1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Welcome to Students Incorporated. I'm your host, Mr. Jason. Join me weekly as my team and I produce content that's informative, positive, fun, and uplifting. This podcast is created and produced with the help of students from the International Community School of Bangkok. 2 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Hello and welcome back to the show. I'm joined today by co-host Mia and Frank. In today's episode, we'll be introducing several more new podcast team members, followed by exploring the phrase, back in the day, with several educators who are, let's just say, seasoned, and can speak on authority about this saying. And maybe they have used this phrase before, or a phrase similar when talking to students who are much younger than they are. 3 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,000 But before we get into the segment one, let's hear our quote of the day and get some headline news. 4 00:00:52,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Our quote of the day comes from Albert Einstein. His quote itself said, 5 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Thank you for our quote of the day, Frank. Now, because this episode is focused on back in the day, we're bringing you three news headlines from the past, from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. 6 00:01:44,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Now, our first headline comes from NASA. In April 17th, 1970, the Apollo 13 crew, which includes James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Hayes, made a successful return to Earth after their spacecraft was crippled by an explosion 205,000 miles away. 7 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Forced to use the lunar model as a lifeboat, the astronauts endured freezing conditions and navigated back home, splashing down safely in the South Pacific. The mission intended to land on the moon became a dramatic survival story, with the world watching as the crew overcame seemingly unsurmountable odds. 8 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Our next headline comes from UPI.com. In March 21st, 1985, President Reagan expressed his eagerness to meet Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for a summit, believing that it's high time for such a meeting to advance ongoing negotiations. 9 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaking at a nationally televised press conference, Reagan also emphasized his commitment to maintaining a robust defense budget, rejecting further Pentagon cuts while urging the House to approve funding for 21MX missiles. 10 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:07,000 He dismissed the idea of freezing Social Security payments and reiterated his opposition to the racial segregation in South Africa, opting for quiet diplomacy rather than sanctions. 11 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:25,000 And finally, our last headline comes from BBC. It's about NASA as well. In the 1990s, NASA has launched the space shuttle Discovery from Cape Canaveral, Florida, successfully placing the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit 380 miles above Earth. 12 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:42,000 The $1.5 billion telescope, 20 years in the making and 7 years overdue, will operate above the atmosphere to capture images of the universe. Despite early technical issues with its British-made solar panels, the telescope is now set for six months of testing. 13 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Hubble's powerful instruments are expected to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos and provide us with views of distant galaxies and potentially revising our current theories on the universe's age and structure. 14 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:09,000 And that's our headline news for this episode. 15 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Thank you for the quote and headline news. I want to welcome four more season three podcast team members to the studio for another quick Q&A time. 16 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Many of our new team members are working behind the scenes helping with marketing, writing, events and guest invites. 17 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:38,000 I have 17 on my team this year and I'm super excited to have their energy and creativity. Let's welcome C, Micah, Camden and Toto to the studio. Mia, go ahead and start us off with our first question. 18 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:49,000 All right, welcome to the show guys. So happy to have you guys in here. Now, could you all please introduce yourself and tell us what role you play and how it contributes to the podcast's success. 19 00:04:49,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Hi, my name is C and I'm a senior this year and my role within Students Incorporated is an outreach and event specialist and my main job is to come up with events and make sure the event runs extra smoothly. 20 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:12,000 The events planned are mostly to promote our upcoming podcast or to promote a certain message to our crowd. 21 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Hello, I'm Micah and I'm a senior right now and I work on a graphic design with Esther and you can see some of our episode graphics and posters and like our fundraising stuff. 22 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:34,000 So yeah, that's what I do. I'm Camden, I'm in 11th grade and I'm the marketing and promotional specialist. I help promote the podcast. 23 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Hello, my name is Toto and I'm a junior this year and what I do is basically a researcher. So basically I just Google stuff and format the ad so it can go on the script. So if you see any headline news or quotes, that's from me. 24 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Thank you everyone. Our next question is this. What's something surprising or unexpected that you've learned while working on this show? 25 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Something I definitely did not expect is how much organization and effort that needs to be put in as a whole team to create a successful event or podcast as a whole. 26 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:17,000 For me, I didn't realize just how different working on a marketing team would be compared to that of an academic group project. 27 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:26,000 I was really surprised about how similar it is to like a normal job and I really like how great of a practice it is for the future. 28 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:37,000 What's really unexpected was like how much time management I really need because you know, it's true that I have like work from other classes, but this is like really like important like marketing. 29 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:44,000 It's really going to go on the Internet to be on time is like something that's really needed. I guess I have to practice more on that. 30 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:51,000 All right. Thank you guys for your answers. Now for the next question, it's a pie in the sky type of question. 