I went to an IOPI & ISTA organised Physics post Marking Scheme conference in the inappropriately named Blackrock Education Centre. It was the 1st time I saw such advertised and I enjoyed it as I felt I learned some and was enlghtened as to the independent thinking that is rewarded by the examiners on behalf of the examiner/ exam paper maker.
This I hope is enough to instil in my students a carefree attitude to answering the questions that will be rewarded by bravery in answering questions following a good deal of study.
This is not though the subject of this blog. At this meeting I checked the roll call of the attenedees, Erwin and Albert might have been on this list but I could care less after I saw the 1st name on the list a Mr Pat Doyle, school C.U.S. my alma mater, my in life, actually brushed against hero of Physics, Mr Pat Doyle.
I spent the evening listening intently to the sometimes wise words of my colleagugues, but knowing the nature especially pricked my ears to hear once again the seldom heard words of my old physics teacher. He was, as I had remembered, always correct, this happens not by genetic selection but by careful preparation.
Things had not changed.
I, shy to aquaint myself, introduced myself as a former student, accepted the fact that he had seen off at least 600 students since I had passed through the red door on Leeson st, and no matter what I thought of his capacities was not going to recognise me.
It is here that this blog begins, because I find myself forgetting names of students that had passed through S8 in last 4 years. These students can recall stories that i sometimes remember and oft laugh as though I have never before heard. It is my impact upon these young people that goes unnoticed on me. Yet the things I do & say, the way I treat my students all have lasting effects. I will never regard myself as a herobto anybody, but I cant help what people think of me. If in anyway I can encourage a love of science and the further purity of physics, the more that society has benefitted from my employment by the DES.
Life is not defined by our knowledge but by the manner of our interactions with our fellow 'man', if my enduring legacy has been to treat all students with respect, and to inspire some then all the tax dollars paid to me will have been worth more than something.
I never wanted to be a hero to anybody, yet i feel that I already have been and my goal is only to become a better
This I hope is enough to instil in my students a carefree attitude to answering the questions that will be rewarded by bravery in answering questions following a good deal of study.
This is not though the subject of this blog. At this meeting I checked the roll call of the attenedees, Erwin and Albert might have been on this list but I could care less after I saw the 1st name on the list a Mr Pat Doyle, school C.U.S. my alma mater, my in life, actually brushed against hero of Physics, Mr Pat Doyle.
I spent the evening listening intently to the sometimes wise words of my colleagugues, but knowing the nature especially pricked my ears to hear once again the seldom heard words of my old physics teacher. He was, as I had remembered, always correct, this happens not by genetic selection but by careful preparation.
Things had not changed.
I, shy to aquaint myself, introduced myself as a former student, accepted the fact that he had seen off at least 600 students since I had passed through the red door on Leeson st, and no matter what I thought of his capacities was not going to recognise me.
It is here that this blog begins, because I find myself forgetting names of students that had passed through S8 in last 4 years. These students can recall stories that i sometimes remember and oft laugh as though I have never before heard. It is my impact upon these young people that goes unnoticed on me. Yet the things I do & say, the way I treat my students all have lasting effects. I will never regard myself as a herobto anybody, but I cant help what people think of me. If in anyway I can encourage a love of science and the further purity of physics, the more that society has benefitted from my employment by the DES.
Life is not defined by our knowledge but by the manner of our interactions with our fellow 'man', if my enduring legacy has been to treat all students with respect, and to inspire some then all the tax dollars paid to me will have been worth more than something.
I never wanted to be a hero to anybody, yet i feel that I already have been and my goal is only to become a better
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