Meow

Why does Dr. Hill “meow?”

  1. Meowing is weird and it is especially weird when your teacher does it. However, meowing helps breaks up the monotony of the school day and is just weird enough to capture my students’ attention. The school day is long and after a while, students have a tendency to tune adults out so it takes a bit of imagination to break through and communicate sometimes. However, please don’t be afraid, my meows won’t cause any harm. 
  2. Meowing teaches my students to pay attention to intonation. It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. My “meows” are quite powerful and my students can usually tell what my meows mean without me using actual words. 🙂

Fun Facts:

  • Dr. Hill does not own any cats.
  • Dr. Hill is allergic to pet dander.
  • Dr. Hill sounds like a teacup poodle if she barks and let’s face it no one really pays attention to a teacup poodle. LOL!!!

 

5 Reasons Why Dr. Hill’s Classes are More Challenging…

Dr. Hill, why are your courses usually more challenging than those offered at a typical high school and some courses at EPCC?

  1. It is not fair to compare any instructor’s course to another because their context for teaching may be very different. While all instructors at EPCC, myself included, must be credentialed and submit a syllabus for approval each term, many instructors usually work with adult learners that have completed a full 4-years of high school and then pursued a college education. I, on the other hand, am tasked with ensuring my students learn at an accelerated rate (academically and developmentally) so that they can competently compete and gain entrance to a prestigious institution of higher learning such as UT-Austin, Harvard, Princeton, or Yale.
  2. I have high expectations for all my students and I believe they should work to their individual potentials.
  3. My English courses are the foundation for every student at CECA; if my course is not adequately rigorous or challenging, then students may experience catastrophic failure in the future with advanced level courses that ultimately determine whether they will earn a baccalaureate degree.
  4. Every child deserves to have a future with choices. If I demand less of my students now, they will likely have fewer choices later because they will be under-prepared to meet the demands of more challenging academic endeavors.
  5. My goal in educating students is not to merely help them gain entrance to their preference of higher learning institution, but to ensure that they can thrive in that competitive context. My students should be able to equally compete and supersede the expectations of any highly competitive 4-year university such as UT-Austin, Harvard, Princeton, or Yale.