31 00:06:51,000 --> 00:07:00,000 So it's if we could host any guest from anywhere past, present or future, who would you choose and why? 32 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:13,000 If we could host any guests, I would say I chose to be since he's currently in Thailand right now and because he holds a lot of influence and our podcast will probably go viral. 33 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:27,000 But besides that, I think he is definitely a unique character and I would think that I'll be very entertained throughout the recording progress and I would love to see how that goes. 34 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:36,000 I think for me, I would love to have us the famous YouTuber Markiplier because I just I just really liked his videos with his gaming. 35 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:44,000 I've been watching him for years and I think that it just be really entertaining. I'm sure a lot of people in our school would know him. So yeah, I would choose Cindy McLaughlin, 36 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:58,000 because she holds the past five or six world records in the 400 meter hurdles at the Olympics. And I also read her book this summer and I really loved it and it was really encouraging to me. 37 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:07,000 I think like the guest I would call over would be Elon Musk because like, you know, we never know what he's going to do on here. So like, honestly, you might inspire people or like it might be like very funny. 38 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:18,000 So like, it's really unexpected what he can do. Those are definitely interesting choices. Moving on though, what's one or two things that you've enjoyed so far about working with your team members? 39 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:31,000 My favorite part of working with this team this year has been our team's hyper energy and the amount of fun our team can put into work while still maintaining our efficiency. 40 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:44,000 And something I personally really like doing besides my own work was helping Healy come up with fun rails with a touch of TikTok trends and recording them in general. 41 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:54,000 I think for me, what I really liked about working on the podcast is just seeing how all my peers and teammates just how hard they work and especially like our members like Rebecca and Premi, 42 00:08:54,000 --> 00:09:01,000 just how efficiently they do their work, how they lead, how they manage the meeting and stuff like that. I think it's just really impressive overall. 43 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:12,000 I have really loved getting to know my teammates because a lot of the teammates that I work with, I didn't really know very well in the past. But now that we're working together, I get to know them that way. 44 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:19,000 I guess like working with them, like I get to feel their energy and like knowing that I got to contribute in this is what really what I like about it. 45 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:37,000 All right. Thank you guys for your answers. I especially agree with what C said about like how, you know, our team this year, like we have a lot of hyper energy, but you know, we also are able to maintain efficiency and we're also able to, you know, produce and market like all these episodes like on time. 46 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:46,000 So good job, everyone. Moving on to our final question. What's been one of your favorite episodes so far from season one, two or three? 47 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,000 And this is assuming you have listened to some previous seasons episodes. 48 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:57,000 My favorite episode was the episode with Mr. Pony with Shaq's design. 49 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:17,000 And personally, the reason I why I found this episode most interesting for me is because I'm really interested in designing as well. And his topic of design concepts and the importance design holds on daily life was really fascinating. 50 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:31,000 I think my favorite episode is episode 43, the Seuss goal, the musical behind the scenes. And I really liked it mainly because I was in tech my freshman year and Seuss goal happened in my sophomore year. 51 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:41,000 And so I wasn't in tech that year by then. So just getting to see like the theater experience still just getting a little insight from it. I thought it was very fun for me. 52 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:53,000 My favorite was the Aesop Watson episode because I thought it was really cool to have a professional athlete on the podcast. And he also answered one of my questions that I submitted. So I thought that was super cool. 53 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:59,000 I guess my favorite would be the episode one from season three, because like we got to know it's really our turn. 54 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:08,000 And there you have it. Some honest answers from some honest students. Thank you, everybody, for joining us in the studio today and for all of your hard work behind the scenes each and every week. 55 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:19,000 That concludes our first segment and we'll be right back with our second segment after this short announcement. 56 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:30,000 As high schoolers, we should be having fun in our youth and explore new opportunities all the time, which is why you all should go check out the college fair that's happening September 16 through the 20th. 57 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:40,000 There will be universities such as Yale, UC Berkeley, Penn State, Hope College, and etc. I encourage you all to go and visit the college reps and talk to them. 58 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:46,000 I'm sure they have free stationery brochures and would love to introduce you to their university. 59 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:54,000 So don't forget to come and check out the universities coming to ICS the week of September 16 through the 20th. 60 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:04,000 And we are back with our second segment and we'll be welcoming several different teachers and educators into the studio as we look at the phrase back in the day. 61 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:17,000 I know for myself, I've often said something like this when talking to someone quite younger than myself, wanting to make a point that they have it much easier now than when I was their same age or when I am with someone the same age as myself. 