Month: September 2012

In my view, I believe a perfect class would consist of a great teacher who is passionate about his/her job and subject that is being taught. A teacher who would care for his/her students’ well being, dreams, troubles and work ethics. A teacher who jots down notes on the board for those who are visual learners .As for the class itself, a class of less then 20 student would be idealistic: students who are serious about the classes, their education and their future. A classroom, where race, gender, sexual orientation or ethnic background do not matters; a judgement free zone where students are able to express their ideas, theories or imaginations.  As for actives, i would love to have dinner/ lunch trips where teachers and students get to gather around and share a peaceful dinner/ lunch; not being students nor professors  but educated people talking about the current world society, national and international problems and politics.

Greeeetings, I am the recent transfer student. I am Jessica Hong, born on January 28 and currently eighteen. I am born and raise in Brooklyn.  I have two siblings one older and one younger, I love my family and I enjoy being with my family. I am very social, happy and bubbly.

My ideal class would have to start at 9, because it’s not too early and not too late. I would also like it to be a history class because that has always been my favorite subject. I would also like to have a medium sized class and to be able to sit in the front row. The professor would have to be very energetic in the way that they teach. I love visual aids so that would help me learn better. Well I guess that is it I’m not too picky when it comes to classes. I love all my classes so far, the professors are really great. I don’t like my math class well that’s just because I never really liked math.

In my opinion a perfect classroom environment contains both warmth and knowledge. A class shouldn’t feel like a lecture, in a class, the students should feel connected to the teacher and the teacher should feel connected to the students. I love a class which contains humor. Humor lightens up the class environment and makes a class overall more enjoyable to me. If a class just feels like it’s droning on, I tend to lose both focus, and interest and end up zoneing out. If a class is both informative and humorous I’m always listening in for the next joke and listening to the information being fed as well.

My perfect, ideal class would consist of cooperation and discussion. It would not be a class, per se, but a group filled with ideas and conversations that can be applied to our individual lives. What we learn in class would be carried with us as we step out the classroom and into the real world. It will be a class that we look forward to, not dread, every week. Every session will be a different experience. Of course, this cannot work without a great professor and outgoing classmates.

To begin with, the perfect class would have to be completely stress free. I wouldn’t want to be staying up late doing homework, or worrying about studying for tests that require you to memorize information, and not worrying about reading countless papers to learn things. The class would have to be something that grasps my attention, it would have to teach me something relevant to life. The class itself would consist of class discussions based on experiences with historical background; no textbook teachings. Instead of tests that quiz our memorization like I mentioned before, there would be papers or graded discussions to quiz our knowledge. The professor would have to be laid back enough to be comfortable with, yet strict enough to hold the respect of the students.

I think the perfect class consists of the following aspects: mutual respect, cooperation, and interaction. Both students and professors must respect each other, as well as students with other students. Everyone should cooperate to enhance one’s learning experience, whether it be by participating in a class discussion, or assisting one’s neighbor. Also, students and professors should interact to make the class more lively and understandable. Students can do this by asking questions, and/or contributing to class discussions or debates. Regarding a professor’s teaching style, he/she should do more than just lecture. He/she can use powerpoint slides, ask questions, or distribute handouts to make sure members of the class are activate participants. Lastly, hands-on activities would help enhance a class and get students more involved.

My name is Tina Bhatia. I was born in Manhattan but have been living in Queens all my life. I attended the Bronx High School of Science. There was a time during my sophomore year of high school where I moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida for about three months. Though I loved the sun, surf, sand, etc, I could not live anywhere besides New York City. Things didn’t work out regarding schools and my parents’ jobs there, so we’re back. One of my favorite things to do is travel. Over several of my summer vacations I have visited, London, Dover, Cologne, Frankfurt, Venice, Rome, Pisa, Arezzo, Florence, Mount Titlis, Brussels, Amsterdam, Nice, Paris, and Monte Carlo. I loved Nice, France the most, and I plan on living there for a few years when I’m older. At Baruch, I plan on majoring in business administration. At one point in my life I wanted to pursue acting and drama. I wanted fame and stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway. However, now I am being more practical with life goals.

 

For me, the perfect class would be about current events and topics in the world today. It would be a full discussion class (hopefully no papers) and for each class, one student would bring in a recent topic going on in the world that we would talk about. The topics could be about any subject- math, science, politics, etc.- as long as it is educational and has meaning to it. Each class would start off with something fun to get the students interested in the topic, like a riddle or an interesting fact. It wouldn’t be too early in the morning, and there would be a lot of snacks. We would learn from things like movies, music, activities, TV shows, class trips, and even other students’ stories. The classroom would have couches and foot rests instead of desks for the students and professor to create a relaxing environment so people would feel comfortable discussing the topics.
The professor would also be very easy to understand, communicate with, and he/she wouldn’t complicate the topic. I wouldn’t mind if the professor is strict in class either because I think it would help the students to focus on the topic and pay attention.

My perfect class would consist of a teacher who does not just read from a textbook but uses life experience’s to teach us. The subject of the class would have to be something that catches my attention such as a course that would help me with my future career goals. I wouldn’t want to be in a class that would not teach me something that I could use later on in life. The teacher would have to be someone who knows what they are talking about and is confident in what they are saying. It would also have to be a class that wasn’t too long, didn’t start to early, and did not just involve reading from a textbook.