AKWAABA means "welcome" in Twi, the language of the Ahan tribe in Ghana. And, I would like to welcome you to space you can call your own...sort of. Below are some rules of engagement, also found on your syllabus (so, it should sound very familiar):
Over the course of the semester, you will post
at least two times to the blog. You will
also respond to at least three other postings.
I won't put a word count on this assignment, but your posts should be
thoughtful and detailed.
Take some time and read through the Peer Centered blog
posts, to see what others have to say, and how they've said it. You may discuss an issue from a reading, or
from what you observe and do in the RWC.
Your tone should be conversational, and you should bring up earnest
questions you have about tutoring practice and theory. Remember that a blog is a quasi-public genre. When discussing situations encountered in the
RWC, use pseudonyms and don't include identifying information of others.
Pretty straight forward, hunh? I am also allowing this space to double as a class bulletin board; however, you will not receive course credit for those posts.
While this semester has been a whirlwind for everyone, I feel like I have especially learned a lot from it and the difficulties it has posed for me. I know that I did not always do as well as I could have, but I have learned even through that.
ReplyDeleteI have learned so much from this class even though, at first, I really thought that it was mostly going to be common sense stuff. Having to put effort into thinking about things that I thought I knew made me internalize those lessons in new ways in the same way that teaching tutees lessons that I already know etched them deeper into my brain.
While this class is absolutely the one I am most worried about right now and is one of the ones that I struggled the most with, I grew in ways that have really changed me forever. I am glad I did it, and not just because of the priceless experience of tutoring that it allows me to partake in. I'm not exaggerating in the least bit. Seeing that if I didn't start kicking my legs when the water was getting higher I was going to drown is something I couldn't have learned sitting down.
Kendra, thanks for your patience throughout the semester and for putting effort into the class too even though you also had a lot going on.
How fitting that I learned how to better help myself in a class about helping others...even if it did take me a little while :)