https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049 Respond to each questions after completing your reading and annotations. Your responses should line up beneath the questions. Click the "+" to add a post. en-us 2017-05-31 19:52:01 UTC 2025-09-30 02:01:05 UTC hello@padlet.com turnerlinnea https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179361586 2017-07-25 01:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179361586 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179539947 By practically rejecting and critiquing her student's answers immediately , the teacher makes the students question themselves. This forces them to put much more effort into their vernacular, therefore immersing themselves into the French language. "After being singled out as a lazy kfdtinvfm, I took to spending four hours a night on my homework, putting even more time whenever we were assigned with an essay." I believe this a slightly inappropriate style of teaching, yet it so very effective at getting the students motivated to learn more. The implication of "immersion" is "the work for reward" mentality. When put in situations, like the teacher put her students in, you have to respond. By either getting better or not working for it.]]> 2017-07-27 01:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179539947 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179541924 Sedaris makes the students going into the class, seem super smart. He almost feels a bit petrified when going into the first day. " Some accents were better than others, but the students exhibited an ease and confidence I found intimidating." So when the teacher starts to speak and insults the students ability to speak the language, it almost gives the effect that the students have never spoken French in their lives.]]> 2017-07-27 01:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179541924 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179543330 In eight grade I had the same teacher for both math, social studies and homeroom. I didn't like her very much because she didn't like me. I was very lazy and looking back I can see why we didn't get off on the right foot. This friction between us, started a fire in me to make the situation right. So I started working harder and longer to produce work of a higher standard. This led to the tension between us being lowered and she became one of my favorite teachers. I know now, that she always believed in me because I was capable of more and we both knew that.]]> 2017-07-27 02:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179543330 turnerlinnea https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179544046 2017-07-27 02:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179544046 baaschrhiannon https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179594997 Beginning in the third paragraph of his essay, Sedaris talks about the method of teaching that he knew he was going to encounter. He says, "the first day of class was nerve-racking because I knew I'd be expected to perform. That's the way they do it here-- it's everybody into the language pool, sink or swim" (345). The metaphor of being thrown into a pool and either "sinking" or "swimming" is very appropriate to the situation that Sedaris was in. It implies that the teacher immediately jumped into the work without much introduction and that it was up to the students to understand. It also implies that they either succeeded or failed without much in between and it was completely up to them. ]]> 2017-07-27 18:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179594997 baaschrhiannon https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179595511 At the beginning of the essay, the other students are described as speaking in "excellent French" and are described as confident in their ability to speak the language (340). As he continues to describe the class and how the teacher would belittle all of the students, he also describes how he lost any confidence in his ability to speak French and says that his "only comfort was the knowledge that I was not alone" (344). He says that "over time it became impossible to believe that any of us would ever improve" (344). The dialogue he presents at the end of the essay shows the other students, and himself, speaking with poor grammar and occasionally messing up their words. Sedaris writes, "'Sometime me cry alone at night.' 'That be common for I, also, but be more strong, you. Much work and someday you talk pretty. People start love you soon. Maybe tomorrow, okay.' .... 'I know the thing that you speak exact now. Take me more, you, plus, please, plus'" (344).]]> 2017-07-27 18:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179595511 turnerlinnea https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179668021 2017-07-29 01:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179668021 ana_bruss https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179788523 "Immersion" refers to being completely surrounded by the language, with little to no ability to fall back to your native language. Especially in the case of the essay, this metaphor is incredibly appropriate. Sedaris remarks that "we were forbidden to speak anything but French"(343). This method is often generally regarded as the most effective way to learn a language, since one has no choice but to learn the language. "it's everybody in the language pool, sink or swim"(341) Although, this method can have drawbacks in the form of early stress, exhibited when Sedaris explains that "Stopping for a coffee, asking direction, depositing money in my bank account: these things were out of the question"(343).]]> 2017-07-31 18:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179788523 ana_bruss https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179789311 At first, Sedaris describes the students as speaking "what sounded to me like excellent French"(340). This demonstrates their confidence before the class, they were speaking confidently which caused Sedaris to believe that they are speaking excellent French. As the essay goes on, he sees their French for the limitations it really has. "they [the Polish girls] were limited in terms of vocabulary. and this made them appear less than sophisticated. This change in perception is illustrative of Sedaris learning more French. As he learns more of the language, the other students seem less above him and more on the same basic level he is.]]> 2017-07-31 19:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179789311 ana_bruss https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179789840 One of my proudest moments to date comes from when I was eleven years old. I was sitting in the office of the school psychologist, preparing to take an IQ test. He casually asked me what I planned to do with the results, and I responded that I would like to join a high-IQ society such as Mensa or Toastmasters. As soon as "Mensa" left my mouth, he laughed. After all, I was a 4-foot-10 eleven-year-old girl in a fuzzy cardigan. Not exactly Mensa material. Fast-forward to during the test, there was a question about spatial reasoning that took me about thirty seconds to work out. Once I called out "done!" the psychologist looked to his clipboard and back to my work before saying "I marked that question wrong at the beginning of the test because there was no way you were going to get it right." I asked him if I did get it right. I did. The fact that he didn't believe in me from the beginning only caused me to work harder, not because I wanted his approval but because I wanted to prove him wrong. 