62 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:23,000 We'll say something like this to each other, almost in a way to reminisce about the old days or our past. 63 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:31,000 For example, I may have said to my kids something like this, back in the day we only had one phone in our house and it was attached to the wall with a cord. 64 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,000 There was no such thing as having a private conversation with your friends over the phone. 65 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:42,000 So something like that saying we are going to be interviewing several teachers and educators with that type of concept in mind. 66 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,000 So with that introduction, I'll pass the microphone over to Mia to get us started. 67 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Hello, Mr. Dan and welcome to the studio. Thank you so much for being our first teacher guest on this segment. 68 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:58,000 So to get us started, could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about what you do here at ICS? 69 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Thank you for the welcome. I'm very honored to be the first one. 70 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:09,000 So, yeah, I'm a high school English teacher. I teach British literature, American literature and creative writing right now. 71 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:16,000 My family was here earlier from 2016 to 2022, and then we went back to Canada for two years. 72 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:21,000 And now this year is our first year back and we're really, really excited to be back in the ICS community. 73 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,000 All right. Thank you. That's really good to know. So our theme for this segment is Back in the Day. 74 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:34,000 So this English phrase is connected to the idea of going back into the past and reflecting on how things were done differently in the past. 75 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:38,000 And some may even go as far to say back in the good old days. 76 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Anyways, our first question for you, Mr. Dan, would be, could you share a memorable back in the day moment from your early teaching years that stands out to you? 77 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Sure. Yeah, my my first year teaching, I had this really wonderful principal. I got along with him very, very well. 78 00:13:53,000 --> 00:14:02,000 But at the beginning of the year, he brought in all the new teachers and he said, all right, guys, no smiling until October. 79 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:07,000 And we're just like, what? What do you mean? He's like, you want the kids to be a little bit afraid of you. 80 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:14,000 And only then can you start smiling. And I definitely, definitely did not take that advice to heart at all. 81 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:23,000 I just I love being able to get to know my students on the first day, get to know them well and have that relationship with them. 82 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Yeah, thank you so much for that. And yeah, I think definitely what you said about fostering really good connections between students, no matter what your principal said, I think that was really nice of you to keep on that connection. 83 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:46,000 All right. I got two more questions for you. And one of those, if you could bring back one old school teaching tool or practice just for a day, what would it be and why? 84 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Well, my when I was a student, my favorite moment of the day or the week or the month, whatever, was when my teacher wheeled in a TV card. 85 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:05,000 So we didn't have projectors in the classroom back then. We had TV carts with VCRs and educational VHS tapes. 86 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:12,000 And as soon as we saw a teacher come in with a TV cart, we knew that we were going to get something a little bit different from the everyday. 87 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:17,000 So I would love to bring that back. I don't think any current students would understand at all. 88 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:22,000 But anyone my age would as soon as you see that TV cart, you know, it's going to be a good day. 89 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:27,000 All right. I don't think we have that anymore here at ICS. It's a little sad, but it's OK. 90 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:37,000 All right. And for our final back in the day type of question for you is what's one thing about teaching back in the day that you're secretly glad is no longer a thing? 91 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:42,000 I think back in the day, teachers had to rely on a really fixed set of resources. 92 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:51,000 So teachers would teach and there would often be associated worksheets with a lesson. You teach, you have a worksheet. You teach, you have a worksheet. 93 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:59,000 I feel like now with the type of communication we have, type of resources we have, we can share so much of our teaching styles. 94 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:07,000 We can share so much of our learning with our colleagues. And what that's done is it's really allowed us to be a whole lot more innovative in the classroom. 95 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:17,000 And so I don't miss doing things that old school, boring way. I just I love how teaching has become something where we can really flex our creativity. 96 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:23,000 All right. Thank you so much for your answer. And thank you again, Mr. Dan, for joining the show and sharing. 97 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Now we'll be moving on to Frank and our next special guest. 98 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:32,000 All right. Thank you, Mia. And now for our next guest, we welcome Mrs. Carly. 99 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Hello. Welcome to the studio. To get us started, could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about what you do at school? 100 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:53,000 I'm Mrs. Carly, or better known to my students as Prof. Carly. And I first of all, I would like to say that I am super offended that you even invited me onto this Back in the Day podcast, 101 00:16:53,000 --> 00:17:01,000 because it means that you obviously think I'm old enough to have back in the day stories, which is I feel a little bit called out on that. 102 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:10,000 But you're right. I am old enough to have back in the day stories because I have been at ICS or part of ICS for the last 16 years, actually. 