Comments on: My f*#!%ing goosebump story (a reminder) http://tomazlasic.net/2010/01/my-fing-goosebump-story-a-reminder/ Educare [v., Latin] - "to bring out", "to lead forth" Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: human http://tomazlasic.net/2010/01/my-fing-goosebump-story-a-reminder/comment-page-1/#comment-443 human Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:45:05 +0000 http://tomazlasic.net/?p=437#comment-443 Wow, small world. Sharon, you daughter will walk away with an amazing experience of school and the country (Australia). Yes, there are incidents (not all kids are like that) but the vast majority of kids at BCC are wonderfully loyal, caring and actually very funny. Not to mention staff, they are (again, the vast majority of them) simply amazingly collegiate and supportive! Your daughter will get a lot more out of this school than going to some 'all-goodie-wonderful' (on the surface, many of them!) school. I wish your daughter all the very best, I hope the surface doesn't 'blind' her (including this post!) but see through to kids and people at this school. Best wishes Tomaz Wow, small world.

Sharon, you daughter will walk away with an amazing experience of school and the country (Australia). Yes, there are incidents (not all kids are like that) but the vast majority of kids at BCC are wonderfully loyal, caring and actually very funny. Not to mention staff, they are (again, the vast majority of them) simply amazingly collegiate and supportive! Your daughter will get a lot more out of this school than going to some ‘all-goodie-wonderful’ (on the surface, many of them!) school.

I wish your daughter all the very best, I hope the surface doesn’t ‘blind’ her (including this post!) but see through to kids and people at this school.

Best wishes

Tomaz

]]> By: Sharon Webb http://tomazlasic.net/2010/01/my-fing-goosebump-story-a-reminder/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Sharon Webb Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:38:58 +0000 http://tomazlasic.net/?p=437#comment-441 After reading your description of Belmont College I will worry more and sleep less while my daughter is there doing her student teaching. Hopefully the prayers of her friends and family a half a world away will keep her safe. I hope she will get to experience some of the beauty of Australia while she is there...... and maybe she will also make a difference to some student(s). Sharon After reading your description of Belmont College I will worry more and sleep less while my daughter is there doing her student teaching. Hopefully the prayers of her friends and family a half a world away will keep her safe. I hope she will get to experience some of the beauty of Australia while she is there…… and maybe she will also make a difference to some student(s).

Sharon

]]> By: Stu Hasic http://tomazlasic.net/2010/01/my-fing-goosebump-story-a-reminder/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Stu Hasic Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:57:18 +0000 http://tomazlasic.net/?p=437#comment-438 Wow. Tomaz, I don't envy the daily challenges you face one bit, but these students will, by the time they leave your school, realise how influential a teacher you have been for them. Engagement is the key. What brings about that engagement is going to be different for different students, but it certainly isn't going to be "turn to page 46 of your textbook". Any help you can get from ICT resources has to be worthwhile, but as you say, it take commitment from your fellow teachers to invest their time into making it happen in the classroom. I wish you and your school the best for an education-filled 2010. Wow.

Tomaz, I don’t envy the daily challenges you face one bit, but these students will, by the time they leave your school, realise how influential a teacher you have been for them. Engagement is the key. What brings about that engagement is going to be different for different students, but it certainly isn’t going to be “turn to page 46 of your textbook”. Any help you can get from ICT resources has to be worthwhile, but as you say, it take commitment from your fellow teachers to invest their time into making it happen in the classroom. I wish you and your school the best for an education-filled 2010.

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