Blog #10---The Last Blog

It seems that I am either of two things: a) a total movie geek because I have seen (I have read Elephant Man) all of those movies (Including the French Cyrano de Bergerac subtitled in English) b) or I am a dedicated Education student simply interested in A-typical people. I have therefore chosen to write on Cyrano de Bergerac. 1) This movie is based on a 17th Century play written by Edmund Rostand. It begins with a play being performed in which the actors are performing very poorly according to Cyrano's standards. He mocks the performers and eventually chaos and fighting break out within the theatre. It is during this part that the audience see's i) Cyrano's very very large nose ii) his incredible ability of rhetoric and cunning yet humorous speech. As the movie progresses, we see that Cyrano is in love with a lovely young women (Roxanne). Whenever he encounters her, he cannot spout his love sonnets, but acts more as a father figure to her. A member of the local militia falls in love with this woman as well (Christian). Through Christian, Cyrano is able to express exactly how he feels. Roxanne falls in love with Christian and even after Christian's death in battle, Cyrano keeps his love for Roxanne a secret. Years and years later, Cyrano declares his absolute love for Roxanne as he is about to die. When he does die, Roxanne sees that she was in love with Cyrano the whole time and not Christian. 2) Cyrano was extremely self-conscious about his nose even though he pretended to be proud of it. As a teacher, you would have to notice this or address it in some way. If a student is self-conscious about something, it needs to be handled carefully and maybe indirectly handled in class or on a one-one basis. Cyrano also was extremely intelligent and creative. If I were teaching him within a class, these talents would need to be utilized and guided to productivity instead of pride. Pride--another issue that could have been problematic within the class.

Education 3602

A reflection on the course?

Having grown up in a family where four of my siblings are special needs, I am always interested in taking a class that addresses "A typical" students. I had taken a Special Ed class just last semester with Noella and so I felt comfortable and confident with the class content in 3602. I would hate to say it, but for me personally, it was quite a bit of review. I must admit, I didn't know much about assistive technology or gifted and talented students. However, I know that the quick overview of the Alberta Education standards for Special Need students as well as BOATS was helpful to the class. It is so hard to say what I would want more.

I know that time is sparse, and there are a range of things to be covered, however I feel that one thing could be covered more extensively: IPP's. I would have liked to have bigger case studies and maybe a partner assignment to create a short IPP. I think that those are what we as teachers will be dealing with a lot in our teaching career. I liked the Blogs, and I liked the additional reading resources you suggested for our Blogs.

Thank You Maurice.