User:Jbrie001

Ok, so my name is Jeni. I'm a taurus, I like period dramas, long walks, intimate--oh, wrong forum. Hee-hee.

Seriously, I'm from Washington State, where I spent my adolescent years. I lived about 100 miles from the Canadian border, so I've sometimes been mistaken for a Canadian (You don't believe me, eh?) I love, love, love food...especially peanut butter and chocolate, preferably combined (Reese's chocolates are nummy). I love to listen to music--I've gone without t.v., internet and my phone before but I almost went nuts when I went 2 months without my i-pod--I'll listen to just about anything from just about anywhere but the only country I'll listen to is the Man-in-Black and some of his highwaymen. My favorite artists, in no particular order: Aerosmith, David Bowie, Queen, Alanis Morissette and Trent Reznor.

I've been to several different states (military brat) and have been taught by different methods. I've been taught Shakespeare by traditional readings, primarily by watching it on film, as well as play-acting it in the middle of a classroom, and "Hamlet" by watching "The Lion King" (Timon and Pumba are totally Rosencratz and Guildenstern). I'm a firm believer in different teaching methods. I'm a history in education major. History, contrary to popular belief CAN be fun. I swear. It's all in the way it's presented, yeah?

Personal Quotes:

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players upon it."

--As You Like It

Philosophy:

Finding different mediums to teach with is becoming increasingly easier as technology advances. These can be utilised on an individual basis, if necessary, to help reach the student. I.e. Visual learners can be given video assignments in tandum with written ones: A play or historical event, for instance: what are the differences between what one reads about it and what one saw.

Students also do not learn all subjects at the same speed. Extra attention might be given to a student in English, but he/she may catch on right away to a scientific or math subject.

A student must also be given at least some creative leave so he/she may better understand the assignment. A trick a high school english teacher taught me to use about essay assigments was to treat it like a story. The introduction was the setting, the body was the plot and characters and the ending was the happily-ever-after. Of course, this technique didn't work for all essays, but it did help me get an 'A' on that assignment, yeah?