Final Blog

English education has a lot to offer me for my future. There is always a need for teachers in every community. That sort of need makes me feel of importance. But specifically in English I know my job is important. I am the educator that is going to prepare these students for writing for the rest of their lives. From that point on they are going to have to have good skills in speaking properly for job interviews. Also when communicating to important persons my students must be able to do so with all the correct spelling and punctuation. Also if my students pursue the college path I must prep them for future college essays, and/or communicating with professors. Aside from just writing my students will be challenged to interpret novels and poems. This will encourage them to look at things from a different aspect. That tool is useful when socializing for business or just reading for pleasure. I have taken away many thoughts and ideas from this class. I have learned how to take books that I or my students may not particularly enjoy and make them understandable and interesting. I learned that being given freedom to voice my opinion and take constructive criticism from fellow classmates and use it to my advantage. As I continue down the road of English education I plan to take away a little bit of each teaching strategies that better aided me in my understanding of literature. I will see what methods are effective by testing them on myself for the next two years of school I have ahead. From this point on my learning revolves around not only me but my future students. Of course I would love to walk away with a few novels or poems that I enjoy and was eager to learn about. However, I know there are challenges ahead and uninteresting novels to come. Hopefully as I prepare myself as a future teacher, I can take things as I go and remember as much about teaching as I can while I am young and somewhat on the same level as my future students.

Film Study

If I were to present a movie to a film studies class my selection would be Forrest Gump. Due to drug content and language the students would most likely need to be at a high school level or older. This film is full of history. It follows Forrest through many years including scenes such as America at war, our struggles with racism, celebrity figures political and in entertainment, Watergate, and his experience as a college football player and shrimp boat captain. The true historical moments in this movie show students what it was really like during that time period. It also gives you a more simplistic view point on what is going on. Forrest is a very simple man and gives you a blunt explanation for what is occurring around him. The story moves all around the country so it is not limited to one community. Not to mention the music is great! There are so many different directions a teacher can go in when studying Forrest Gump. It was first a novel, which can be made into a comparison from the film. This movie won numerous awards and is well loved by all. Forrest Gump would be a great film to study in a classroom.