Monday, September 22, 2008

Email Convo Between Two Past Students - 2 Letters Part 2

Hi Tom,
Nice hearing from you again, I hope all is well. Anyways, I remember Mr. Atwal as well, but for a different reason than yours. Mr. Atwal seemed to enjoy teaching and wanted to use different activities to make sure the classroom didn’t get stale. I liked the way he taught, he taught us techniques that we could apply to our lives and I still use some of them! If it wasn’t for all those “silly” activities that the PE teacher provided us with I don’t know if I would have passed the course. It was so much easier to learn from peers and ask them questions without feeling stupid. I was getting bored of those old math teachers just lecturing and testing, and usually with a scantron so they didn’t have to mark it. Mr. Atwal realized that not all people learn the same and not all can excel at writing tests so he provided us with many avenues for learning and assessment. Just my thoughts, talk to you soon. John

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