Thursday, May 20, 2010

what time is the best for you for an interviewe?

Hi, professor:
May I interviewe you today or tomorrow? I will meet you at anywhere anytime. If you are available, call me or post on blog. My cellphone number is 347-210-7372. Thank you!

question about interviewe

hi professor, can you give me some idea about these questions.
1.How long have been a teaching English?
2.When do you decided to become a teacher?
3.Why do you want to be a college teacher?
4.How many years of education are need to be a college teacher?
5.What kind of students do you teaching?
6.Do you see a lot of success stories among your students?
7.Why do you have a passion of teaching English?
8.How much time do you spend on this job?
9.Do you have other function for school?
10.Do you love teaching?

step # 2

In book “working”, by Terkel. I chose in book eight “cradle to the grave”, Rose Hoffman and book nine “fathers and son”, Jack Currier. Because I was a teacher in my country, and I look forward to knowing more information about this job in American.
Rose Hoffman has been a teacher since 1937, and she was a bilingual teacher. She told us some interesting things and a lot of educational situations from her experience. She taught third grade at school; she didn’t take any work home with her; and when she was home, she forget about school, absolutely. This is unbelievable, in my country, teacher is not a easy job, they have to check students’ homework at night, and prepare class of next day. Sometimes they visit parents of their students after school or add a class for some students with question. Teacher is a honorable job in China.

Jack Currier is a teacher of English at a branch of the City College; at night he conducts adult education classes at an urban university. Before he became a teacher, he was a salesman. He can make a lot of money, but he didn’t happy. When he got into teaching, that was satisfy for him. He has all the power of the institution in the classroom. Although he was scared of his students when he began, he was proud of his students when they were successful. I understand his feeling. As a teacher, you get very proud of your students’ achievements.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Hi, professor:
my idea is compare American college teacher with Chinese college teacher. If I interviewe you, then compare your experience with me. but I don't know how to do an annotated bibilography of my sources, which should include my interview and at least two course texts. There are not course texts that talk about my idea.

Monday, May 17, 2010

post #5

I have read Richard Lieberman's interview with Daisy Kinard at LaGuardia community college on August 9, 1978. Daisy Kinard came from a working family in the south; his father loaded trucks in a lumber mill, and his mother worked at home. He moved to the north 4 months after graduating from high school. The interviewer wanted to find out why Daisy Kinard moved from the south to New York city. The answer was access to education and job opportunities. But, the interviewee’s experiences told us that inequality and discrimination was the main reason Daisy Kinard left his hometown. In the south, he worked at a tobacco factory with tobacco worms at summer; or at potato field, he had to fight with rattlesnakes. Moreover, low-pay and overtime were a common things for him. Fortunately, he graduated from high school; he had to get up as early as 4 o’clock in the morning and walked about two miles to get to school because there were two school buses, one for white students, one for black students, but the bus of black students usually broke down on the way. He worked very hard, especially, after the war started. In the north, although New York city was dirty, many things were not what he had expected before he came, he still wanted to stay here because he can talk to all kinds of people. There were better integration in the city, such as, subway, school. He felt more respect from the people here regardless of their races. He can find more equal opportunities for his job and education.