After 6 confessions of an educator and 6 interviews with students and teachers, let's take a minute to wrap up this season!  (1) I'll give you a behind-the-scenes of what conducting interviews was like, (2) the highlights and my key takeaways from the interviews and, (3) the future of Roa's Podcast!

 

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Final interview with none other than the two hosts and producers of the InequaliTEA Podcast, Angeline and Margot!

We talked about the unhealthy amount of pressure that students are facing, student priorities and the need for free time. Angeline and Margot tells what teachers can do to help and what they may do to worsen the situation. 

Make sure to check out InequaliTEA podcast! You can find them on all major platforms as well as Instagram @Inequalitea!

Part 2 of the interview with Professor Vinet! In this episode, we get even more insight into the life of a teacher, including his expectations of his students, how he is inside and outside of the classroom and we read some negative comments left by his former students on Ratemyteacher.com!

 

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Disclaimer: The contents of this episode does not affiliated with nor does it represent the values of Marianopolis College.

Let's talk about:

- Spending an extra year in College by spreading out the course load;   

- Changing the University major twice;

- Getting no call back from all the job applications until the very last minute;

- Then finally getting a job but having an extremely rough adjustment period.

Let's also talk about all of the unexpected caused by the pandemic. 

This episode, I have Professor Vinet with me to talk about his career and how he has been dealing with the pandemic as Chair and Coordinator of the Science Department. We also reminisce about when I was his student back in College!

 

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Disclaimer: The contents of this episode does not affiliated with nor does it represent the values of Marianopolis College.

We have two special guests with a special friendship from the Marianopolis Addendum podcast! They attended elementary school together in Vietnam and are attending the same college as international students in Quebec.

They gave a few important insights, things that I haven't given much thought, including:

- Office hours aren't as useful as we think;

- Teachers need to help students grow and improve. Just being nice isn't that helpful, and;

- Students, don't flirt in breakout rooms.

Enjoy!!

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Second interview of this series, first interview with a teacher!

Get to know the perspective of a teacher: when does he get nervous, disappointed, impressed? What are his expectations of his students and what are his goals? All to realize that teachers are just like everyone else. 

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Introducing the first out of six interview episodes!

My firsts guests are two student podcasters from 'Confessions of College Students', Amanda and Michael, who I've invited to talk about the student perspective, the student life and student needs, with the hope to improve understanding and communication between students and teachers.

We talk about the best and worst, what is helpful and what is frustrating, and insights that may help teachers build a stronger bond with their students.

You can find their podcast on podbean and Apple podcacts, and don't forget to find me on Instagram @roa_podcast.

Sixth and last confession from an educator - some students were just not teachable, at least not within my abilities. 

 

I hate to say it, but it is what it is.

Do you think this is a bad thing or a good thing? I take it as a blessing - the fact that I'm not inclined to - nor do I have good reason to - expect or want greatness from anyone. That's not why I'm teaching.

 

As cheesy as this sounds, it's the effort that counts for me.

I don't believe everything anyone says (and neither should you!), but here are some things in particular that I hear students say a LOT that make me question if it's true or not. 

 

Enjoy!