Final Blog Reflection

          During this semester in my English class I have been using this blog to accomplish some assignments. Most of these were based on stories discussed in class and reflections on some of the topics discussed in class. I enjoyed using this blog because I was able to express my thoughts in a more personalized way.  It also saved a lot of paper and ink, which means our class saved a few trees! This project helped me explore my writing capabilities and made it easier for me to share my thoughts and ideas with my classmates and the world.

Reflection on "Teaching" by Jim Cooper

In his narration Cooper talks about the challenges he faced while trying to teach English at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez. He realized that his students came with a really bad English language background because of the faulty English taught by the school system. I can definitely relate to what Cooper meant when he talked about the English learning system not working well. “The emphasis is on learning to speak the language by imitating the native speaker model. Quite obviously, if the teacher cannot speak the language, then the system cannot work”. (Cooper 73) I grew up in private school but my high school years were done in a public school. During high school my English teachers knew very little to no English. I felt desperate whenever I heard or saw something misspelled because I did not want to correct them in front of the other students. By the time I was able to confront them it was too late, the wrong thing had already been taught even though we had good textbooks and learning materials.

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