tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post2197854052247650089..comments2023-08-26T02:27:21.897-07:00Comments on Frisbee: A Book Journal: Dead Languages Can Be FunFrisbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-60675289031477796062009-10-12T07:21:49.466-07:002009-10-12T07:21:49.466-07:00This is a community education class, taken just fo...This is a community education class, taken just for "fun," offered among a ragtag collection of other classes including painting with chocolate, yoga, "journaling," china painting, Spanish, and Reiki. No credit. Just adult ed. So you see my dilemma. <br /><br />It's great that they're taking it. It's difficult to make the teaching compromises. I have to come up with activities that are basically quizzes but disguised. It's the blasted Montessori method! :)Kat at Thornfield Hall Reduxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525125671217787722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-92050925985616567802009-10-11T18:43:18.787-07:002009-10-11T18:43:18.787-07:00Dear Kath,
Home again and read your letter and no...Dear Kath,<br /><br />Home again and read your letter and now blog. Isabel is not in an adult education class: she's in a regular course, advanced, which non-degree students are permitted to take. She gets credits as do everyone, some towards the BA, some for a Masters and some "just as credits." There are a couple of teachers improving their accreditation. <br /><br />At any rate, you can see they take the subject seriously and all do the work more or less. There's a midterm, final exam and final grade.<br /><br />It's a shame -- for even if the people are nice and there for social experience, it's throwing away the time, for you are there to teach your subject not conduct a gossip class. Wheelock is actually very easy too, learning by language reading while it cannot substitute for memorization and study, fun to do.<br /><br />I've no advice, but do what comes natural to you to do or what you'll be most comfortable doing. I'd be uncomfortable not having enough to cover the time even if I'm being burdened that way. For I'm conscientious and could not be happy in a class unless I was really conveying my subject.<br /><br />EllenEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979942382683140531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-55709443583507720732009-10-10T07:27:42.352-07:002009-10-10T07:27:42.352-07:00Luck is what I need!Luck is what I need!Kat at Thornfield Hall Reduxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525125671217787722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-47742944360130555132009-10-09T11:51:15.857-07:002009-10-09T11:51:15.857-07:00Good luck with that! I taught an evening class ma...Good luck with that! I taught an evening class many years ago and that 7.00-9.30 slot was a killer - I used to get so tired. Lovely students though. I think the odd moments you get when you make a breakthrough or really connect with the class make it worthwhile.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.com