Today was my first day back at the Dutchess Community College Computer Academy!
If you’re not aware, last year I worked a great summer job as a counselor and teaching assistant at a technology-oriented summer camp for children. Obviously, it’s a perfect fit for my skills as a nerd. I love comptuers, and I really enjoy working with children. During my time in high school, (Oh! – Those were the days!) I did oodles of community service working with kids at an elementary school After-School Program. I loved it, and likewise, I love this job.
I expected to be full-on teaching a class of young children about basic comptuer skills, but enrollment was low, so I was again asked back as an assistant and counselor. I’m doing a computer hardware class in the morning and a video production/podcasting class in the afternoon. So far, so good; I know I’m going to have a great time.
I’ll be working this job, full-time, five days a week, for the next four weeks.
I was searching for the DCC Academy website and I came across this. Now I get to read up on Dover Drama! Woot! But if it makes you feel better, I was always blown away by how much Dover students were able to get away with. I subbed there for about six months (I think I subbed one of your classes once), and rarely did a day go by that my jaw didn’t hit the floor after seeing a student say or do something that I wouldn’t have DREAMED of doing.
I feel real old saying that, and I had to check myself before I typed it. Was it really that different for me? Or am I just remembering the good parts? That’s probably the case to a certain extent, but when a student jumps out of one of the windows in the middle of class and doesn’t even get a lunch detention… Well, something smells rotten. My mother vents to me aboutn it often.
Anywho, it’s good to have you in the program. Our approach seems to evolved into team-teaching, which is a fantastic method. Now we just pray that they all bring their parts in by Tuesday and it’ll be a perfect class.
-RT