'It's cool. I've got this.' Arya thought as she walked jauntily into her classroom. 'I've had my resume reviewed, I done resume reviews. This is going to be a breeze. No big deal. Really.' These pre-class pep talks had gotten her through her first few weeks as an LAS 101 intern, and while they'd died out over the course of the semester, it was particularly important on this brisk November day. Why? Because this lesson was 100% Arya's.
True, Arya had become a lot more confident in her capabilities, but her insecurities from the sixth week continued into the twelfth. 'What if they absolutely hate the lesson?' In her mind's eye she saw her students laughing at her, and one of her students ripping his paper in half before walking out.
In her search for creativity, Arya decided to bring music and fantasy into her classroom today. For the first part of the lesson, the students would create fantasy resumes- whether for fantasy jobs or for fantasy characters. As an example, Arya threw together a resume for Albus Dumbledore in front of the class. As the students worked, she played Mahler's 3rd Symphony in the background; music that she felt was apt for the assignment.
Immediately, she was able to see the spark in her students' eyes- a spark she hadn't seen six weeks ago when she planned their midterm lesson. This was very important as it was during that lesson that she realized that watching videos is rather passive activity and since around week five, participation had stagnated to a point that she needed to see higher levels of engagement.
The next step for the day was to walk her students to each of the three resumes Arya had created over the course of her college career to demonstrate how they had changed and evolved with time. After guiding them through it, she asked the class to start thinking about what they would put on their resumes and reviewing it with those seated around them.
Going into the lesson, Arya felt very confident about the success of the lesson. However, after seeing the resumes the students later submitted, Arya realized that she'd made a mistake in not properly explaining the format of a resume. In some ways, this was exactly what she was afraid of- that she would somehow leave their information on a topic either incorrect or incomplete. Fortunately, resumes are easily remedied and are going to change, but Arya still felt bad.
True, Arya had become a lot more confident in her capabilities, but her insecurities from the sixth week continued into the twelfth. 'What if they absolutely hate the lesson?' In her mind's eye she saw her students laughing at her, and one of her students ripping his paper in half before walking out.
In her search for creativity, Arya decided to bring music and fantasy into her classroom today. For the first part of the lesson, the students would create fantasy resumes- whether for fantasy jobs or for fantasy characters. As an example, Arya threw together a resume for Albus Dumbledore in front of the class. As the students worked, she played Mahler's 3rd Symphony in the background; music that she felt was apt for the assignment.
Immediately, she was able to see the spark in her students' eyes- a spark she hadn't seen six weeks ago when she planned their midterm lesson. This was very important as it was during that lesson that she realized that watching videos is rather passive activity and since around week five, participation had stagnated to a point that she needed to see higher levels of engagement.
The next step for the day was to walk her students to each of the three resumes Arya had created over the course of her college career to demonstrate how they had changed and evolved with time. After guiding them through it, she asked the class to start thinking about what they would put on their resumes and reviewing it with those seated around them.
Going into the lesson, Arya felt very confident about the success of the lesson. However, after seeing the resumes the students later submitted, Arya realized that she'd made a mistake in not properly explaining the format of a resume. In some ways, this was exactly what she was afraid of- that she would somehow leave their information on a topic either incorrect or incomplete. Fortunately, resumes are easily remedied and are going to change, but Arya still felt bad.
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