Dear Mr. Dreier,
I'm going to keep this letter personal, and start off by saying one thing... Homework over winter break?! You should understand my point. Anyways, this class is more than I expected. We're learning some interesting things, yet I think we could be learning them in better ways than note taking. On the bright side, I'm keeping a good grade; therefore I believe I'm excelling. Like I said again, Psychology is a bit more than the average class at Ashwaubenon High School. The concepts are deeper and relate able to everyone, so I have learned a decent amount of applicable information. In my point of view, you are one of the better teachers in our school. You make assignments inside and outside of class challenging, yet do able. That's a good thing, although I have a couple suggestions to help your future students succeed. Too much note taking in one day does not help me remember the information. Warning that there is a test tomorrow is enforcing your students to cram studying, which you informed us is not a good study habit. A couple extra credit opportunities couldn't hurt either, plus they would show you what students really care. Lastly, I like how you try spicing up class once in a while to keep us interested, keep it up! Life outside of school is quite boring, I'm not struggling with anything major, but I am quite nervous about my next school year; college. You could give me some tips about Stevens Point if you wanted! To wrap things up, I'll be brutally honest with you. I could care less if Chris Angel or John Edwards is fo' rizzle. Haha!
Sincerely,
Alana
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Alana,
ReplyDeleteI will try to do better with notetaking. I agree that almost a whole day of notes in class is no fun, in fact it quite bores me. I got pressed for time and instead of doing some "fun and interesting" projects, I sped things up in a less fun way. College is a piece of cake, just do the readings that are assigned and...take notes during lectures (if you want to know more about this I have some stories). Stevens Point is fun, and you'll make tons of new friends if you find out where Belts is and immediately take your friends for a walk there. It's a long hike but worth it if you like ice cream.