I was inducted into Mensa at the age of eleven with an IQ of 136, and it was mostly out of spite.]]> 2017-07-31 19:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179789840 schneidercody https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179794834 Sedaris makes the students going into the class, seem super smart. He almost feels a bit petrified when going into the first day. " Some accents were better than others, but the students exhibited an ease and confidence I found intimidating." So when the teacher starts to speak and insults the students ability to speak the language, it almost gives the effect that the students have never spoken French in their lives.

]]> 2017-07-31 21:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179794834 schneidercody https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179794866 By practically rejecting and critiquing her student's answers immediately , the teacher makes the students question themselves. This forces them to put much more effort into their vernacular, therefore immersing themselves into the French language. "After being singled out as a lazy kfdtinvfm, I took to spending four hours a night on my homework, putting even more time whenever we were assigned with an essay." I believe this a slightly inappropriate style of teaching, yet it so very effective at getting the students motivated to learn more. The implication of "immersion" is "the work for reward" mentality. When put in situations, like the teacher put her students in, you have to respond. By either getting better or not working for it.

]]> 2017-07-31 21:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179794866 cardinalanna https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179814064 The idea of "immersion" involves focusing only on the language or subject being taught. This metaphor is quite appropriate, because the students were in France to learn. As Sedaris states, "I've moved to Paris with hopes of learning the language," (340). This shows that the students in the class came to the area to be fully absorbed, or immersed, in the language. It is also an appropriate way to learn because the students learn to understand what others are saying by listening and questioning. After months of being in the class, Sedaris noticed, "...for the first time since arriving in France, I could understand every word that someone was saying," (344). This shows that this style of language-learning is effective. This style has several implications, one being that as soon as one enters the class, they are supposed to have some understanding. As Sedaris puts it, "...it's everybody into the language pool, sink or swim," (341). All the students are immediately exposed to the language, and their level of success is entirely up to them. It also suggests that an immersive style of learning requires the student to use the language. When discussing his experience, Sedaris mentions that "...we were forbidden to speak anything but French..." (343). This shows that one of the implications of this style of learning is that one must use the language to learn it as well.]]> 2017-08-01 01:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179814064 jalinskiautumn https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179814235 2017-08-01 01:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179814235 cardinalanna https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179816547 At first, Sedaris describes the way the other students speak French in a way that suggests he views them as better than him at the language. When observing those waiting for the class to start, he states, "...everyone spoke in what sounded to me like excellent French," (340). When waiting for the class to start, he begins to think that all of the other students speak French well. However, once in the class, he gained a very different impression. When talking about the small talk the students took part in, Sedaris says, "Huddled in the hallways and making the most of our pathetic French, my fellow students and I engaged in... conversation...'but be more strong, you. Much work and someday you talk pretty," (344). The introduction and this quote show that, further into the course, Sedaris came to realize that all of the students were in the same boat and that they all were struggling with the language. This achieves the effect of showing that through the class, he realized that all of them were actually quite mediocre at French, and giving examples of the flawed attempts to speak it show how much they all struggled.]]> 2017-08-01 02:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179816547 jalinskiautumn https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179817318 2017-08-01 02:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179817318 jalinskiautumn https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179817955 One time I had this overwhelming math teacher a couple years ago, it seem like I could never show her my true potential in that class because it seemed like she never wante to give me a chance. The friction at first caused m to contimplate what I was doing wrong, but I really wasn't doing anything to deserve the behavior. I decided to talk to the teacher about it and thus I began to work ven harder t prove my word and show her my true self, and it worked.    ]]> 2017-08-01 02:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179817955 cardinalanna https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179819042 I haven't had any major conflicts or struggles with teachers or authority figures, though I have had teachers with expectations so high that there was no way to do the right thing in their eyes. On occasion, they would get angry at students as a defense mechanism, and it seemed, at the time, to be in order cover up their own mistakes. This made me work harder to meet their expectations and show them that I was doing my best to improve.]]