Monday, September 10, 2007

Apology to Mr. Armstrong Suzie K. 8D

Today, we were assigned in each group tables, and were ordered to take out a piece of loose leaf paper as usual. This was because Mr. Armstrong had wanted to check whether every student had taken good notes on the week's immersion, which are supposed to be organized and cited with the information's source. He told us each key terms we learned in the week and asked the students to define each terms, using their new knowledge and referring to their notes also. After the short quiz, the students were informed to work as a group, each of the group members taking turns explaining the key terms in short sentences. This activity had been able to give the students a short practice of the seminar the students needed to prepare for the next day. The first person to speak out in the table is able to give the most basic information of the word and as there are more people adding information about the term, it is harder for the latest person to explain this word. So, the last person has the job of combining the information that was said, organizing the whole seminar. However, this activity had not worked out as planned and did not give much improvement to the students. Most of the students had not been prepared for class; there were some whom did not have their notes or even do it. Because of this it was difficult for the activity to move on easily, since students whom did not do their homework had nothing to say in the group, only making a waste of time. Mr. Armstrong was very disappointed to the class of such less preparation, and how many had not been able to fulfill his expectations. The students also regretted in such misbehavior. By these reasons, Mr. Armstrong had no choice but to review a part of the lesson that was for week 3. By his review and explanation, classmates whom did not do their notes were still able to understand the basic information which was to be learned in the further week. After the class, the students had talked of how they felt bad of what had happened in the class. We all apologize to Mr. Armstrong of such bad behavior as a student which has disappointed you greatly. Also the students whom are responsible for this, has learned that they should put more effort in to their own learning.

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