TONIA WATSON-PIEFFERCHEP

I think there are no instructors at our school that lack common sense. We all seem to work together and do what has to be done- we all work together as a team and work together to figure out certain things.

I like it when my students ask questions. Sometimes the questions do not relate to the topic directly but I will always answer them and be honest. I do not like it when instructors direct students to look up the answer on the internet.

I look around our school and all of us manage our classrooms differently. The students all seem happy and appreciate the difference in all of us.

I have been an instructor for 12 years..motivated students are what makes me enjoy my job. I also am a supervisor at a hospital and the motivated students in my classroom have also proven to be the better employees. The students who are completely opposite..requiring a ton of supervision, never volunteer, need prompting to start a task, no attention span, poor attendance are the students that I would never hire as a supervisor in my field.

I totally agree this method is istructor centered however it sometime can be the best method to delivery certain material. I totally love the cardiovascular system. To me it is total levcture that I need to explain the blood flow and would not be as beneficial if students tried to learn this topic on their own.

I am a smoker. i find that when I am stressed I crave a cigarette. Although smoking is not healthy, i cant imagine any thing healthy coming out of a streesful issue if i was not allowed to cool off with a smoke. LAUGH!!!

I find that if i can make time once a week for a full body massage it helps reduce my stress level.

I do not have to share any space at my full time job. I have 2 desk and i know where everything is at exactly.

I personally work a full time job and teach-I need to keep an ongoing list of things to do if i dont I will forget. On saturday I work through my list of things to do and do the important ones first.

I think lesson plans should be update on a regular base. Sometime the book does not really have anything to do with what I am teaching.