reflections: random thoughts.
First off , I would like to express my thanks to futz, aka mr bone, for the comments. It’s harder to take the time to start up discussions through this medium, but its nice to know that people are reading it. so thanks!
Point number 2: i went to a french conference down in Vancouver this weekend. it was up and down. it was held in a hotel, and it was a bit hard to know really what would help me in regards to being a teacher. next time i attend one i will be more excited to participate because i will know what it is all about. the best part about the conference was seeing that there are more than 8 people in the world that want to be french teachers (as is not represented by this programme). There were some really great people there that had some awesome ideas for the classroom so that really got me thinking about how to make French relevant and exciting. So overall, it was a good experience. Plus, I went to an awesome concert so the trip was definately worth it. Oh, also, I saw my first French Immersion teacher at the conference and she was so proud of me for wanting to be a french teacher, and she remembered everything about my family; it was a pretty inspiring thing to see how important her students were to her (even those that left her 10+ years ago).
Yesterday was colloquium. Pretty interesting. I thought there were some well chosen individuals that were invited to speak. In particular, I was very impressed with Al Lalonde. He spoke frankly about the work he is doing as principal at Central School, and he invited questions about everything. Sometimes there are people that re-inspire my decision to be a teacher because they are so completely open about their statements and decisions. I think its too bad that the colloquium was so short; oh my 10000 dollars. Its nice to have today off though, i guess.
