Hi,
Here is something about where I work www.potomactutors.com . It is a very
international environment with collleagues representing all parts of the globe
and faiths. In a team of about ten staff members (incl part time) we have
Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and atheists (perhaps) and people
originating from Scotland , Israel (?), Mali, Ethiopia, Italy , India,
Vietnam, Korea etc.
They include graduates of John Hopkins Univ. (non-fiction writing - good info
on US literature) , Cornell, Univ of Maryland - a Fullbright scholar in mech.
and electronics engg. (from Mali who came on sports schol to play college
basketball in US and turned into a A grade scholar - still hopes to lead Mali
into Olympics), myself, graduate of Canadian univ, aeronautical engineer, law
graduate etc.
Being a small establishment I get to see how each individual works and how
the educational setup is managed day-to-day. In a larger establishment I would
be kept away in a staff room and never see other aspects of the educational
sphere.
Also, in a regular school teacher almost never seek or help other teachers in
clarifying subject related doubts --here we learn and teach each other -- we
are expected to!! -- rather than teach wrong stuff to the students. I have
learnt a lot from many of my colleagues like this -esp in science and math.
With their help I have cleared all these CLEP math exams for college credit and
plan to take the chemistry one next week.
Students teach you a lot - and one-to-one tutoring (a new concept to me)
really puts you right in front of ONE student - and you HAVE to find solution
to his/her doubts/confusions/lack of interest. In the process you clear your
own misconceptions about the subject by reading ahead, asking colleagues etc.
Surprisingly, the students also represent the upper crust of the society (and
very few are landed aristocracy of Paris Hilton or Johnson & Johnson heir
variety [school dropouts] - mostly are children of technocrats -who expect
their wards to excel in science and math). Also quite a few ambassadors,
congressmen , CEOs of top tech US MNCs companies in US stay here (incl
Indians). A very international group . The schools here give the students
freedom to go right ahead in studies and study well beyond the required
curriculum and well into college level physics and math. I wonder how they
afford to hire teachers who focus separately on a small group of gifted
students - besides the main group.
More later.
Any comments?
Umesh
PS: World's top tech companies are located here -like HQ of Lockheed Martin
-world biggest defense company - maker of F 16 planes etc.
Here is a website I saw on Yahoo Mail: www.girlsgotech.org for pre-teen girls
interest in science education
Umesh Sharma
5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park,
(Washington D.C. Metro Region)
MD 20740
1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]
Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep
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