Brenda Petersen
This are some thoughts about Brenda Petersen. She is an American Lecture who works at a prestigious boarding school in Næstved. She has lived in Denmark around 14 years and I can tell you that I felt totally identified with her! I could undoubtedly relate to her personal experiences. What it meant for her to be a foreigner in Denmark, to be married to a Dane, to work in an international setting (in my case to study). I learnt so much from her personal experiences. She talked about what an authentic teachers is like. I think in fact she is indeed one of them. Anyway, it takes some years of experience before you can reach that level. You need to try different classrooms, different schools before you can define yourself as authentic. I am wondering now what does the term classroom discipline mean to her. She seems to be so relax and I strict at the same time. During her presentation, Brenda gave us a lot of tips that I will keep in mind. She mentioned that we should have a network. Keep classmates phone-numbers emails addresses You never know when you might need them! and The most challenging one. "Teachers need to be neutral". Oh god! I don't know if I am able to do that. When you teach you're giving a piece of yourself to your pupils. It is not possible to be neutral. I think it will take some teaching experience before I can change my opinion. I could be fun to read this blog within 5 years to see if I still think the same. This is it by now