103 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Yeah, my husband and I, Mr. Mike, who teaches upper elementary P.E., we came in 2009 and I taught Spanish from 2009 to 2012. 104 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,000 And then I took a break for nine years and I stayed at home with family. 105 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:32,000 And then in 2021, right in the middle of COVID, I came back to teaching Spanish part time for three years. And then this is my first year back being full time. 106 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:42,000 That is a long time. But yeah, speaking of time, can you think of like a teaching method or practice from back in the old times that you wish was still used today? 107 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Back in the old times? Well, I would say that there really isn't a specific method that I think as a whole would that should really be revived. 108 00:17:54,000 --> 00:18:03,000 I think that methods are constantly evolving and emerging because of research and wanting to really improve education and learning as a whole. 109 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:11,000 There's really a place for traditional teaching methods, but everything in moderation, nothing in excess, as we say, like memorization, 110 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:21,000 knowing how to decipher a textbook, physically taking notes instead of just having access to all the content online and being able to pay attention during a lecture. 111 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:28,000 These are all skills that students need in the future when they work in the future. 112 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,000 I think that's a great take on it. Also, here's a follow up question. 113 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:38,000 What are some of the biggest changes you've seen in the education since you started teaching? 114 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I would say that the biggest shift, for better or worse, is technology. 115 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Tech has really changed all of us. And I feel like it really blew up during COVID because of online learning. 116 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:59,000 And so we shifted a lot from paper and pencil to technology. And now there's just an educational platform for everything. 117 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:08,000 And honestly, kids these days are just so used to instant gratification and feedback and entertainment through video games, through social media, 118 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:17,000 through access to apps that have gamified every type of learning. So when they're not on a screen, they often feel bored quickly. 119 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:25,000 And this has perpetuated a huge shift in expectation of the students and often teachers' teaching methods 120 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:33,000 because students want to be entertained in the classroom and they lose interest quickly if their teacher is not entertaining enough. 121 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:39,000 I would also say that there's been a shift in a one size fits all approach to education, 122 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:45,000 focusing really more on students' needs and abilities and challenges and interests. 123 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Teachers are really forced to differentiate instruction more and teach to the visual, auditory and tactile learners as well. 124 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:59,000 I definitely agree on that. I have to say that classes have been boring. 125 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:07,000 But I'm not saying that it's the teacher's fault. It's probably how modern teaching and how they're modern stuff like games, YouTube and stuff, 126 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:14,000 scrolling on social media like dopamine addiction. What's one thing that your glut is no longer a thing? 127 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:24,000 This one was really a hard question. I couldn't think of anything specific other than chalkboards and overhead projectors. 128 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,000 And honestly, you're probably even too young to even know what an overhead projector is. 129 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:36,000 But we used to have to write on these little plastic pieces of paper, not even paper, just pieces of plastic. 130 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:40,000 And we would project them onto the screen. And it was just crazy. 131 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:48,000 And then with chalkboards, it was just having to like clean the erasers with machine or like clap them out so that they were clean again. 132 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 I don't miss those days at all. 133 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,000 All right. Moving on to Mia. 134 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Thank you, Frank. Our next guest is Mr. Johan. Welcome to the studio, Mr. Johan. 135 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Could you please introduce yourself and tell us about what you do here at ICS? 136 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Okay. My name is Kitty Khun Wong Tha. And you can call me Mr. Johan. That's my nickname. 137 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:27,000 I have been teaching here for I think 18 years already. This is going to my 19th year here as ICS. 138 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Before that, I moved from Chiang Mai, my hometown, to work in Bangkok at the Bangkok Christian College for three years. 139 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:48,000 And after that, I have a chance to move to ICS and work here for long as my second home. 140 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:54,000 And I teach Thai. I have I met my wife here at ICS too. 141 00:21:54,000 --> 00:22:01,000 And now I have two children. One is in seventh grade and fourth grade. 142 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:06,000 All right. 18 years is a long time to be here. All right. Thank you. 143 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:14,000 So our next question is, what are some of the biggest changes you've seen in education since you started teaching? 144 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Oh, back then, I think it's really a big change that I see is about technology. 145 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:34,000 In the past, in my first, I've been teaching, being a teacher for I think over 25 years 146 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000 because I graduated from Chiang Mai University as a teacher. 