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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Numero Dos: Passion
Passion . . . Yikes. I hate the word as I hate Hell and all Montagues.
TJ mentioned in class that he was kept awake at night thinking about issues in education. I sleep very well and am rarely awake later than 10:30p.m. Does that mean that I do not have passion for issues in education? I've been hearing the word passion being thrown around in all of my classses. I've done some self-reflecting and have come up with some ideas about what I am passionate about and how that passion manifests itself.
Passion:
1. Protect the abused, manipulated, maginalized, neglected, weird, and hated.
2. Arm them with new ways of thinking and doing, empowering them to be independent, sucessful, and happy.
3. Teach others to notice, protect, and arm those within their sphere of influence.
In research I have manifest this passion by
1. Interviewing gang members in and out of prision.
2. Teaching mothers and teachers how to communicate with their child who does not speak.
3. Teaching English to non-native English speakers.
I am not sure what my reserach question will be. I've had too many good questions to sort through. I've been a student for such a long time that I have learned how to jump through hoops really well. I've been a consumer. Now that I need to produce I am afraid that I may choose a wrong question, a question that is too big or small, or a question that no one cares about. I trust that my passion will soon focus and that I may be useful and helpful.
TJ mentioned in class that he was kept awake at night thinking about issues in education. I sleep very well and am rarely awake later than 10:30p.m. Does that mean that I do not have passion for issues in education? I've been hearing the word passion being thrown around in all of my classses. I've done some self-reflecting and have come up with some ideas about what I am passionate about and how that passion manifests itself.
Passion:
1. Protect the abused, manipulated, maginalized, neglected, weird, and hated.
2. Arm them with new ways of thinking and doing, empowering them to be independent, sucessful, and happy.
3. Teach others to notice, protect, and arm those within their sphere of influence.
In research I have manifest this passion by
1. Interviewing gang members in and out of prision.
2. Teaching mothers and teachers how to communicate with their child who does not speak.
3. Teaching English to non-native English speakers.
I am not sure what my reserach question will be. I've had too many good questions to sort through. I've been a student for such a long time that I have learned how to jump through hoops really well. I've been a consumer. Now that I need to produce I am afraid that I may choose a wrong question, a question that is too big or small, or a question that no one cares about. I trust that my passion will soon focus and that I may be useful and helpful.
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