Thursday, July 30, 2009

As a student

As a student
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As a student, it’s very easy to recognize if the teacher has prepared well or not.
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Tonight while I joined the course “The theory and practice of teaching”. I felt a little angry of it. There are four things I don’t like:

First, the teacher didn’t prepare well of it. At beginning, she wants to reviews last week’s teaching. After couldn’t show any example, she skipped it.

Second, today’s topic “goal” wasn’t identified. I totally can’t understand why she makes “knowledge” and “understanding” as the goal. The principles of these are also not principles; those should be the “way” to reach the “goal”.

Third, the teacher makes a book as the textbook, but she doesn’t use it. Why she make that as a textbook?

Forth, what she has taught didn’t matter with the homework-how to make a teaching project. It should also be the goal of the course. Although, she given us a sheep for example at the end of the course.

Well, after today’s course, it is a big warning of me.

------------Felicia being a summer session student in 2009
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Do what is right

Do what is right
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Yesterday, I told to my sister after I finishing the textbook, I don’t want to make a handout. For I feel the textbook is not organized. Today, while I read a book, it reminds me again and again, what I have to do is the right thing. Even though I still agonize, I decide to obey it. It’s not easy to make a handout form a no organized textbook. It’s the duty of a teacher to let students understand what the idea of it. Even I don’t need to teach them by face to face during summer session.

Just do what is right! It’s not easy to do what is right. For me, sometimes I would like to take the easy way, not the right way. My Lord still keep to remind me go and do what is right.

-----------Felicia write in summer session of 2009
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Fu-Ming Summer Camp

Fu-Ming Summer Camp
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This week, OMF also has a camp in Fu-Ming community. As last week, I also worked with Alysha(From Canada) and Bonnie(From USA). We have the youngest group of this camp, from kindergarten to 3rd grade. By the way, my niece, Nina, join the camp with me.
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The Drama before the testimony. We hope to share how God love us to the children. How blessings we have.

Our group, the youngest one. We learn English by playing games.

For they are little boys, everyday we play in the park. Thay love to play on the jungle gym.

The foreign missionaries and Taiwanese helper.

---------Felicia join the camp in the summer of 2009
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Thursday, July 09, 2009

Da-Li Bilingual Camp

Da-Li Bilingual Camp
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This week I join Da-Li Bilingual Camp as a helper. The camp is for the elementary school students. The topic of the camp is Friendship. Can you image what it is! It's so funny to work with elementary school students, by the other hand; it's also terrible with them. They always full of energy. And I really recognize that I am getting old.
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The musical classroom is where we start every day. Usually, we have ice break games, drama; introduce the country where the teacher comes from…etc.

We also have small group for the students discussing the topic of friendship and English lesson. For they are elementary school students, we play a lots games for learning English.

We also have Large Group Games play on the playground. They all full of energy running around the playground.

Here is our topic song:
A friend loves at all times.
A friend helps at all times.
A friend trusts at all times.
A good friend lasts a life time.

A friend gives at all times.
A friend cares at all times.
A friend endures at all times.
A good friend lasts a life time.

---------Felicia join the camp in the summer of 2009
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Miniatures Museum of Taiwan

Miniatures Museum of Taiwan
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Last Sat. I had two friend, my exco-worker and ex-roomate. I am so glad to share weekend with them. We visited Miniatures Museum of Taiwan, which is one of my favorite museums.
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週六,很高興有兩位友人來訪,我們一起去參觀了我很喜歡的袖珍博物館。這算是我第三次到這個博物館參觀了,每次心中都好激動,實在是太美了,很配服能做出這些成品的創作家。

很喜歡這個佈景,將客廳的沙發組更陷落一層,使空間的層次感更富變化,不過,這件袖珍作品最大的特色是在於它的"水族箱",是創作者反覆測試才完成的。但比起廣大的水族箱,我更喜歡的是它對空間運用的設計。

羅馬遺跡,相信很多人都不陌生。古希臘羅馬的文明,對我而言,不僅僅只是在國高中課本出現的名詞,更是一個夢想的表徵。這幾天麵包超人一直在詢問要不要一起走訪希臘,這個誘餌實在是太吸引我了,只可惜,在現實面的考量之下,必需忍痛拒絕。在這,也只能過過夢想的乾癮,假裝自己是個慢步在這文明搖籃的城巿之中。

精緻的袖珍作品,不僅僅是每個樓層的房間都很細緻,更甚者,它是可以被打開來的房子,雖然腦海中浮現的是:哇,多適合讓小妞玩啊,不過,如果真的被她拿去玩,我應該是會感到很心疼吧。每一件小小的空間規劃都是巧思,每件在空間中展示的成品都是極其恰如其份地呈現在那,很棒的作品。

---------------Felicia 己丑夏與友至袖珍博物館
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