A little of this, that, and the other that seems noteworthy...to me...at one time or another...
Friday, July 30, 2010
Working My Way Up to Change
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Student Evaluations; Year Two
What one thing did you like about this class?
My friend
[ah, yes, the ever-popular, "My friend is in my class! Whee!" response. Very relevant to me improving things for next year; thanks for playing]
Learning how to learn better (2x)
Experimenting the things we learned because it worked.
[now THIS is an encouraging reply; YES! The things I teach you in Study Skills DO actually work! I'm so glad at least ONE student came to this conclusion]
Games for review (3x)
It was fun
Time goes by really fast.
[I think this kid must have that disease where you're sleeping with your eyes open and you just lose chunks of time. I was in this class; time did not go that fast from where I was standing...]
Teacher is funny.
[thanks for noticing]
Some of the assignments were interesting and fun.
[of course, the REST of the assignments...]
Learning the life of Jesus
Games
Review games (2x)
The boards
[no, I am not spanking my students. The boards are personal white boards I had our handy-dandy shop teacher make me; we use them for review games and the kids LOVE them]
Games (4x)
The liberty of where to sit.
When we played games or watched movies
She always helped me when I don’t understand.
[this answer makes my heart happy, as does the next one, although I'm a little bit skeptical of that one. Inspired? Really?]
The class inspired me.
We learn new things.
[apparently simple past tense was not among those new things]
The books (3)
What one thing did you not like about this class?
Some times is boring. [
yah, I can't really disagree with this. Sometimes it was boring, indeed. It's hard to be exciting and fun all the time]
Sometimes hard projects
Memory verses
Plays
[note that later on, we get several positive votes to counter-act this vote against plays (aka, review skits]
The teacher
[must've been a really stupid kid that wrote that]
Quizzes, notes, tests, or homework (14x)
You can’t go to the bathroom unless it’s an emergency, and you need a pass.
[snicker, snicker; this is one of the hills I am ready to die on. Seriously, there's no reason for you have to go to the bathroom during our 45 minute class. I can't tell you HOW many times I've argued this point]
Too much writing
[um, it's a writing class...]
She was a nice teacher.
[I HATE it when my teacher is nice; that's always the one thing I don't like about a class! ??]
Reading
Sometimes hard to understand
What did you like most about the teacher?
Her games (3)
Teacher was funny. (2)
She was fair and explained well.
She taught good. Good teacher
The attitude and the way she teached.
[apparently all this "good teaching" didn't focus enough on grammar]
She is nice.(2)
Kind and very responsible
High sense of humor (2x)
Games
She is always happy.
She gave us the plays.
[sounds like a disease]
Her attitude (3x)
The fun homework
[um, dost mine ears deceive me? A student appreciating homework? Be still, my heart!]
She helps when we need it.
She is always happy.
[this is a blatant lie. but I'm glad someone feels this way]
It is funny. (2x) [are you calling me an it?]
She explained our assignments.
She is nice and funny.
Personality
What did you like least about the teacher?
Projects (2x)
Unfairly mad
She is not strict. She needs to send more homework.
[is anyone else laughing at this one?]
Homework (3x)
That it is funny and makes games (?)
[sometimes students are admitted to the school whose English isn't sufficient. I believe we have found one of those students]
Quizzes
I loved EVERYTHING about her.
[I'm suspicious that this is the same kid that I "inspired" earlier. Cause let's be honest; even I don't love EVERYTHING about me]
She won’t let you drink anything that’s not water.
[gasp! The horror of not being allowed to hype up on Coke during class!! Ee-gads!]
Some days she had a little bit of patience.
[Though I am sad that my students noticed this, I was impressed with the communication of the idea by an ESL kid]
That we had to be silent most of the time.
[This response puzzles me. This is not true in any of my classes. All I can think is that I don't let them chat with each other while I lecture, though other teachers allow this; but lecture is always a small portion of my class...hmm...]
When we wrote journals
Cool teacher
[Again, there seems to have been a lack of comprehension, but I'm glad s/he noticed how cool I am. Maybe it's cause I tell them sometimes in class. ie: "Because I'm SO COOL, I'm not giving you homework this weekend..."]
When she made people participate even though we didn’t know the answer.
What did the teacher do to make the class interesting and relevant?
Made us laugh
She uses examples
Games
Variety of activities
She explained everything to us.
Fun stuff, games (3x)
She explains everything in an understanding way.
The class was decorated.
Sometimes trying to act it
Teach well
It was funny.
A variety of activities to understand
Games (5)
Different homework, projects or games
Reviews, movies (2)
Game about the class
[I wonder how they feel about the games...?]
Projects and review games
Fun assignments
Watching the movie after reading the book.
Ah, yes. Yearly student evals. Thanks for enjoying the responses with me again this year. Over-n-out.