147 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:45,000 And when I graduated, I worked as a teacher from Chiang Mai and to Bangkok. 148 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:57,000 I think the major thing is technology because in the past, when I started teaching, we didn't have laptop. 149 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:04,000 We didn't have a copier or a scanner or even printer. 150 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:09,000 We had to make like a manual print or some computer. 151 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:19,000 It's very rare to use and very expensive at that time for the computer to make the textbook. 152 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:32,000 And we have to go to or find some budget to make a textbook and make our worksheet or exercise sheet. 153 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,000 So it's really hard in that time. 154 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Normally, we use the manual things like drawing or make handmade like a textbook. 155 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,000 But nowadays, it's really convenient. 156 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:55,000 We have several tools for teaching and helping the teacher make it easily and faster like this thing. 157 00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:03,000 And nowadays, we have several resources that can access like Google. 158 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:10,000 You have Google, you have YouTube, several applications that help teaching. 159 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:15,000 And back then, we didn't have like the thing like this. 160 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:23,000 We have to go to the library to read the thick textbook or research everything 161 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,000 and find a picture and we have to make the copy. 162 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 And sometimes it's really hard. 163 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:37,000 But now it's very convenient, everything in your hand, in your palm, like laptop and tablet. 164 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:43,000 I think the major thing is the technology change. 165 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Yeah, thank you for that. 166 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Because I also agree that technology for teachers, it's a really huge difference, but also for students. 167 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Because when I started out here in ninth grade, there wasn't that much AI and chat GPT. 168 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 What's that? 169 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:03,000 But now that I'm in like, whoa, senior year, there's a lot of AI and chat GPT use inside classrooms. 170 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000 So I think that's also a really big change for students as well. 171 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Now, on to our next question. 172 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Could you share a memorable back in the day moment from your early teaching years that stands out to you? 173 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:23,000 I think connection between teacher and student. 174 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:28,000 At that time, I think the stand out, the teacher and student really close. 175 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,000 And I think the relationship is really close. 176 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,000 But now today, I think a little bit different. 177 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:40,000 Even we have social media. 178 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:48,000 It should make us closer, but somehow we cannot connect with the people. 179 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:58,000 But I think the social and back then when I started teaching, the teacher and student talked face to face a lot. 180 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,000 And we spent some time to talk together. 181 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:16,000 But now today, we have like a social life somehow and in the social media, just kick like or just thumbs up for them. 182 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:27,000 And I think the big thing is about relationship that stand out for me at that time when I come and I see a student is really, 183 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,000 you know, the student joined my wedding ceremony also. 184 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:40,000 And even some, I joined their family and have a chance to dinner together with the student. 185 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:52,000 But now today, it's hardly to do that and talk with personal student a little bit so far. 186 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,000 All right. OK. Yeah. Thank you so much for that. 187 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,000 And now for our final question. 188 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:04,000 What advice would you give to new teachers based on your past experiences? 189 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,000 I would like to give some for the new teachers. 190 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:15,000 I think number one is a passion for teaching should be number one. 191 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:21,000 If you know the purpose of your life for me, I think that the gift of God, 192 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:34,000 that giving me the talent of the teaching, I know myself that I love teaching and God give me the purpose. 193 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:42,000 I know the purpose and I try to pursue that purpose of my life on serving the Lord. 194 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:52,000 So I think the passion of your calling, I think God is calling everyone to be the teacher or some the new teacher, 195 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:57,000 even the new teacher, I think God call them to serve here. 196 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:04,000 And number one, I want to encourage them to following your passion, 197 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:10,000 following your purpose of life that God call you to serve. 198 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,000 And secondly, I think you have to continue learning. 199 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Do not stop. I think you should learn everything. 200 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Try not to be the full cup of water. 201 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:34,000 I think teachers should be eager and want to learn, 202 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:41,000 not keep yourself and feed yourself that, oh, I'm already an expert on the Kulu on that way. 203 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:47,000 But teachers should be want to learn more and more, continue learning everything. 