MATILDA

DISCUSSION 1

For A teacher to do her/his job effectively they have to possess valuable qualities, so what are this valuable qualities?  A good teacher is a caring, responsible, critically reflective, accountable, he or she supports learning in diverse and is committed to his profession. A teacher is an agent of transformation his duty is to empower students with knowledge, teach them how to behave safe, participate responsibly and effectively.

A good teacher has to try by all means to accommodate different learners’ academic needs accordingly. She or he has to be resilient not allowing adversity to stop him or her from achieving his or her goals. A teacher has to be trustworthy, empathetic, kind, resourceful and passionate. Learners should feel safe and be treated equally and fair inside and outside of a school contexts. A teacher should not be harmful to learners but rather a safe person to be around with because a school on its own is considered to be a safe environment or place for learners.

ANALYZING MS TRUNCHBULL.

Ms Trunchbull shows no qualities of a headmistress in variety of ways, she scares children, she’s abusive, unkind to children and other teachers alike In fact a person with such behavior should be considered as a bully. Her disapproval and bitterness for little girls indicates how much she lacks affinity and kindness. In a nutshell Ms Trunchbull shows no sincere interest in the education of young children as a head mistress is expected to.

Unmentioned might of a women

This article was written by a men called Zoeleo giving us his perspective views about how women are defined by men, how women are forced to rise above being a women and their important role in a men’s world. he says that women partake in the tasks that make society function yet they still receive less recognition and . Nevertheless he inspires women to go after their goals, desires and dreams. He states that women are tough, indestructible to challenges and are more prone to talk about what they are thinking, feeling and are able to demonstrate their emotions where else men tend to process their emotions inwardly because they are afraid of them and want to protect themselves. The writer seems to be appreciating women for being adherent as prevented to being dominate. He states that women are not celebrated enough instead they should be celebrated everyday due to the value they add unto the men's live, society and for being biddable  to the patriarchal system or practice.

It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present. What women and men have come to mean at the present time is our definition of society and the most fascinating thing about today’s society is that it does not promote inequality but rather equality. The writer describes men as people who are unable to deal with their emotions, people who find it hard to process their emotions and express them because they will be considered weak, instead of dealing with them they bottled them with alcohol and hide them until they cloud their judgments. According to my knowledge and understanding each person brings who they are including their masculinity and femininity so it is equally true that men express their emotions differently than women. They tend to work out their emotions by finding solutions and doing things, so they are not ill-mannered as stated. I was somehow infuriated by some of the things the writer said and do not agree with the writer’s portrayal about men in the article.

Effective writing allows the reader to thoroughly understand what the writer is saying which means the message should be effectively communicated and the content should be powerful. After spending countless hours perusing this article I find the writer’s style effective, meaning the use of words, phrases and sentences communicate the writer’s ideas and facts clearly. This type of style is effective enough to keep a reader’s interests and attention. According to Kathleen Cali (www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/few/684) A writer’s style is what sets his or her writing apart and makes it unique. Style is the way writing is dressed up (or down) to fit the specific context, purpose, or audience. Word choice, sentence fluency, and the writer’s voice. A lot must be done for women to be recognize in the society we live in.

Weblogs are personal web pages written in a chronological order, where entries are made in journal style. They emerged in the past decade as an internet applications genre, providing a platform for the development of critical, individual voices within the context of internet resources.

 From an educational view according to Jo Ann Oravec (2003), weblog consumption has become increasingly popular in higher education contexts as individuals seek ways to locate Web content of quality and relevance to particular topics or themes. He says the character of weblogs as a genre is in part related to collaborative efforts (including the sustained interaction among bloggers in discussion of the genre and critique of each other’s productions). Weblogs can be quite powerful supporting the maintenance of individual voices as well as fostering a sustained social and intellectual interaction that can extend facets of the genre itself. It allows to reflect on the localized evolution of the weblog genre even in the limited context of a University course. They can further play an important role in sense making and assisting student in specific content areas including arts, politics and literature. Weblog genre can help students and faculty experiment with some basic notions about media ecology, presentation of self and social construction of information, as well as speculate about the future of the internet.

Throughout my experience as a student about blogs I have encountered few blogs which have contributed to my knowledge not that much. I thought they were for people who wanted to be popular or for intellectuals who wanted to promote their articles. Weblogs are not popular that much when compared with other social networks like Facebook and Whats App this is all because of people tend to think that weblogs are too formal and strict.

The effective use of blogs can be improved by making students to be aware of their importance, for example educators should at least to give students topics, which they can write about, encourage debates and avoid using blogs just for delivering a task about a certain content. Blogs should be seen as one of the valuable opportunities for learning. When students have access to this information, they develop an awareness of their learning, and are more easily able to recognize mistakes and eventually develop strategies for tackling weak points themselves.

References

Oravec, J.A. Journal of Computing in Higher Education Spring (2003) Vol. 14(2). 21-44.