WRITTEN BY KYLE ABADILLA, RIELLE CHLOE CANLAS, and JILL LUNA
This past school year, VAAS has gained many new members of the community. One that has joined us is a history teacher, Mr. Sin. Mr. Sin shared his experiences about how his first semester has been. He said, “My first semester to be honest was pretty tough, not because of the school or the students or anything—This is my first year teaching high school and then first year with new subjects like AP World, and I want to make sure they do well on the tests. So, it's been a lot of pressure.” With that, he also mentioned what he enjoys most about the VAAS community. He said, “I like that it's very chill where …we do give tests. [In] the classroom, we focus on academics but yet we still understand that testing is not everything and we try to give a lot of projects…the culture here with the students and the staff is like a family.” Later in the interview, we asked about his biggest strengths in teaching, to which he said, “My biggest strength, I would say, comes from me knowing I struggled when I was in high school. So, I understand how it feels not to understand in the classroom. So, I try to always put myself in the seats of the students and see how better I can understand something. …For the students, I try to reach out to everyone [with] what I'm interested in, make it relatable, those kinds of things. I think that would be my strength.” His strengths in teaching also intertwine with his teaching style. When asked about his style of teaching, he said, “I guess it depends on the class. For AP classes, we take a lot of notes. We do a lot of work, as in writing SAQs (short answer questions). We actually take tests and quizzes, and we have a lot of writing to do. I like to do more …projects, hands on stuff, where you’re not just seeing me up in the front of the class the whole time teaching you, but you’re learning through yourself, …through projects, and through things you are doing, not just what I'm doing…” Lastly, previous to his teachings at VAAS, Mr. Sin has taught in different schools. When asked, he mentioned, “I've taught at a few different schools. The first teaching experience I had was at a private Christian school and that was like a K-12 school and then I taught at a middle school for about 6 years which was definitely different. I love it way more here in high school just because of the maturity level. So I've taught at a Christian private school for about 2 years and then at a middle school for 6 years and now I'm here.” Overall, we’re very happy to have Mr. Sin in our VAAS community and we wish him the best of luck in his future teaching experiences! Comments are closed.
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