User talk:Mdunh002

Hi Monigue!!! I can't believe you found me out of all these author pages! It is so good to hear from you. Finally, I get to see a picture of your daughter Monet. I will probably never forget her name because it is the most unique name anyone I know has ever named their child. She is SOOO beautiful! I really enjoyed reading your page. I knew a little bit about you from our last class (ARTE305) but your introduction really filled in the gaps. I too am amazed at your decision to stay at home with your daughter and put your education on hold, but as a godmother and friend of many parents, I also feel you made a great decision. Your philosophy was very inspiring and we share the theory that you need to have contagious enthusiasm. If you don't make the class interesting to the students, they will not want to learn what you are teaching and possibly dread coming to your class. After last semester, I realized just how important Art Education is in schools and DEFINITLY feel that the students need to learn it as a core subject rather than elective. You have great desire to succeed as an Art Educator and I have no doubt that you will do so. Hopefully I will hear from you more often this semester :) Jleon014 (talk) 14:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Monique, My name is Becky, aka rcrow008. I was so drawn in to your introduction becuase, as you can read in my About the Author, I am a relatively new mother. My little girl will turn 3 years old in a few months and I still sit and think about the day and night she was born. I was a little teary eyed to read the part about your decision to stay at home for the first two years of Monet's life. That decision was surely not made lightly and you found real courage to choose your daughter! When I was pregnant, I loved my job and honestly thought I could have a baby, take off for 2 months, and come back to work better than ever. My daughter proved me wrong and after 1 year of struggling by day and heartache by night, I made a career change to teaching. I found a job that could better fit my life, rather than making my family fit into my career. Prioritizing my life was a very difficult lesson. I'm sure you struggled with baby vs. school also, but I'm so proud of you for your listening to your heart!

I love your educational philosophy of teaching with contagious enthusiasm! I have started working in the 4th Grade at my county's elementary school as a teacher's aid. Although I just started in September, I can't agree more with your ideas! Kids will only be as interested in the subject matter as you are.

I am sure that it is easy for first time teachers to be overwhelmed with standards and reports and paperwork. I'm sure I will be! But by the second year, I'm hoping to ignite with your contagious enthusiasm and show the kids how exciting school can be! I'll never forget my High School math teacher. As an exercise to help us learn the circumference on a plate and to practice using pi, she threw ceramic plates on the classroom floor and excitedly yelled "Now, go get a piece and start measuring!" By reputation, she was an odd duck. By my memory, I'll never forget her. Enthusiasm does make a difference! Rcrow008 (talk) 04:18, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree that art allow students to be creative. I try to incorporate art in some form into all of my science lesson plans, i.e., I had my students design 3-D plant and animal cells using any type of materials that they could get their hands on. This allows for authentic assessment as well as creativity. Vcomb001 (talk) 00:31, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

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Vrsingmom (talk) 06:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)Hello I think I started reviewing your page by mistake. I have been very confused. I have not been able to access it again. I will try again tomorrow I am sorry 06:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)