User:Mchar009

About Me
My name is Lupita, I am from Mexico City. I moved to Chesapeake, Va. three years ago with my family. I have a husband and three kids. I fulfilled half of my undergraduate program in Hispanic Literature in the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and now I have decided to finish it at Old Dominion University.

Before I moved to Chesapeake I thought that I would love to contribute to my community by teaching a good level of Spanish as well as telling and sharing another version of the hispanic culture: the every day living, my heritage to understand where we come from, the social traditions, my personal understanding of how hispanics have developed since early years, and those characteristics that represent us. Since infancy we are surrounded by music, dance and aromas in the kitchen. Lullabies are part of babies lives, craft using hands are common and the contact with others are important in our emotional development. Kindergarteners also learn through songs: vocabulary, rhymes, and rules, as well as sharing. Our senses are awake since we are children. I was one of the lucky ones who remember the beautiful people who gave me the best of them and still remain in my heart, even as time has gone by. Thank you Miss. Mago, Miss Coco and Miss Araceli, my kindergarten teachers.

Now
I am studing my major in Spanish to become a Spanish teacher. I am a volunteer in a public school helping some of the new hispanic students who need more help making their adjustment. I teach Spanish in a private school and I made up a program called "cuentos en espanol" which means "Spanish story time" at the local library.

Philosophy of Education
Philosophies go back and forward telling us that the way of teaching has changed as much as our way of living has. Experts have found that an excellent philosophy of education that worked years ago might not work as well now as it did before, or the contrary, a philososphy that works today might not have worked in the past. New ways of teaching help us make successful students in today's life, a life that is so changeble and competitive. I personaly like the technology in the classroom, innovative and interactive programs, good comunication that teachers usually have with students, parents, other teachers and administrative personeel.

'However, we can not get around the fact that care, trust, happiness, any discipline in art and respectful physical contac are as important as programs, workshops for teachers, technology, innovative programs, good comunication and curricula. Otherwise we would be ignoring other important aspects of a human being. A proper caress might comfort a new kindergartener's first day of school. A sincere smile, demostrating trust and listening attentively, might make feel a child as confortable and confident  as going back home with good grades. This is because care, trust and happiness will never be old fashion. Everybody needs them. We need more integral formation. A good teacher with vocation, heart, awakening knowledge of the stages of the different ages would let us focus on some other important parts of child development. Pre-schoolers learn through the eyes, sound of voice,  gestures  of the adults who interact with them, and learn how safe and interesting is their enviroment.

In my personal opinion the more conciousness the teachers have about child emotional development, the more integral formation children might have. Socializing, discovering the world through songs and movements, are tools used not just to have fun but to lead the child into a natural pleasuring way of thinking and learning. Sometimes to make a stop to distinguish between the urgent and the important, seeing a child as unique and irrepeatable would exort the students to strongly disire learning with that teacher, making a healthy and integral connection that allows the teacher get the best out of them. Academically and personally.