[ola] Re: Advice to new students
- From: Ashley Uyaguari <auyaguari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 22:16:05 -0400
I love this! Thank you for sharing.
On Wednesday, June 6, 2012, Nanosh Lucas wrote:
> Beautiful… from a Spanish 1 student:
>
> To next year's students: my advice to you is to work your little butts
> off, because Mr. Lucas is in a class of his own. Mr. Lucas doesn't just
> speak Spanish, he exudes it.
> There is one thing any students of Mr. Lucas require in order to succeed
> and that is the extreme stubbornness of a student who wants to succeed. It
> is vital that any new students prepare themselves mentally for the
> confusion and frustration of being immersed in
> spanish.Once you enter Lucas's classrom you will never be the same.
> Spanish will ring in your ears all the time and some of you might even have
> nightmares about it, but if you attempt to speak Spanish all the time in
> his class, your speaking abilities will improve past a student in a
> conventional class.
> Therefore my advice to new students is, (and I'm sure you've all heard
> this before) , that they give an honest attempt to work and understand in
> order to improve yourself. I say this because after all, only the
> individual can care enough to improve the self. Of course, if you find
> Spanish meaningless, it is not Sr. Lucas's job to convince you and become a
> drill sergeant- you are the master of your own mind and it is your
> responsibility to decide what you will learn.
>
>
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Ashley Uyaguari
Middle School Spanish Teacher (5/6 & 7)
Innovation Academy Charter School
72 Tyng Road
Tyngsboro, MA 01879
978-649-0432 x3405
Course webpage:
https://sites.google.com/a/innovationcharter.org/academics/middle-school/spanish/Uyaguari-Spanish?pli=1
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