> 2017-08-01 02:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179819042 toijalataryn https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179828846 The approach called "immersion" describes a sole focus on one thing. A way of being completely absorbed into what is around you. I believe this can be an appropriate approach to learning, as long as it is executed properly. In this circumstance Sedaris states that he "moved to Paris with hopes of learning the language"(340). Therefore he was signing up to learn and learn only. This proves to be a successful approach as later on Sedaris states that he could "understand every word"(344). However, as with everything there are always downsides or implications. Some relating to immersion being that the moment after stepping into the classroom your skills could be rejected and critiqued. Hearing this sort of feedback can be detrimental to certain individuals. In addition to that you're thrown into the language 100% and it's up to you whether you sink or swim. ]]> 2017-08-01 04:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179828846 toijalataryn https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179829880 At first Sedaris observes the skills of his classmates as "excellent French"(340). However, after being immersed into the language he begins to learn that they are not as outstanding as he previously thought. His gaining of personal knowledge brought light to the true abilities of the students. He notes that they are "limited in terms of vocabulary"(342). This observation creates an effect and realization that he is ]]> 2017-08-01 04:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179829880 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830235 Throughout Sedaris’s essay, the readers see the metaphor immersion being used. Immersion is used when the usual curricular activities of the class are conducted in a foreign language. During Sedaris class, the teacher ashams each student when they do not answer the questions right. Sedaris expressed immersion in the metaphor he uses here, “That’s the way they do it here—it’s everybody into the language pool, sink or swim” (341). After the teacher humiliates each student, they are pushed to work harder. Sedaris experiences this and he wants to spend, “four hours a night on his homework” (343). After studying to prove the teacher wrong, Sedaris, “for the first time since arriving in France, he could understand every word that someone was saying” (344). ]]> 2017-08-01 04:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830235 coonreilly https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830262 Two metaphors were made by Sedaris in the essay and both reflect the learning experience of immersion well. First, Sedaris describes it as a pool. "It's everybody in the language pool, sink or swim" (341). When you are thrown into something you only have a general knowledge of, you will do everything you can to stay afloat. You can either struggle to stay at the surface or you can drown. This is a fitting comparison because there is no faking in immersion. You have to pick up the slack and learn otherwise you will fall behind. This is also one of the implications of immersion. One must start out on pace if they have any chance of success. There has to be a base knowledge. The second metaphor Sedaris uses is refugees speaking crude English at a camp. "Much work and someday you talk pretty" (344). It doesn't matter the students background. All people are in the same boat of needing to completely immerse themselves in they want to survive in the class, however crude their ]]> 2017-08-01 04:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830262 toijalataryn https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830430 After thinking long and hard I can't think of a specific person or teacher with whom I've had much conflict with. Minor disagreements and occasional arguments, sure, but nothing too serious. Often as a teachers kid I feel pressure to exceed the expectations, even if the teacher doesn't think that whatsoever. It's not so much what the teacher truly expects from me, it's what I tell myself they do. This causes my mind to move at a million miles per second and to overthink each action I make and word I say. A joke or comment made by one teacher can be held onto for weeks to come. As of first semester last year the pressure I felt became so strong that I began to purposely sabotage myself to lower expectations. I didn't give my full effort on projects and wouldn't turn in homework even if it was completed. I told myself that if I didn't do well, they wouldn't expect me to. Therefore if I ended up doing well, it would be good, and if I didn't do so well, that would be fine too. I lied to myself for months before I came to the realization that I was ruining myself. I knew I had to make a change and after many conversations with trusted teachers I was able to vocalize my feelings. Now if I feel excessive pressure from a certain individual I am able to verbalize my concerns with them instead of shutting down. I am now producing the work I've always been capable of, but was too scared to follow through with. "I no longer want to be silent and sweet."]]> 2017-08-01 04:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830430 coonreilly https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830464 At first Sedaris describes the language of his fellow classmates as impeccable, "everyone spoke to in what sounded to me like excellent French" (340), but as the class goes on there is a clear decline in the views of his fellow students' skills. Rather than placing the other students on a podium he relates to them. "Like the rest of us they were limited in terms of vocabulary" (342). The subtle switch of perspective shows the effects of immersion. Everyone is on an equal playing field, and there are no advan ]]> 2017-08-01 04:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830464 coonreilly https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830911 Often times I encounter authority figures I don't quite agree with. This past year when a teacher outwardly voiced their opinions about my work and how they didn't think it was on the road to success. It made me want to succeed and do well just to show them that I was better than what they had