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[Kiranc]

Kiranc 356 edits since March 2, 2005

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[edit] My Motto

Leave the place better than you found it.


[edit] Brief History

I want for there to be moments in my classroom when students feel that they know what is expected from them, sense that those around them are interested in what they are doing, see that there are a variety of possibilities to choose from, and feel comfortable enough to become unselfconsciously involved in whatever they are interested in. My goal is to provision so as to allow for such moments to happen.

Provisioning for loved work to take hold in the classroom and for the person to come forward leads me to value making and doing, and adolescents’ own standards for what they do and make.

My mother was an artist and my father was a scientist. Each of them struggled to find ways to do work they valued. At Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio in the early 1980's, my professors welcomed me into a community of thinkers. I got to learn alongside them. In the years after I graduated, I worked first with Lakota Sioux community organizers on five reservations in South Dakota, and then with community organizers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Chicago, and western Massachusetts. In 1991, I went to get an MA in teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. I have been teaching ever since in the New York City Public Schools: at University Heights High School in the Bronx until 1997, and here at East Side Community High School in the Lower East Side of Manhattan from 1997 to the present.

[edit] Who am I? Where am I from?

Please interpret this in any way you wish. This might refer to your racial/cultural/ethnic background or your neighborhood or street or to any other way you might want to describe who you are and where you are from.

[edit] I'd Like to Meet

Descibe the type of person that you would like to meet, and say why. What type of person do you like to be with? Come up with 5 qualities of the kinds of people who you would like to meet.

[edit] Interests

  • Reading books aloud to kids
  • Looking at art
  • Talking with my dad about world events, current and historical

[edit] Music

Don't just list the singers or musicians that you like. Say who you like, but also explain why. Tell when you started listening to this music. Tell about a time when you really enjoyed the music. Who else do you know who likes this music?

[edit] Movies

What are last year's best and worst movies? Why do you feel this way? Who do you see movies with?

[edit] Television

What are your favorite shows? Why? What are your favorite video/computer games? Who do you play with? When did you start?

[edit] Heroes

List five people you think of as your heroes. They can be famous or not. Explain why each is a hero to you.

[edit] Books

What's your favorite book? List the books you've been reading this month. What did you recently finish? Would you recommend any of these books? Why or why not? What are you reading now?

[edit] My Life at School

How long have you been at ESCHS? What do you think about this school... about the students... about the classes... the teachers...? What are your favorite subjects / least favorite subjects?)

[edit] My Future

What are your plans for the future? What do you hope to accomplish this year... before you graduate from high school... in 5 years... in 10 years? What are your goals?)

[edit] Questions

List 3 - 5 questions you have about yourself, then list 3 - 5 questions you have about the world.

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