Sep. 28 Entrance Slip

1)

By reading the first section of the article about the effects of the current world climate, there were some facts that I didn't even know or understand in detail. By reflecting on myself, I believe that it is our responsibility to keep learning and enriching our knowledge and then share the facts we know with our students without any bias. It is our responsibility to let our students know and understand what is happening in the world at large, but we need to be careful not to portray negativity to our students in the process.

2) 

I think we have the ability to change the way our subjects are "traditionally" taught. In the past, teaching may have just been about telling students what knowledge is, how to solve problems, etc. In the "traditional" way of teaching maths, students were more on the receiving end of knowledge. I agree with the paragraph "form of participation" in the article. I think that students should be encouraged to actively participate in maths and to think actively about all mathematical problems. They should also be encouraged to participate in school and community activities. There are issues about the environment and society that they need to experience and think about outside of the classroom. So we teachers can consciously influence and encourage them instead of exporting knowledge all the time.

3) 

My most visceral feeling is that there is currently too much extreme weather and the summers are getting unbearably hot. The winters are getting colder and colder. And this is also manifesting itself in countries and cities with temperate oceanic climates, making the environment suitable for survival less and less.