204 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Sometimes I learn from the student also because the new generation, they learn very fast and they know a lot, 205 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:02,000 not just only teacher to be the expert, but we can learn and sharing together. 206 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,000 Yeah, yeah, I definitely agree with what you said. 207 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:11,000 I think when you're an expert in something, for example, like your teacher of like Thai studies, 208 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:17,000 I think that when you have the opportunity to learn from students or to humble yourself in front of your students, 209 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:22,000 I think it's a very brave thing to do because I think to the students and like as a student, 210 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:27,000 I think it shows us that the teacher is not trying to, you know, 211 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:32,000 like put themselves in a position where they have more power over that, like more power over us. 212 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000 They're better than us or anything like that. 213 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:39,000 So I think that when you really humble yourself in front of students, it's kind of like reaching a handout. 214 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,000 Yeah. So yeah, I agree with what you said. Thank you so much. 215 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,000 Yeah, you're welcome. 216 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,000 And our next guest is Mr. Brad. Welcome to the studio, Mr. Brad. 217 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Hi, it's nice to be here. 218 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,000 Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about what you do here at ICS? 219 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,000 Sure. So my name is Brad McKenzie. 220 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,000 I am the ninth grade English teacher at the International Community School of Bangkok. 221 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:07,000 Along with teaching English, my other main role is to make the yearbook each year. 222 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:11,000 So when I'm not talking about semicolons, you will usually find me with a camera. 223 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,000 And then when I get the chance, I also enjoy coaching tennis. 224 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,000 All right. Thank you, Mr. Brad. 225 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:23,000 Our next question is, what are some of the biggest changes that you've seen in education since you started teaching? 226 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:30,000 Well, I first started teaching back in 1995, which is, well, quite a while ago. 227 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,000 I started thinking about it. It has been a while. 228 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,000 The teaching itself hasn't changed a whole lot. 229 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:42,000 I mean, for me, my goal is still to try and help students right to the best of their ability. 230 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,000 But the technology has definitely changed over the years. 231 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,000 Back when I was in university studying to become a teacher, 232 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:57,000 the two main tech things they taught us was how to insert slides into a slide projector 233 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:04,000 and how to slice a film reel if the film projector happened to chew it up and things like that. 234 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:08,000 Over the years, I mean, I remember getting my first thumb drive. 235 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:15,000 It was an 8-meg thumb drive, and I was so excited that I could finally carry some stuff with me and that. 236 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:21,000 Technology over the years, I mean, when photos went digital, that was a big difference. 237 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Making the yearbooks with the seniors, quite often we'd have the baby pictures come in. 238 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,000 And so, I mean, we would get a whole pile of physical photos. 239 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:36,000 And I remember the first year, everything went digital, and I was like, oh, that's kind of cool. 240 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Yeah, over the years, technology has changed. 241 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:45,000 And now, as you know, at our school, we've now looked at at least for ninth grade and below, 242 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,000 removing the technology, thinking that it's too much. 243 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:55,000 It wasn't that long ago, we looked at bring your own device, and everybody should have one was kind of the idea of the day. 244 00:31:55,000 --> 00:32:01,000 And so, yeah, the teaching doesn't change, but the method that we do it sometimes does. 245 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,000 Yeah, I agree with the part where you mentioned about the technology, 246 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 because I think for teachers that must have been a really big difference for you guys. 247 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:14,000 But I think also from the students point of view, it's like we're not only competing with our peers, also with AI. 248 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:20,000 Right. AI is now the big one, because I mean, as students and as teachers, 249 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,000 we're all kind of racing to catch up to this thing and figure out how best to use it. 250 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:33,000 And so, yeah, I would think, you know, I've been teaching now for about 25, 26, 20 something years. 251 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:39,000 And I would imagine the next five or 10 will see even more amazing changes going on there, too. 252 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,000 Yes, I agree with you. All right. Thank you. 253 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:50,000 Now, our next question is, could you share a memorable back in the day moment from your early teaching years that stands out to you? 254 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:55,000 Well, I mean, I was thinking about how far back to go with this. 255 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,000 I've tried, I've taught around the world over the last 20 odd years. 