thought and that their expectations didn't hold me down. I could succeed on my own without their support. Although I didn't particularly enjoy the experience I know realize that without those teachers being rather rude, careless, or unsupportive I may not have succeeded in the class]]> 2017-08-01 04:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179830911 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179831193 When Sedaris shows dialogue of his French peers, he shows that he is not the only one struggling with the way of teaching and the speaking of the language. In the beginning Sedaris believed that his classmates were smart and knew the language, “Some accents were better than others, but the students exhibited an ease and confidence I found intimidating” (340). This allowed Sedaris to worry that he was the only one without full knowledge of the language. However, as the teacher asked questions, the dialogue of the students showed that they were similar to Sedaris. Everyone in the class became fearful of the teacher as they were embarrassed in front of their peers. The dialogue showed the amount of knowledge each student has. ]]> 2017-08-01 04:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179831193 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179831568 When I was in middle school, I encountered an art teacher who pushed me to become better. However, for one particular assignment, she did not believe I could handle the assignment given in the amount of time. As I did the painting she gave, I did not realize I chose the most difficult technique, which took longer than planned. In order to prove this teacher wrong, and finish the painting on the due date, I had to stay after school. After finishing the assignment on time, my teacher was proud that I completed a hard painting in such little time. From that point on, I learned to push myself in the right direction, and a little negativity can only make me stronger.

]]> 2017-08-01 05:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/179831568 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/180413725 It's as the name suggests. You immerse yourself in the language and this is believed to help most, if not all, to learn a language quicker and better. The implication shown in this piece of text is clearly the humiliation he feels when he's ridiculed for his lack of understanding in the language. "Were you always this (gibberish) even a (gibberish) knows that a typewriter is feminine"(342). ]]> 2017-08-08 21:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/180413725 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/180414326 First he writes them off as experts of the language. "Everyone spoke in what sounded to me like excellent French"(340). He thinks much more highly of their ability to speak the language than he does his own. However in the presence of the teacher he makes them seem like beginners to the language because of how critical the teacher is.]]> 2017-08-08 21:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/180414326 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/180414547 I had a big problem with my 8th or 7th grade English teacher Mrs. Scharbarth. The way I remember it, she was a hag, to me at least. She'd constantly criticize me, not constructive criticism mind you, she'd just talk down on my work. I worked harder and harder to try and prove her wrong but she didn't let up. She'd go on to criticize me all the way to the end of middle school. ]]> 2017-08-08 21:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/180414547 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/196392764 2017-10-12 12:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/196392764 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/228203128 2018-02-05 16:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/228203128 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/244733415 2018-03-21 19:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/244733415 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/290260195 2018-10-08 12:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/290260195 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/433474773 D]]> 2020-01-20 00:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/433474773 bpires221 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/1323595352 The idea of "immersion" involves focusing only on the language or subject being taught. This metaphor is quite appropriate, because the students were in France to learn. As Sedaris states, "I've moved to Paris with hopes of learning the language," (340). This shows that the students in the class came to the area to be fully absorbed, or immersed, in the language. It is also an appropriate way to learn because the students learn to understand what others are saying by listening and questioning. After months of being in the class, Sedaris noticed, "...for the first time since arriving in France, I could understand every word that someone was saying," (344). This shows that this style of language-learning is effective. This style has several implications, one being that as soon as one enters the class, they are supposed to have some understanding. As Sedaris puts it, "...it's everybody into the language pool, sink or swim," (341). All the students are immediately exposed to the language, and their level of success is entirely up to them. It also suggests that an immersive style of learning requires the student to use the language. When discussing his experience, Sedaris mentions that "...we were forbidden to speak anything but French..." (343). This shows that one of the implications of this style of learning is that one must use the language to learn it as well.]]> 2021-03-18 02:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/1323595352 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/2289129553 kkkkkkk]]> 2022-09-09 03:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/2289129553 https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/2387862572 2022-11-17 07:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gabert/feukqw3ct049/wish/2387862572