HeartlandGirl
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Today was the last day of classes at the University of Oklahoma before final exams. I teach Latin at OU and had left today open on the schedule in case of a snow day. Since we had no real Latin to do today, I showed U2 videos in my classes while we ate snacks and celebrated the end of the semester.
I thought it seemed a little unprofessional of me to be showing U2 videos in class, but the students LOVED it! In the first class we watched SBS from R&H and Streets from Elevation. Then someone requested Bullet the Blue Sky and we watched it too. I told them about the Enniskillen bombing and the Reagan era things going on with BTBS, and they were all really impressed. After SBS, lots of people said, "Wow" or "Amazing" or "There should be more music like that now."
In the second class, we watched SBS again and then Pride, followed by New York from Letterman and then WOWY from Boston Elevation. They loved the girl lying on stage with Bono and how Bono's emotions were so genuine. More wow's and amazing's. After class dismissed, some of the students stayed around and watched Walk On and Streets. One student even gave me a hug and said that U2 and myself had really inspired him and said thank you. Another girl gave me a hug and said she'd never heard U2 (these are college freshmen) but that she really liked them.
Overall, I had a great time showing the videos and everyone had this warm fuzzy feeling. I want to make a difference teaching and inspire my students to do good things and live joyous lives. I think celebrating with U2 accomplished that. Not to mention all the converts!!!
Hope you don't mind me sharing this feeling with you guys!
I thought it seemed a little unprofessional of me to be showing U2 videos in class, but the students LOVED it! In the first class we watched SBS from R&H and Streets from Elevation. Then someone requested Bullet the Blue Sky and we watched it too. I told them about the Enniskillen bombing and the Reagan era things going on with BTBS, and they were all really impressed. After SBS, lots of people said, "Wow" or "Amazing" or "There should be more music like that now."
In the second class, we watched SBS again and then Pride, followed by New York from Letterman and then WOWY from Boston Elevation. They loved the girl lying on stage with Bono and how Bono's emotions were so genuine. More wow's and amazing's. After class dismissed, some of the students stayed around and watched Walk On and Streets. One student even gave me a hug and said that U2 and myself had really inspired him and said thank you. Another girl gave me a hug and said she'd never heard U2 (these are college freshmen) but that she really liked them.
Overall, I had a great time showing the videos and everyone had this warm fuzzy feeling. I want to make a difference teaching and inspire my students to do good things and live joyous lives. I think celebrating with U2 accomplished that. Not to mention all the converts!!!
Hope you don't mind me sharing this feeling with you guys!