Post #2 - Learner Analysis

I've decided to do my single learner analysis on Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants.  I loved this show growing up, and remember this epidose extremely well.  In this episode Patrick Star and Spongebob Squarepants go to boating school.  For Patrick this is the first time he has ever been to school, and is referred to as the new student of the class.  His best friend Spongebob is why he had decided to go to school that day.  Patrick seems to struggle at understanding the concept of "school," whereas his friend Spongebob excels which can be seen by all his good noodle stars.  Patrick Star is an independent that some how gets by without working, without going to school, basically his only hobbies in life are bugging Spongebob, catching jellyfish, and eating krabby Patties.  He lives under a rock, but just because he lives under a rock doesn't mean he has a lower SES status.  Actually, in one of the episodes it shows Spongebob going into his home (under the rock) and it is clearly obvious that Patrick is a fancy liver with nice furniture and organized living rooms.  Patrick does everything but engage himself in the classroom.  The only thing he excels in is distracting Spongebob and others from the lesson and getting Spongebob in trouble.  Patrick gets Spongebob in so much trouble that Spongebob gets sent to the back of the room and even gets a good noodle star taken off the board.

Patrick seems to figure out how to be a good noodle by working with Spongebob to save the egg in the incubator.  Patrick uses his senses to find a light to use to warm up the incubator.  Patrick does an excellent job critically thinking about where to find a light bulb.  Although he puts much thought in to getting the light bulb that is already being used in a socket, and misses the fact that he had to climb up a pile of un used light bulbs, he stills gets the bulb and saves the egg.  

Since Patrick is a cartoon character I don't think he would ever be in my class...Kidding!  If Patrick were to be in my classroom I would put a lot of emphasis in separating Patrick from the rest of his friends in the class so that he could focus on the task at hand.  I don't know that technology would be the best choice for Patrick to use.  This episode clearly shows that Patrick can't handle being in a classroom with other students and definitely wouldn't be able to be use technology for that matter.  If anything, I think Patrick would need more hands on or one on one attention by an aid.  I could video tape certain lessons and assignments for Patrick to watch at home and complete, then have him bring his completed work back to class.  Unfortunately, Patrick dropped out of school the first day he started.....so there would be no chance at improving his skills in the classroom.

Patrick may have express his knowledge with teamwork, but he fails to prove himself in the classroom.  He has much to improve on, including his responsibilities, work ethic, attitude towards education and learning, as well as his ability to give his teachers and others the right attention.  I don't think Patrick is ready for college and has much to learn.

Video of Patrick's first day of school

About Me

Greetings, my name is Ian Hamilton.  I am 24 years young (just turned, woot woot) and how can I say this, but I absolutely love life.  I'm blessed to have had a great family to grow up with.  I have 1 older brother (Sean) who is 4 years older than I am.  He's exactly four years older than me except his birthday is Sept. 5th and mine is Sept. 2nd....Hmmmm that seems odd that he could be exactly 4 years older than me, but the fun fact of it is; we were both born on labor day which changes dates every year because its the first Monday of September.  My parents Melissa and Brad have done an amazing job raising me and allowing me to really explore this world, whether it came to sports, friends, riding bikes to the park, etc.  I also have the most beautiful loving girlfriend a man could ask for.  Her name is Demi (yes like Demi Lovato) and we have been dating for 3 years to come now on the 21st of Sept. and I could on for pages about her, but for the sake of this blog, I'll keep it at that.  If it weren't for all them I wouldn't be the person I am today.  

I played sports all my life and am a DIE HARD REDWINGS FAN.  Ice Hockey was my favorite and the one I seemed to be the best at for myself, in comparison to football and baseball.  Football and baseball died off towards the end of high school but my passion for hockey never died, nor will it.  I played 5 years for GVSU's D2 hockey team and am currently in my first year outside of competitive hockey.  Saddening a bit, but I now get to have the privilege of Coaching Jenison High School's varsity hockey team!  Surprisingly enough, I do have a life outside sports.  I enjoy taking my 2 dogs Pavel (my dog, and yes he is named after Pavel Datsyuk) and Spanky (family dog) on all my adventures.  Our adventures consist of walks in the woods/parks, going to beaches, me long boarding with them along side me, and even most car rides (those are there favorite).  I love to snowboard especially out west whenever I get the chance.  I just love being physically active, outdoors as much as possible to enjoy what this world has to offer.  There are so many beautiful places out there, and I try to see as much of it as I can.  My girlfriend and I have a hidden secret about us, and this is that we love to go to concerts, as well as Music and Art Festivals.

Spanky

Pavel

One could only guess what my planned certification will be...Yes, Physical Education (K-12) with a School Health Education minor.  I absolutely love the field I'm in, not only because I get to enjoy the presence of games, sports, and skill development, but also because I find myself to be good at it as well.  Being in a Physical Education setting seems to come natural to me and I enjoy everyday of it (so far), and believe I will for the rest of my life.  I've recently worked for a summer school program this past summer teaching Kindergarten and found out that I absolutely love being an Elementary Teacher and would love to be able to teach as an elementary teacher rather than being only Phys. Ed certified.  I plan to further my education and get a M.Ed in Instruction and Curriculum with an emphasis in Elementary Ed.

I graduated from Jenison High School (Jenison Public Schools).  In all honesty technology wasn't as popular in our school as it is now a days.  Until high school the use of technology was very broad and brief.  The only time we would use it was to do small homework assignments in the computer lab, varying from research assignments to essays or short stories.  SMARTboard were non-existent in my schools; I didn't even know they were a thing until my freshman year of college.  Despite not having a ton of technology use in my years at Jenison, I was the kind of kid who understood technology very well.  Outside of school I would work on computers and phones and was using them a lot whether it was to do school work, play games, or just explore different programs within a computer.  I actually was very close to becoming a computer science major because I loved the idea and sounds of being a coder.  I always wanted to create my own computer website, program, and app at one point, but I'm extremely happy I didn't go that route.