Entry #1

During the time of my two week practicum, I spent the majority of my time in the senior automotive classes. It was apparent that the motivation and productivity levels of most students were lacking. A lot of the students in this class were easily distracted and seemed unmotivated to learn valuable hands on skills in the auto shop. Instead, most of the students seemed to spend most of their time in the classroom, chatting with their peers, using their cellphones and playing games. There seemed to be very little interest in the class. The students needed a lot of guidance in order for them to get to work. I recall pushing students to get their work done on multiple occasions. Although it generally seemed that students were opposed to working in the shop during class, they began to work once pushed with large amounts of guidance.

~ Mr. De Angelis