virtue is a patience
volunteered as a teaching assistant this morning for an ACED class. i was part of a three-person crew that taught a class of twenty students or so. the participant's age range spanned from the 20s to the 50s.
even though the lecture being taught was merely M$ word's paragraph formatting (bullets and text indentations) and picture insertion (clip arts and image files), it presented a wonderful challenge to the facilitators involved. some of the participants were quick to catch on with the class lecture while some of them preferred one-on-one tutorials to get it.
as such, the session became very tiring and stressful as time passed by.
the flop: at some point during the session, i was repeating the same set of instructions for around twenty minutes. i thought to myself, "what the hell? i've been repeating the same instruction a zillion times. shouldn't you have gotten what to do by now? if there's anything that i don't like doing, it's repeating myself." but of course, i couldn't do that. i got into this and i shall accomplish my responsibilities as deemed necessary - and that is teaching them lovingly, tenderly and caringly.
the turn: "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" ~ i thought to myself. how true. but, if i want to get by in the future, i have to know how to deal with such stressful situations. i don't expect myself to be at the top of the game all the time. and i hope that someday, people will be kind enough to help me around get by the most mundane things. last week, i felt so sheepish asking my professor to configure a j2ee web server for my laptop. i could have RTFM, but i didn't have the time. well, right now, i can't imagine the disbelief he must have felt when i asked for such a favor. but, being the good teacher that he is, he still helped me. i think the word temperance was redefined in my vocabulary today.
the river: some of them got it fast, some of them took their time. at first, it was disturbing to be around the people who took their time. later on, i realized a more disturbing thought. why did the people who got it fast not help the others? what the hell was wrong? that was crab mentality at one of its most primitive stages. i don't care about your ass. i only care about mine. crap. we need more people who think beyond themselves. we need more people to actually reach out and contribute.
it didn't help either that the people who had it hard were the last to get back from the break and the first to stand up at the bell.
i can't do everything but i can do something. and what i can do, i will do.
if it's really important, it will still be important tomorrow.
i saw this in my teacher's desk. and how well it drove the point home! earlier, the playstation 2 was winning in terms of importance with today's agenda. however, after reading it, i realized that the gratification of playing playstation 2 game can be delayed, but the opportunity to do well in my .net tictactoe can go away. so, i took up the challenge and after 5 hours, my c# console tic tac toe was accepting a combination of human and computer interaction.
the AI starts with a random set of moves for the first few turns. but after a couple of turns, the need to win kicks in - with the computer looking for holes to win and gaps to block. this afternoon freed me for the coming week ~ i can now study for my other academic requiremnts (that is, while i take care of my extracurriculars ~ but hey! who's complaining? not me!)
booyahkasha!
even though the lecture being taught was merely M$ word's paragraph formatting (bullets and text indentations) and picture insertion (clip arts and image files), it presented a wonderful challenge to the facilitators involved. some of the participants were quick to catch on with the class lecture while some of them preferred one-on-one tutorials to get it.
as such, the session became very tiring and stressful as time passed by.
the flop: at some point during the session, i was repeating the same set of instructions for around twenty minutes. i thought to myself, "what the hell? i've been repeating the same instruction a zillion times. shouldn't you have gotten what to do by now? if there's anything that i don't like doing, it's repeating myself." but of course, i couldn't do that. i got into this and i shall accomplish my responsibilities as deemed necessary - and that is teaching them lovingly, tenderly and caringly.
the turn: "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" ~ i thought to myself. how true. but, if i want to get by in the future, i have to know how to deal with such stressful situations. i don't expect myself to be at the top of the game all the time. and i hope that someday, people will be kind enough to help me around get by the most mundane things. last week, i felt so sheepish asking my professor to configure a j2ee web server for my laptop. i could have RTFM, but i didn't have the time. well, right now, i can't imagine the disbelief he must have felt when i asked for such a favor. but, being the good teacher that he is, he still helped me. i think the word temperance was redefined in my vocabulary today.
the river: some of them got it fast, some of them took their time. at first, it was disturbing to be around the people who took their time. later on, i realized a more disturbing thought. why did the people who got it fast not help the others? what the hell was wrong? that was crab mentality at one of its most primitive stages. i don't care about your ass. i only care about mine. crap. we need more people who think beyond themselves. we need more people to actually reach out and contribute.
it didn't help either that the people who had it hard were the last to get back from the break and the first to stand up at the bell.
i can't do everything but i can do something. and what i can do, i will do.
-=+=-
if it's really important, it will still be important tomorrow.
i saw this in my teacher's desk. and how well it drove the point home! earlier, the playstation 2 was winning in terms of importance with today's agenda. however, after reading it, i realized that the gratification of playing playstation 2 game can be delayed, but the opportunity to do well in my .net tictactoe can go away. so, i took up the challenge and after 5 hours, my c# console tic tac toe was accepting a combination of human and computer interaction.
the AI starts with a random set of moves for the first few turns. but after a couple of turns, the need to win kicks in - with the computer looking for holes to win and gaps to block. this afternoon freed me for the coming week ~ i can now study for my other academic requiremnts (that is, while i take care of my extracurriculars ~ but hey! who's complaining? not me!)
booyahkasha!
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