Eine feine darstellung (A Fine Presentation)

What happened to microteachings? Did I missed something?

Last Tuesday we were spectators of a fine lecture on Hitler and the roots of his hatred against Jews (The Holocaust was a hard prove of that). My classmates did a very good job in reminding us some important elements of the Nazi menace in the early twenties of the last century. Everything was fine, they had video resources, Power Point presentation, a often controversial topic, and many other elements for a successful activity in class. But here's the problem. Wasn't it supposed to be a Microteaching?

We all don't have to think twice to recognize that last Tuesday's presentation was a mere lecture. A very good one, but a lecture at the end. I really missed having myself participating in a more didactic activity were my learning (as a student) would have been the main objective in the presentation.

What I learn from this? I'll be more careful in doing what the teacher asked me to do, or at least the minimum to fulfill the requirements of the assignment, the rest is up to me.

Being creative and always looking forward to apply new ways of teaching are today's fashion in the education circle. Being aware of this is what makes my future profession somewhat more challenging and meaningful.

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And here's the song for today's post. Because I'd had some troubles with the recording process, I'll post a song played by their original authors. The song is called Tanz Mit Mir (German for Dance With Me) by Laibach. Enjoy



P.S. The song is in German, so here's the traslation.

DANCE WITH ME by Laibach

We all are possessed
we all are damned
we all are crucified
we all are broken
by attractive technology
by economics of time
by quality of life
and the philosophy of war

one, two, three, four
come dance with me baby brother,
one, two, three, four
give me both your hands
one, two, three, four
dance with me my friends
one, two, three, four
round around, it isn't difficult

we dance to Ado Hinkel
Benzino Napoloni
we dance to Schiekelgrueber
and dance with Maitreya
with Totalitarianism
and with democracy
we dance with Fascism
and red anarchy

one, two, three, four
come dance with me comrade
one, two, three, four
give me both your hands
one, two, three, four
come dance with me comrade
one, two, three, four
round around, it isn't difficult

we dance and we jump
we hop and we sing
we fall and rise
we give or take
American friend and
German comrade
we dance well together
we dance to Baghdad

one, two, three, four
come dance with me baby brother,
one, two, three, four
give me both your hands
one, two, three, four
dance with me my friends,
one, two, three, four
round around, it isn't difficult