Mind Champs!
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
5:08 PM
It's been two days in the school so far and it has been very interesting so far. The way things are run in this school is a little "slack", but it is a new experience for me.
For example, students don't have their own classrooms. They, however, travel to the different homerooms for their lessons. This is a fun policy, but there are Ups and Downs to it. I shall not delve into it.
The topics learnt are also somewhat similiar. For Geography, they are being taught Human geography now. If i'm not wrong, that should be what we are going to do next year. For Mathematics, they had a indices quiz today. Therefore, you can see that their methods of teaching are kind of similar to what we have.
One of the things that really amused me was the English lesson. They had to write a speech, and present it to the class. The two t0pics that was presented today were on " Man's Greatest Enemy" and " A Race Against Time. "
Interesting topics with interesting speeches. Somewhat hilarious. Like So : " Man's Greatest Fear is Public Speaking..."
They're lunch time(1 hour) is also longer than our's(half hour) *hint hint*
But they do learn subjects that we don't cover in our syllabus. They have Health Studies, Music, and such. Many a times, i was left clueless as to what they were doing, especially in French class.
A funny thing happened to me today. I was in Health Class, and they were supposed to do a worksheet on communications. The teacher handed out the worksheet, and passed one to me. a while later, they set to work. As i was not part of their secret Health society gathering, i did not understand a bit of the worksheet. So, i was scolded quite badly. The teacher came to me and went "WHOT! Are you Doing?" in a very accusing tone.
Of course, this was all soon sorted out, and a very bashful teacher was left apologizing to me, " I beg your forgiveness. "
Perhaps the most interesting lesson was Geography, it being one of the only few without lessons without a test or such. Geography was cool, and the teacher was hospitable and funny. Worksheets with printed articles on human geography were printed out, and the teacher went through a few questions set by herself.
In all, I think University High is a great school with many nice teachers. There were many hilarious moments, and they're lessons are mostly thought-provoking. Doesn't work for people like me with a 64mb memory and a small brain....
So, that's one day of a life in Melbourne. Or rather, one day in our 10 days in Melbourne.
Have fun everyone(:
-Zheng Jia
P.S. Spoke with my host a bit. They say North Australia is not facing any water trouble. However, the Southern part is facing a bit of water constraint. They're only allowed to water their garden or wash their car only twice a weeks or so. Terrible eh?
They're building a desalination plant to desalinate the saline water from the sea to use it for domestic purposes.
Just thought it would be interesting.
♥Another Day In MELBOURNE♥
