1. Concrete Experience

        This morning was Bill’s presentation about how he got the teachers’ license and master’s degree in GMU and his experiences on teaching. This really helped us a lot. I think if I have a chance, I will also try to apply for the scholarship of phd. But I think I have to sharpen my English ability first.

        Afternoon was the writing skill course. We started from writing the best and worst learning or teaching moments we had and reviewed SQ3R of Dewey’s reflection. Mr. Brown gave me the comment that when our students perform well or not, that will be my impressed moment. And then was the fish bowl time. I liked Felicia’s story very much which could be one of my reflection. And now, I know what reflection is. Reflection is “After you teach, you learned about what to teach next time.” Just like what I said in class, “When we learn to ride a bike, we may fell down. But if we can practice and practice, we will not fell down and know how to ride a bike.”

2. culture differences between US and Taiwan

        Since we didn’t have homework today, Felicia, Heidi and I took CUE bus and Metro bus to Fair Oaks for relaxing. Unfortunately, we waited at the wrong direction when we transferred the Metro bus. So, it took us more than two hours to get to Fair Oaks. The worst thing was, we saw there’s a time table of Mason’s shuttle bus on the bus stop of Fair Oaks, and Felicia also confirmed by phone. However, we waited for very long time so Felicia decided to check again, but the person said she mistook, there was no shuttle during summer vacation. Then we had to wait for the next Metro bus since one of the bus just passed while Felicia was calling. The only lucky thing was, we caught the last CUE bus to school and went back to the dorm before 12 p.m. Hereafter, we made the decision that we will never take Metro bus after 4 p.m.

        Taiwan is so small that we never wait for a bus or a train longer than 2 hours. But today, we created a new record in our life.