Tuesday become a very
special day in my small family. Even my kids ask about it. This day has a
special routine. I have to wake up one hour early to prepare Tuesday bag. After
the school hours, I take my kids (6 and 8 years) from their school in 6 of October
city and run to Elmanial to live them in my parents’ home. In my way I make
food order to be delivered once I rich Elmanial so my kids can find something
to eat. I live them alone (with the food and the H.W.) and run to the university
to attend my session. After the session I run to them back and hope from Allah
that my kids do anything in their Home works. After we finish as much as we can
we return to our home in 6 of October city about 12 o’clock. So to take this
course I am not the only one who suffers in the family???
When Dr. Joyanne asked
us at the beginning of the course “Why we join this course?” I didn’t recognize
how deep this question is. It is not easy as it seem to be. Is that because I
enjoy learning?? or to be better in my class??? ….. Sometimes I think that this
course will also help me in motivate my own kids to do their work and to improve
their behaviors. But is this really why I take this course??? Is
what I take from this course worth what it takes from me and my kids?? Dr. Joyanne
re-asked me this question last Saturday and I still think in an answer that
makes my go to the course at ease, but I didn’t find an answer yet. I will
think more and more till I find the answer, but since I have to write my blog ,
I let you share my confusion till I find a solution :0
I believe that not only you who are suffering from chasing the time to reach AUC before five o'clock throwing our kids with their homework and or without lunch add to that if you are not feeling well as I am feeling these days as you know, but at the same time you are trying to be disciplined in your work and your course because in our career you are responsible of more than 80 students who came to school to learn from you so you can't disappointing them by being absent, also taking into consideration that we are taking this course with personal initiative in order to enhance our teaching skills to upgrade our students learning level.
ReplyDeletewill .... I think our Suffering disappeared now ... but I think we miss it :)
DeleteThanks for sharing your Tuesday routine with us. I am quite aware of all the sacrifices that you and your colleagues are making to be in the class. However, we must try hard to see the positive consequences of our actions, through the haze of the negative ones that hit us so quickly. What are you gaining by being in this course? What are your two children gaining? What are your students gaining? What are your colleagues in class gaining? What are you work colleagues gaining? What is your school gaining? What is the Egyptian education system gaining? What is the world gaining? Our lives are far bigger that we are as individuals. We never know how our small actions can change the universe.
ReplyDeleteDr. Joy, this was the first clue for the interior motivation :). I didn't think that I will have answers for these questions :)specially " What is the Egyptian education system gaining? What is the world gaining? " but the CBL project carried alot of answers.
DeleteI'd like to share my own experience with you Hoda may be it could answer your enquiries and torch your path through this course.
ReplyDeleteI've similar as yours of dropping my kids home with their home works, their studying of quizzes and exams alone, and having lunch alone also moreover returning back home totally exhausted and I;m not able to say a word.
although the course seems vague and not clear but I'm used to this through all the courses of the diploma you don't discover its importance and its impact except after some time from taking the course, you will find yourself trying to apply what you learned involuntary, I don't deny that this course's idea isn't prevailed yet but I think we should trust Dr Joy and give her more time to get all the benefit from this course.
You was right Marwa. I think we all discovered the importance of this course. I am very jealous from you because you finished your diploma and all your suffering is finished. But on the other hand I am waiting for other course to learn more and more.
DeleteAll these thoughts will disappear from our minds as soon as we finish
ReplyDeletethey Disappeared :D
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