256 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:08,000 And the memory that first came up came to mind for me was the year that I spent back in Austin, Manitoba, 257 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,000 which is a small town in my province, Manitoba, Canada. 258 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,000 It's got a population of only a couple hundred people. 259 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:22,000 I thought I was a country person until I moved to Austin and I discovered, no, I am definitely not. 260 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,000 There is a whole other layer to country I did not know existed. 261 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:31,000 And for me, the thing, the first time I went to this school to apply for the position, 262 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:37,000 I was told I would need to wait for the school, for most of the school and the principal to get back 263 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,000 because they were having a field trip at the creek. 264 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:46,000 They went swimming in the creek was their field trip, which was a totally different thing. 265 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,000 I mean, this school that I taught at, I taught there for a year, 266 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:56,000 and it was one of the last few almost one room school houses in Canada. 267 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:03,000 I had a class of five students and during hunting season, I had a class of one student, 268 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:10,000 a very unhappy 10 year old girl that wanted to go out with the guys hunting but wasn't able to do so. 269 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:18,000 And so there were moments there with, because I had been at ICS for a couple of years, 270 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,000 then moved there and then came back again. 271 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:26,000 But while I was there, I would hear things at recess where the girls would be outside saying, 272 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000 hey, that's my frog, hey, that's my snake. 273 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:35,000 And I'm thinking, wow, this is a totally different world than what I was out here in Bangkok. 274 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:43,000 So yeah, I mean, as far as teaching goes back in the day, I mean, as I say, the teaching itself doesn't change, 275 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,000 but certainly, where you are does make a difference. 276 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,000 All right. Thank you for that. 277 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:56,000 And our final question is, what's one thing about teaching back in the day that you're secretly glad is no longer a thing? 278 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:02,000 Well, I don't think it's necessarily for everybody and I'm not even sure if it's a back in the day thing. 279 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:11,000 But thinking about the question for me, I'm glad that like back in the day, I felt the need to travel. 280 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:16,000 As a young teacher, I felt it was important to travel to lots of different parts of the world, 281 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,000 see a lot of different places, continually travel. 282 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:23,000 And to be honest, I don't miss it anymore. I'm quite happy where I'm at. 283 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:28,000 I'm glad that I can finally, I finally found a place where I feel I am at home, 284 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:34,000 where I can stay, where I can have my kids go to school and be happy with them here. 285 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,000 So yeah, for me, I would say just back in the day, so much traveling. 286 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:44,000 When I first came to this school, I remember teachers telling me that, 287 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:48,000 oh, you're teaching eighth grade, it's going to be hard, they're so difficult. 288 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,000 And I remember thinking, wow, this is not a challenging school at all. 289 00:35:52,000 --> 00:36:00,000 It's a great place to be in. And so, yeah, I think I look at young teachers that are still kind of traveling to different places 290 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,000 and they feel the need to move and that and I wish them well. 291 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,000 But for me, I'm quite happy to settle in and be content where I'm at. 292 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,000 All right. I'm very glad you're content here at ICS. 293 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,000 Thank you, Mr. Bhatt, for coming and we hope to see you again. 294 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,000 My pleasure. 295 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:19,000 Now on to our next and final guest, Mrs. Vicki. Welcome to the podcast, Mrs. Vicki. 296 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:24,000 Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about what you do here at ICS? 297 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,000 Sure. I am Miss Vicki and this is my third year teaching high school math. 298 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:33,000 I teach honors, pre-calculus and AP statistics classes. 299 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,000 All right. Thank you. And our next question is, 300 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:42,000 can you think of a teaching method or practice from back in the day that you wish was still used today? 301 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,000 Maybe even as your time as a student. 302 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,000 Let's see. So I went to a very large high school in the United States 303 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:55,000 where each of the grade levels was the same size as the entire high school at ICS. 304 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000 It was a very large high school. 305 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,000 But because of that, we had a huge variety of classes. 306 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:06,000 Like you could take auto shop where you learned how to change your oil and change a tire 307 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:11,000 and we had woodworking and we had drafting and we had tons, 308 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:18,000 just lots and lots of different, I guess I would call them elective, lots of different elective options. 