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Walden House Course Report - June 2009
Instructors: Dan Kim, Kathy Whyte, Chang Kim, David Gaettelin
Beginning Date: May 26th, 2009
Graduation Date: June 30th, 2009
The class started with 12 students. This session had a few turn over in Instructors with the exception of Dan Kim on the Tuesday Team who taught almost every class. Despite being taught by various teachers the students showed up to class on time with a positive attitude and showed the great gratitude.
I came to substitute for two simultaneous classes in the third week of the session. I have taught at Walden House before but this time things were very different. I had five students back then and I had a co-teacher. This time I taught ten students all by myself. The small room with barely enough room to walk between the chairs and the table actually was a great advantage. I was able to help, monitor, and lecture very easily since we were so close to each other in distance.
The lectures were well received and well responded by the students. They asked good focused questions. The questions were geared toward how this knowledge can help them for their future.
One of the classes I taught was about how to give a presentation. I tried to make this class interactive by asking the students to share any advices in public speaking and/or job interviewing either from their own experiences or things they’ve learned. I remember Eddie shared his own struggle of over-coming a bad habit of saying “uh” too much when he was speaking. Eddie made me aware of the same habit and I tried to control it at least during that class.
We had two students in the class that actually had prior knowledge of computers and they were advanced in terms of the curriculum given by CDD. However their presence in class was helpful because they helped out the students who were struggling and sometimes they explained some things and helped make it easier to understand for the other students.
The class ended on a high note with the entire class graduating in a very special ceremony on June 30th. We were all thrilled for the Walden House students who rose above challenges they faced in our own classroom to a great achievement. We wish each well as they go into the job force and hope these new skills will help them build a bright new future.
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