Melanie Temin This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. www.laparios.com

   www.laparios.com/lapjour94.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/16/2007   Last Visited: 3/16/2007

   Melanie Temin has arrived to be the assisting teacher. Melanie will work with the children, supplementing their education with English (a now-required subject but we lack the teacher) plus help with horizontal learning - reading, listening, singing, writing, etc. She is a recent graduate of Colorado College, fluent in Spanish, and we are thrilled she was curious to seek out this opportunity. Unfortunately, she is living in the storage room (the second classroom) and has cement sacks and tile blocks for roommates. She has had other experiences living in Spanish cultures and her humor and volunteering attitude keep her going ahead.
   
   17 July: After a long, 19 day holiday, the children are back in school but without the government teacher. The country is having a strike. How fortunate for us Melanie is here. The students are continuing with their learning, making masks for an art project, reciting poems, taking reading books home, writing to their favorite book character (until this year we had very few reading books) and simply learning. Melanie needs a space to live where she can be more comfortable.
   ...
   19 Sept.: Melanie disciplined a student who was "bad mouthing" and causing daily class interruptions (a 13 year old boy in grade 3). She sent him from the classroom to stand outside the door. He left school and got "mother". The tide is turning for a visiting English speaking teacher who disciplines! The school board requested that Melanie only teach English and she was asked to leave the school building "apartment" as it was not appropriate place for a teacher to live. Sadly, no neighbor has offered an idea for building nor a place for her to live. An additional problem has arisen in the the replacement government teacher (the former teacher's boyfriend). He does not schedule English classes! When can Melanie teach? Getting help from the district supervisor if difficult at best because he is not in the area and senses once again there is a rift in this community and doesn't want to get involved in solving problems.
   ...
   Melanie has learned a great deal about building a school in an area that has never had education; so has the association. Sometimes some of the community doesn't want what other community members want. The more vocal members will have their way, not the wishes of the majority. This is real life, not necessarily a democracy.
   
   12 Oct.: Lacking a qualified teacher the English as a Second Language Program has removed their teaching materials. Lacking pressure from Melanie our classroom teacher again only holds classes on Tuesday through Thursday. The roof for the well has never been finished.

2. 2. laparios.com

   laparios.com/lapjour94.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/16/2007   Last Visited: 3/16/2007

   Melanie Temin has arrived to be the assisting teacher. Melanie will work with the children, supplementing their education with English (a now-required subject but we lack the teacher) plus help with horizontal learning - reading, listening, singing, writing, etc. She is a recent graduate of Colorado College, fluent in Spanish, and we are thrilled she was curious to seek out this opportunity. Unfortunately, she is living in the storage room (the second classroom) and has cement sacks and tile blocks for roommates. She has had other experiences living in Spanish cultures and her humor and volunteering attitude keep her going ahead.
   
   17 July: After a long, 19 day holiday, the children are back in school but without the government teacher. The country is having a strike. How fortunate for us Melanie is here. The students are continuing with their learning, making masks for an art project, reciting poems, taking reading books home, writing to their favorite book character (until this year we had very few reading books) and simply learning. Melanie needs a space to live where she can be more comfortable.
   ...
   19 Sept.: Melanie disciplined a student who was "bad mouthing" and causing daily class interruptions (a 13 year old boy in grade 3). She sent him from the classroom to stand outside the door. He left school and got "mother". The tide is turning for a visiting English speaking teacher who disciplines! The school board requested that Melanie only teach English and she was asked to leave the school building "apartment" as it was not appropriate place for a teacher to live. Sadly, no neighbor has offered an idea for building nor a place for her to live. An additional problem has arisen in the the replacement government teacher (the former teacher's boyfriend). He does not schedule English classes! When can Melanie teach? Getting help from the district supervisor if difficult at best because he is not in the area and senses once again there is a rift in this community and doesn't want to get involved in solving problems.
   ...
   Melanie has learned a great deal about building a school in an area that has never had education; so has the association. Sometimes some of the community doesn't want what other community members want. The more vocal members will have their way, not the wishes of the majority. This is real life, not necessarily a democracy.
   
   12 Oct.: Lacking a qualified teacher the English as a Second Language Program has removed their teaching materials. Lacking pressure from Melanie our classroom teacher again only holds classes on Tuesday through Thursday. The roof for the well has never been finished.

3. 3. laparios.com

   laparios.com/demo/lapjour94.ht - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/16/2007   Last Visited: 3/16/2007

   Melanie Temin has arrived to be the assisting teacher. Melanie will work with the children, supplementing their education with English (a now-required subject but we lack the teacher) plus help with horizontal learning - reading, listening, singing, writing, etc. She is a recent graduate of Colorado College, fluent in Spanish, and we are thrilled she was curious to seek out this opportunity. Unfortunately, she is living in the storage room (the second classroom) and has cement sacks and tile blocks for roommates. She has had other experiences living in Spanish cultures and her humor and volunteering attitude keep her going ahead.
   
   17 July: After a long, 19 day holiday, the children are back in school but without the government teacher. The country is having a strike. How fortunate for us Melanie is here. The students are continuing with their learning, making masks for an art project, reciting poems, taking reading books home, writing to their favorite book character (until this year we had very few reading books) and simply learning. Melanie needs a space to live where she can be more comfortable.
   ...
   19 Sept.: Melanie disciplined a student who was "bad mouthing" and causing daily class interruptions (a 13 year old boy in grade 3). She sent him from the classroom to stand outside the door. He left school and got "mother". The tide is turning for a visiting English speaking teacher who disciplines! The school board requested that Melanie only teach English and she was asked to leave the school building "apartment" as it was not appropriate place for a teacher to live. Sadly, no neighbor has offered an idea for building nor a place for her to live. An additional problem has arisen in the the replacement government teacher (the former teacher's boyfriend). He does not schedule English classes! When can Melanie teach? Getting help from the district supervisor if difficult at best because he is not in the area and senses once again there is a rift in this community and doesn't want to get involved in solving problems.
   ...
   Melanie has learned a great deal about building a school in an area that has never had education; so has the association. Sometimes some of the community doesn't want what other community members want. The more vocal members will have their way, not the wishes of the majority. This is real life, not necessarily a democracy.
   
   12 Oct.: Lacking a qualified teacher the English as a Second Language Program has removed their teaching materials. Lacking pressure from Melanie our classroom teacher again only holds classes on Tuesday through Thursday. The roof for the well has never been finished.