Death by a Cheeseburger
Feb. 7th, 2002 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuritePerhaps a year from now this won't be true, but as I slept (on the couch) last night, I had an inspiration. I was reading the book "Death by a Cheeseburger: High school journalism in the 1990s and beyond," whose title came from an article of fiction describing how someone died by a cafeteria cheeseburger. I was reading the statistics, trying to imagine how I could improve the staff I'm on now. My mom told me earlier today that my sister had been on the beginning journalism staff in 1991 and 1992, and I was amazed. I wish she was still around so I could talk to her about how it was back then.
So now, I'm looking at how some states require journalism teachers to have certification-- California doesn't. It's sad really, because California is so wide and diverse. The teacher we have is a good teacher, but horrible with teaching journalism. He doesn't inspire, edit, or anything, I don't know what the word is, but he doesn't motivate. So I've decided that I want to get a Master Journalism Educator degree, and return to my high school after college to teach Journalism there.
Good method of reforming from the inside out, ne? That's my goal, my motivation from now on. I want to be the kind of teacher kids look forward to seeing every day, the kind that motivates, inspires, and teaches.
Since the passing of the teacher that I didn't know, and the memorial ceremony (see "Teachers Bash Fight" entry) I wanted to be one of those people "changing the world, one kid at a time." Of course, I would be horrible in social services, so what better than to deal with journalism (my favorite subject) with high-schoolers (and right after college, assuming I stick to this goal and get a MJE degree, I would get along best with them, being only 8 or so years older than senior students)!? It's a great idea, and I'm really going to push for it.
That inspiration I had lost so long ago I have again. ^^ And I'm happier than I've ever been.
So now, I'm looking at how some states require journalism teachers to have certification-- California doesn't. It's sad really, because California is so wide and diverse. The teacher we have is a good teacher, but horrible with teaching journalism. He doesn't inspire, edit, or anything, I don't know what the word is, but he doesn't motivate. So I've decided that I want to get a Master Journalism Educator degree, and return to my high school after college to teach Journalism there.
Good method of reforming from the inside out, ne? That's my goal, my motivation from now on. I want to be the kind of teacher kids look forward to seeing every day, the kind that motivates, inspires, and teaches.
Since the passing of the teacher that I didn't know, and the memorial ceremony (see "Teachers Bash Fight" entry) I wanted to be one of those people "changing the world, one kid at a time." Of course, I would be horrible in social services, so what better than to deal with journalism (my favorite subject) with high-schoolers (and right after college, assuming I stick to this goal and get a MJE degree, I would get along best with them, being only 8 or so years older than senior students)!? It's a great idea, and I'm really going to push for it.
That inspiration I had lost so long ago I have again. ^^ And I'm happier than I've ever been.
