Blog Post #2: Initial reaction to Alpha
Many of us today started our "jobs" at Alpha. Kacey & I had the pleasure of observing two teachers since we started, Ms. Williams the head of the math department and Mr.Morgan another math teacher. As we all saw, Alpha is very different from our schools in the states. Within the classroom, there are many differences. The students don't move their classroom for the different subjects, instead, the teachers go to the students. Some classrooms have better classroom management than others, but like any of our classes, we always have students who will give us a hard time. It was nice to observe two different teachers because we were able to see two different teaching styles. Mr. Morgan likes to have the students come up and help him work out a problem, as well as making sure that everyone is on the same page as him.
As we observed the different classes, I kept connecting this to the school system in Mexico. At least in the town my cousins go to school, they stay in one class and the teachers come to them. But also, they have to wear uniforms as well as the structure of the classroom is very similar. I am interested in how similar they are in terms of curriculum, which I would like to look into. Overall, a pretty good two days at Alpha and a great first day teaching a lesson!
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