309 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:22,000 Yeah. And it was great. I mean, for my gym credit, I took volleyball bowling 310 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,000 and we went to a bowling alley and it was super fun. 311 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:32,000 So I will say while the high school I went to was not as academically strong as ICS's, 312 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:39,000 we had a lot of academic classes that we could take, tons of variety. I really enjoyed that. 313 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:45,000 All right. That sounds a lot like fun. I want ICS to have oil car changing classes now. 314 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:52,000 Now on to our next question. Could you share a memorable back in the day moment from when you were in high school or college? 315 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Sure. I think so. I studied engineering. 316 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,000 I was an undecided engineering student when I entered college. 317 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:06,000 And one of the required courses that every engineering student has to take, it was computer aided drafting. 318 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:11,000 And back then we were using AutoCAD. It wasn't that long ago for the record, less than 20 years ago. 319 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:19,000 But still, we were taking AutoCAD. It was only one credit, but we had to design this train locomotive. 320 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,000 It had to be on tracks. The wheels had to move. All the materials had to be right. 321 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,000 I've never done so much work in my life for a one credit class. 322 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,000 I did more work for that class than any other class I took in college. 323 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:38,000 So beware, even though the credits are different, that does not mean the workload will be the same. 324 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:44,000 That's my hint. All right. That sounds really tough, but it's okay because you made it. 325 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:52,000 Now on to our final question. What's one thing about schools back in the day that you secretly glad is no longer a thing? 326 00:38:52,000 --> 00:39:01,000 Oh, I will say that where I went to high school in Colorado in the U.S., homecoming was a very big deal. 327 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:06,000 And it's where it's basically a spirit week for like a week. 328 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:13,000 But as you go up through the ranks, right, freshman to senior, there are a lot of traditions associated with that. 329 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:19,000 And one of the big traditions that they got rid of between my freshman and sophomore year was a large hazing tradition. 330 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:27,000 So seniors could pick a freshman and the freshman would pretty much do whatever the senior wanted for the week. 331 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:37,000 So at my school, we had this thing called push a penny where they would put a penny on a floor and freshmen would have to race across the hallway, pushing the penny with their nose. 332 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:43,000 Now, thankfully for me, my older sister was a junior when I was a freshman. 333 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:49,000 So I would have been like the first choice to be her servant basically for a week. 334 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,000 But I broke my ankle the Friday before this started. 335 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,000 So she had mercy on me and chose one of my friends instead. 336 00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:04,000 So I didn't actually have to do it, but there were like a whole bunch of hazing rituals associated with being an underclassman versus being an upperclassman. 337 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:09,000 But they really cracked down on that with the bullying and hazing traditions. 338 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,000 So I'm glad that no longer exists. Homecoming is still a really big deal. 339 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:18,000 It's still super important to be a senior. You get to wear a toga because you were the school. 340 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000 There's like whole all those things are still great. 341 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,000 But thankfully, they've taken out the hazing portion of it. 342 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,000 All right. Thank you for that. 343 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,000 I think hazing and ICS would be very interesting. 344 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:32,000 But yeah, that's all for us today. Thank you so much for coming in. 345 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000 Thank you. 346 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:43,000 All right. Thanks again to some of our more seasoned teachers and educators for joining us on this segment and for helping take us back to the past for just a bit. 347 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Reminiscing about the past can be fun. 348 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,000 It helps remind us about how things have changed for better or worse. 349 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:58,000 So the next time we feel the urge to use the phrase back in the day, it's OK for us to mourn and reminisce about some of those things. 350 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:13,000 And it's also OK to forget some of those things that are better left in the past. 351 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:22,000 Stay tuned for our next episode as we introduce you to the remainder of our season three podcast team, along with presenting you with a free class on marketing, 352 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:26,000 something we'd like to call our marketing 101 episode. 353 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:33,000 And as always, this podcast would not be possible without the hard work and support of our international student production team. 354 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:40,000 All music and sound effects are courtesy of Pixabay.com, a vibrant community of creatives sharing copyright free images, videos and music. 355 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,000 And we are signing off until next time. 356 00:41:43,000 --> 00:42:10,000 We are students incorporated because your voice matters.