Blog Assignment #1

About Me

My name is Julian Maleki Harris but everybody calles me Maleki. I am a 20 year old sophomore here at South. I do play football here but I like to think of myself to be than a football player. I graduated from Cordova High School which is about 20 mins outside of birmingham. However I grew up in north Alabama in a city called Leighton, about 10mins from Florence, AL. I have two sisters one is 22 and the other one is 9.
My family was a big reason why I came to South. Since USA is in state for me that is a bonus for me since I am not too far for my family to come watch my football games. Also I like only being 45mins away from the beach. My hobbies are playing sports and hanging out.

I have learned throughout my educational career that hands on teaching reaches more students in my opinion so that will probably be my most used method way of teach. I also think that independent learning skills is important for a student have to not only better themselves in an educational setting but also in when they get ready to enter the work force. However, some students do learn different from others therefore whatever method i need to use to most effectively get my students to learn.

I plan on being a Physical Education teacher so my tools will be P.E equipment. I will also use tools such as a whistle and occasionally instructional videos. My students will use a different variety of equipment such as balls and cones. They will also use tools such as tennis shoes and gym shorts.

I plan on teaching students between the 6th and the 12th grade. I want to teach these specific age groups because I feel like these years are very important in a child's life. In my opinion this is where alot of kids will learn a work ethic and I want to help them learn a good one. This is where I would use more of an independent learning method when i teach.

I also wouldnt mind teaching elementary kids. I think teaching kids how to participate in sports the right way will help them in everything they do. Also when working with young kids I have experienced that i can reach them better working hands on. which is why I would us a more hands on method when teach elementry students.

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I learned that planning is always a good idea No matter what. I always hate having to change plans but he made very good point about atleast you have a plan. Also when he talked about doin things right made sense to me as well. A lot of what he was saying involved good time management as well as living a good life.