After
waiting for exactly a month under the scorching heat of Delhi, I got my USA
visa approved after a second application to attend my educational enrichment
program in two highly esteemed institutions -- The Edible Schoolyard Academy in
Berkeley, and The Exploratorium Summer Institute for Teachers Training in San
Francisco, California, USA.
Visiting USA may be exciting and a life time journey one may wish to
take up, but it’s not as easy as we think to get it through. There are hundreds
of sieves, through which one has to scan, to be eligible visitors. Anyway, I
should say I am lucky and successful with the intricacies of my visa applications
with helping efforts from many people. I would like to thank you all on behalf
of Lhomon Education and on my own behalf for your wonderful and selfless
support and guidance in the process.
I
had a wonderful and safe journey from Delhi to San Francisco although it was
quite long, especially the flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco. Now frankly
speaking, I am little blurred, feeling a minor headache, stomach gurgles and
dosing off in midday. I guess I have messed up day and night. I hope it will
take a few more days for my biological chemistry to get adjusted to this new
environment.
Now,
I would like to share briefly from my hazy head a few of the expectations from my
two programs. Firstly, in the Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, I hope to learn
how their curricula are linked with the organic aspects of farming. Secondly, how
to integrate learning different subjects to the garden and kitchen. Thirdly, what
are the methodologies, strategies and tools to use for teaching different subjects,
and learn and get first hand experiences of catering the lessons to my students.
From
The Exploratorium 2014 Summer Institute for Teachers’ Training, with the
growing importance of science and technology and the challenges I face as a
teacher in the classroom, I need to learn the practical tools and information
that would transcend the limits of the textbooks. So I am hoping to gain many
things from this program. Firstly,
knowledge of the innovative ways that the Exploratorium teaches so that I can
bring them into my classroom for the educational enrichment of my students.
Secondly, insights and tools that inspire teaching and learning of the
sciences. Thirdly, the practical ideas to teach and cater the science and math
lessons to our students. Fourthly, expanding my range of science activities for
my students, and understanding more about the world around us.
I
hope earnestly that my expectations and hopes come true to my delight. It’s a
big voyage yet to begin and there are so many things that I have to explore and
learn from here.
Dear
readers, I will keep posting for you all please visit again to read another
episode.
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