Thursday, April 17, 2008

Weekly Vocabulary April 18

1. Word / Phrase:Establishment

Meaning:an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

Context:These two hotels are both excellent establishments.

2. Word / Phrase:Morose

Meaning:showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

Context:Kurk thoutht her morose and uncompanionable.

3. Word / Phrase:inhospitable

Meaning:1. unfavorable to life or growth;

Context:the the barren inhospitable dessert; inhospitable mountain areas.

4. Word / Phrase:imprint

Meaning:a distinctive influence; a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

Context:We imprint our ideas onto our children.

5. Word / Phrase:spanner

Meaning:a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

Context:I'll need a spanner to change the back wheel.

Daily Posts April 14-17

OMG~~this is 4Th Marking, time is fly. i want time can pass more fast to finish internship. i was getting tied for it, work in those kids i feel so tied, i feel they have too many energy in any time. In this weekly a day i going to kindergarten class, this day teacher was not there but there have take over a class for an absent teacher, and then the kids getting crazy, they yelp and ruining in class. i try to stop it, and they stop it but later they start again. OMG~~~~~~~~~ WHAT CAN I DO?

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Midpoint Reflection Questions

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?
My internship have litter different expectations to me, because like i can intern to business, but today my internship was work in education.

What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment? What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?
The culture of school environment the workplace environment is looking same, because i was work in elementay school, the different is i was teach there. The new skills i learn is how to teach in elementay school, and speek more professional.

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?
we are fellow of relationship, i think i don't have some grown as a result of interacting with professional adults.

What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
The challenges as the internship is i was teach the small kids, and i was not very like to work with them, i have try to go in to their world, to know what is easy way to teach them something

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
I think no.

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?
The goals i working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship is make those kids learn more think from me.

What new things have you learned about New York City?
The new things i learn about NYC is every thing is flesh and blood.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Weekly Vocabulary April 4

1. Word:spunky

Meaning:brave and full of energy and determination.

Context:the film's spunky heroine.

2. Word:tabernacle

Meaning:the small tent in which the ancient jews kept theur most holy objects.

Context: She go to see a tabernacle.

3. Word: flabbergasted
Meaning:informal extremely surprised or shocked.

Context: Teacher were flabbergasted at the decision to close down the school.

4. Word:shadowy

Meaning:mysterious and difficult to konw anything about.

Context: Anastasia Romanov is a shadowy figure.

5. Word: Shudder

Meaning: to shake uncontrollably for a short time because you are frightened, or cold, or because you think something is very unpleasant.

Context: He touched she's bare shoulder and she shuddered at the human contact.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Daily Posts March 31-April 3

OH~~~time is fly right now is April, so from begin to now have during about 5 week. Ah this weekly i was very tired, because i was sick, then i have a day don't go to school and internship. This week i am very sick, it make me so tired to teach in my internship. I'm be down in spits when i was teach them. when i was teach a student in a math, and he don't get it. then i get angry, because i was very tired for sick.
This is VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEERRRRRRYYYY tired weekly.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Weekly Vocabulary March 29

1. Word: Encumber

Meaning: Formal to make it difficult for someone to move easily or for something to happen in the usual way.

Context: I was too encumbered by suitcases to tun.

2. Word: Disobedient

Meaning: Deliberately not doing what you are told to do by your parents, teacher, employer etc.

Context: He is a disobedient student

3. Word: Deliberately

Meaning: Done in a way that is intended or planned.

Context: I don't think he deliberately tried to shove you.

4. Word: Remunerate

Meaning: To pay someone for something.

Context: He get remunerate foe his job.

5. Word: Gumption

Meaning: The ability
y and determination to decide what needs to be done and to do it.

Context: At least he had the gumption to call the police.