Nichole Oswald										10/4/07
MED300 Journal 4									Dates: 10/2 & 10/4

	This week at Lafayette was definitely different than any other.  On Tuesday we had two students and today we only had 1!  It was different trying to adjust from teaching a group of 6-7 students to 1-2.  We moved through the lessons a lot faster than we usually do and the students were able to get a lot of one-on-one help because Kristy and I were both there.  The information also seemed to be a lot clearer to the two students because we were able to answer all of their questions.  We still conducted the class as we normally do, where it is based mainly on student participation and not us lecturing.  Today, was a lot harder to do that because there was only one student to answer all of the questions, so at times he was put on the spots because he didn't have any peers to help with the answers.  The student was a good sport about it though and answered all of our questions, sometimes with the help of out prompts.  We had to think on our feet today and create more examples off the top of our head, to reinforce what was taught and also fill time since the lesson was completed early.  We introduced the next topic briefly, but did not want to get too far into the lesson since there was only one student.  
	Overall the week went well, it's a shame that the rest of our students were suspended.  I'm very curious to see how the students will make up what they missed, or if they will make it up at all.  I hate to see them fall behind, because for the most part their attendance is good and they participate while in class.  I just hope that they do not get discouraged because they missed so many classes that they stop coming.  They all have the potential to do well and be successful on the exam.  I hope that we will be able to catch them up, while not falling behind the lessons.  This shouldn't be a problem if the students are willing to put in the effort.  I really hope that I can get through to them the importance of making up the missed work and that they should want to do the work because it will help them in the long run.