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A year ago I was planning to just take a year off of work and write a novel
I have not written that novel
But I’m astounded by how much
not that i was able to contribute but how much the students absorbed
in more than just a sense of teaching
reading and writing
teaching them the difference between nouns and adjectives
DREAM will allow a volunteer a range of experiences
where we might take the children
to learn how to swim at a swimming pool
we might take them to the beach you know we might give them art classes
and you as for instance just being the math teacher
you can participate in so many of these other activities you know
and um
DREAM also will allow you to create your own curriculum
which I thought that was pretty amazing at first it's a little bit scary
but then you realize within yourself and you just develop professionally and
creatively
that you have so much to offer
and then you
think about all that you've learned
in your US schooling
and you probably had good US schooling
and you take all those resources and you combine them and just
come forth with this awesome lesson
and not just me but the science teachers and the math teachers
I'm astounded when I walk into any of the classes and I see what's happening
in there and it makes me want to
be more creative and teach differently and
I feel like this is alternative teaching
alternative that works that's productive you know?