Sunday, December 12, 2010
Surprise Substitute
Last Friday, much to our surprise, our English class had a discussion instead of an in class essay. Usually, when Ms. Serensky isn't there we have in class journal or writings, which most, if not all, students dread. However, on Friday we were blessed with a pretty cool substitute teacher. I walked into the class expecting him to be just another sub, who would basically just let us AP students talk about whatever we wanted while he would sit back and listen. Mr. Moor was the exact opposite. He gave us time to take our notes on our reading from the night before, but once discussion started, he was right there with us, asking thought provoking questions like "Why was it Cheswick who drowned? What is significant about it being this character?" He also didn't sit down once during discussion, and it almost felt like he was a student like us. Even though this might seem a little weird, I found it a breath of fresh air that there was actually a substitute we had for English that seemed like he cared what we were doing.
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I really agree with you Cat. I thought Mr. Moor was an actully interesting substitute. He wasn't an annoying one, that pretends they are the actual teacher, and likes to think that they have all this authority, and he wasn't one of the nonexistent ones, who just sit in the corner and read, while not being able to notice if the room was on fire. He was a happy medium.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you, Cat. I enjoyed Mr. Moor as a substitute. He seemed to really care about what we were talking about and wanted to learn alongside us. He tried to grasp the main points and ideas behind the novel and our general discussion. At one point he asked us what situational irony was which we explained to him, it made me feel very intelligent teaching the teacher.
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