Browning

Today I went to my internship and the 4th graders walked into the classroom with their ukuleles. They all sat down and one of my students told me that a new student was joining the class. Of course it was SO convenient to have a new student who had never picked up a ukulele come into class. I was stressing, thinking about how I can catch up one new student to the skill level of all of the other students who have been playing and practicing for weeks. This situation resonates with learning outcome 2, undertaking new challenges. Mt co-teacher and I had to restructure the lesson to help teach the new student everything we had done over the pat 6 weeks while still helping and teaching the other students. She caught up quickly and I can tell she is going to be a great student

CAS- Hair

For my fall production at the theatre I act at, we are doing Hair. Hair is a musical about hippie counterculture in the late 1960's. This show is different than any show Ive done because it feels so real. The entire cast in the show is a tribe and we all need to act accordingly. I am a person who loves blocking and a set plan, but this show has pushed me top just feel and connect with other people, which is just as, or even more powerful than staging effective and intentional blocking. This show has expanded my horizons and pushed me out of my comfort zone and has helped me improve a lot as an actor. To me, this experience aligns with learning outcome one, increasing awareness of strengths and areas for growth. I have been pushed during this process to challenge me physically, it has pushed my ways of thinking and pushed my thought processes. Even though Hair is set in the 60's it is extremely relevant today than ever. We are facing issues of social injustice now, that are very similar to issues that were occurring in the 60's. For example, the characters in the show are standing up for social beliefs by protesting at the pentagon, which parallels to recent events that are happening now in our supreme court, which are causing people to protest on the steps of the supreme court. So as I said, this show is using my physically. It is pushing my technique and acting and showing me places I can improve, but most of all it is pushing my mind and hopefully will bring an intense, but beautiful story form the 60's, back into today's generation and portrayed in a powerful and organic way. 

Browning Week 5

Today was my fifth week of my internship tis week. I took off last week, due to the PSAT, so I was super excited to see my students again! The students had clearly improved a lot over the past two weeks that I didn't see them, so we gave them some more advanced material. This week, I got to take on even more of a teacher role and teach and lead a majority of the exercises this class. It felt great to be able to full lead these kids in music, my biggest passion. To me this ties in with learning outcome 2, developing new skills. I have taught for Hope Stone for a long time, but today is first day that I have really felt like a full fledged teacher, getting to teach and lead new chords and scales.

CAS and Internship Week 4

This past Wednesday was my fourth week of my internship. This week was the first week the kids got to take their instruments home and use them. The fourth graders were on a field trip so we didn't have ukulele class, but the fifth graders had guitar. This week, Im connecting my experience to Learning Outcome 5, Showing perseverance and commitment in activities. In my guitar class, there is one boy who doesn't speak English, only Spanish. Sometimes he has a hard time understanding the class, but he is still very determined and committed to learning guitar. He has a friend who sits next to him who translates for him, but I decided I really want to commit and make sure he was getting the most out of the class, So I am taking it upon myself to translate as much of the class as I can for him. I need to think outside of the box a lot and be creative when I think of ways to teach him, but me and his friend who also helps translate , I think are doing a good job. It takes extra time and energy to help him understand the concepts, but it is very important to me that he gets the same experience and same quality of teaching as all of the other kids.