Friday, April 8, 2011

METHOD METHODOLOGY

HULK IS GOING TO BLOG ABOUT SOMETHING HULK IS NOT COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT!

TEACHING METHODS!

HULKS HAS SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT METHODS AND HULK IS NOW GOING TO RECOLLECT!

IN HIGH SCHOOL HULK WENT THROUGH MAGICAL PERIOD WHERE HALF OF SCHOOL WAS DECLARED RETARDED DUE TO " NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" HULKS TIME PERIOD WAS FOR ALL MEANS DREADFUL, HULK HATED PACE, HATED SUBJECTS BEING TAUGHT, AND TEACHERS DID LITTLE TO NO EFFORT AT TRYING TO CONNECT TO THEIR AUDIENCE....THE STUDENTS!

JUNIOR YEAR THOUGH WE SAW SOMETHING ODD HAPPEN! TEACHER MADE REALLY LAME STAR WARS JOKE IN HALL WAY AND THEN SUDDENLY REALIZED EVERY STUDENT HEARD HIM AND THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FUNNY!

SOON, HE STARTS TEACHING STUDENTS THE WAYS OF THE FORCE, THEN USES THAT NEW UNIVERSE TO CORRELATE TO STUDENTS ABOUT HORRIFYINGLY COMPLEX ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS! BY EXPLAINING THEM IN TERMS OF YODA BEING CRUSHED BY SENATE, AND GOING OVER SLAVE LABOR POLICIES ON TATOOINE

EVENTUALLY THE HORRIBLE ACTS DUE TO NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND WERE ENDED AFTER SEVERAL TEACHERS WERE FIRED! THE STAR WARS JOKES HOWEVER STILL CONTINUED!




NOW FAST FORWARD TO WHEN HULK IS GOING 4 ASSOCIATES DEGREE!
HULK HAD 3D MODELING TEACHER THAT LIKED HAVING STRANGE SAYINGS! IF HE WANTED STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING IMPORTANT, HED USUALLY SAY SOMETHING LIKE " THIS HAS IMPORTANCE.....YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEAH!!!!!!!" IN HIGH PITCH VOICE!

HE WOULD ALSO SPOUT OUT SILLY THINGS LIKE " YES......YYYYESSSSSSSS.....YYYYYYYYYYYEAH!!!!!' WHEN THE STUDENT DID THE ASSIGNMENT CORRECTLY .

HULK WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT TEACHER WAS PURE EVIL. HULK HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS IN 3DS MAX THE HARD WAY AND WAS PUSHED IN WAY HULK IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH AT ANY LEVEL.... FOR A 12 WEEK COURSE HOWEVER HE HAD RESULTS.....




FAST FORWARD AGAIN TO AFTER GRADUATION! HULK SPENDS YEAR SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL! FINDS SCHOOL, GETS IN EASY! HULK STARTS TAKING COURSES, SEES SIMILAR TRENDS AS BEFORE, QUITE HAPPY WITH EXPERIENCE!


HULK SUDDENLY FINDS A TEACHING STYLE HULK DID NOT THINK EXISTS! TEACHER EXPLAINS TOPICS WELL, DISHES OUT HOMEWORK!, MOMENT HULK GOES HOME HE REALIZES HE NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED IN CLASS AND IS NOT INSIDE BOOK!


HULK ASKS TEACHER FOR A REFERENCE, TEACHER LOOKS SHOCKED ! TEACHER FEELS LIKE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT EASILY EVEN THOUGH ITS A NEW SUBJECT AND THE BOOK DOES NOT GIVE ANY HELP!

HULK SPENDS HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME RESEARCHING HOW TO DO WHAT HE WANTS! ULTIMATELY GETS ASSIGNMENT DONE BUT TEACHER REFUSES TO GRADE! STATES THAT ITS TOO LATE!


THE FIRST TWO TEACHERS USED THINGS LIKE CORRELATIONS AND RESPONSES TO THE STUDENTS HOMEWORK, THEY ALSO WOULD COME DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL TO TRY AND CONNECT THE MATERIAL TO THEM SINCE THEIR IS AN OBVIOUS DISCONNECT!

THE THIRD HOWEVER REFUSED! HE WANTED EXPLORATION, CREATIVITY, WAS HOPING WE WOULD PUSH OURSELVES, FIND CONCLUSION , AND THEN MOVE ON


LAZY TEACHING METHOD!
YOU CANT DROP A CHILD IN THE OCEAN AND EXPECT THEM TO CHASE DOWN MICHAEL PHELPS!

YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM SOURCES, LEAVE THEM SOME WIGGLE ROOM, AND GROW ON THEIR OWN!

THE SAME THING CAN BE SAID FOR TUTORIALS IN VIDEOGAMES!

AN INVISIBLE OMNIPRESENT HAND THAT IS GUIDING THEIR PROGRESS, SHOWING THEM WHERE TO GO, MAKE THE SCORE PAINFULLY OBVIOUS, AND THEN SLOWLY EVER SO SURELY RELEASING THE GAS AND IGNITING THE FLAMES, AND IN SOME CASES

EVEN LETTING THEM BURN


HULK HAS 4TH TEACHER HULK WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT HANDLES THIS PERFECTLY! PERHAPS HULK WILL WAIT A FEW DAYS ON THAT ARTICLE THOUGH!


THIS ONE IS ALREADY LONG ENOUGH!

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