{"id":52,"date":"2013-03-01T18:44:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/nzciara2013\/?p=52"},"modified":"2013-03-02T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T19:31:43","slug":"march-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/nzciara2013\/2013\/03\/01\/march-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"March has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.butler.edu%2Fnzciara2013%2F2013%2F03%2F01%2Fmarch-has-begun%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=dark\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">It was very strange writing &#8220;March&#8221; on the board yesterday. February flew by, which means I have been here for a month already! It&#8217;s pretty hard to believe&#8230;and that means I only have two months left. :\/ The beginning of March also means that I am half-way through my teaching time here, too. I cannot believe I only get 4 weeks left with my students. I really enjoy teaching them, and their personalities mix so well. I&#8217;m excited to teach with Horizons again this summer, but I don&#8217;t want to leave here, either.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">This week we discussed what was special about us or what makes us unique, and then we created wire sculptures. Let me just tell you-wire is NOT the easiest material to use with 6 and 7 year-olds. By the end of the first day working with it, I had less than half finished&#8230;the rest were struggling to even try using the wire. Unfortunately, one student was so frustrated by the end that he was in tears. As a teacher, it was not only heart-breaking, but proved to me (once again) that each student has a different learning style, a different expression of their learning, and a different point of frustration. I could easily go into why I disagree with the over-abundance of standardized tests in the states because of this, but instead I&#8217;ll continue to blog about my time here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Within the past two weeks, I have done a few pretty exciting things around the area; pictures below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">-Went for an early morning run to watch the sun rise over the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">-Pet a baby shark (two sharks that a 7 year-old girl caught in the bay).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">-Went into the city to get a drink with (another American) Jaclyn, and waited in line for the bus for over an hour :\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">-Traveled to and experienced the Auckland Lantern Festival with a new friend from school, Sarah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">-Celebrated my host Grandma&#8217;s birthday (with Dominos and cake)!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">-Traveled into the city (with another teacher and my host brother) to watch a NZ Breakers basketball game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">-Went for a late night run (with my host dad and little host brother) to see the ocean reflecting the moon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u00a0ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was very strange writing &#8220;March&#8221; on the board yesterday. 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