Thursday, November 14, 2013

Jodie CP #9


I met with Marco for conversation during lunch.  Marco has improved a lot.  We talked about many things in our session.  He told me that he taught physics to freshmen and sophomores in college in his country.  We talked about the grading process.  He said that his students often went to him and complained about their grades.  They wanted higher grades than he gave them.  I shared with him that I have been in different programs and in different learning institutions as a teacher and as a student.  I found that certain ways of grading works better than others.

We talked about raising children in America, in this modern society.  His home country, Peru, is changing and become more like America and Europe in how they discipline children, or rather how they don’t discipline them much.  I introduced some words to him, such as “compliant, strong-willed, …” and phrases such as “break the child’s will but not the spirit, one reaps what one sows, …”

Next we talked about his tests and his upcoming “interview” for the doctoral program in February with an FSU professor of physics.  We talked about how a firm handshake and eye contact will add to what he says in the interview.  I suggested to him that he would need to enunciate and speak slowly.  I also told him that it might be a good idea to think about why he wants to study at FSU in case the professor asks him.  He then shared with me different things about his studies and the challenges that he is facing. 

Marco is fun to teach and help.  He is someone who is very teachable.  He will be a good professor someday in Peru. 


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