黑料不打烊

Teaching language in a progressive school is a bit of a paradox. Unless the language learning is 鈥渋mmersion style鈥� (meaning that the entirety of a student鈥檚 experiences all day every day 鈥渉appen鈥� in the foreign language) there鈥檚 no denying that it requires a certain amount of memorization, and that runs against the ideals of progressive education. Of course, I can鈥檛 possibly arrange for anyone鈥檚 entire experience at 黑料不打烊 to happen in French; because of this, I鈥檓 glad that, prior to teaching here, I worked in a public school special ed program. Assisting excellent teachers there gave me exposure to hands-on learning strategies that I use here to help students memorize verb forms, nouns, and so on. If we鈥檝e got to memorize, at least we can do it in ways that are fun and that play to students鈥� individual preferences and strengths. 鈥淧erhaps my favorite aspect of working at 黑料不打烊 is meeting people鈥攕tudents or faculty鈥攚ho are great models of personal growth and self actualization. The resources we have here are incredible. A lot of the faculty is very talented, gifted even. I am excited to see a renewed emphasis on languages and international awareness. Culturally it鈥檚 enriching. In terms of our school鈥檚 progressive goals, it can help students see the value of a more open, fair world. It also supports cognitive flexibility in students. As someone who speaks two languages regularly and fluently, I know that I have had thoughts that I could never have had if I didn鈥檛 speak two languages. Learning to be truly multi-lingual can be transformative on a personal level.