today we(teacher trainers) had a briefing in uni
after going for it i feel that it was a waste...
we basically got bombard most of the time...
what a way to start the holidays......
we were asked to share our problems...but when we did that we basically got scold...
i just did not get the whole concept of it...the briefing..what was the purpose of having it?
one part that made me angry was that one of the lecturer told us that we should not say things like "are u deaf?" to pupils...
but the best part she did the same thing to us..she started off her lecture by asking us .."u think u r so clever.."
actually we just had our break..n we just walked in the audi.. what do u expect if students walked in after break... sure we will be talking
...give us some time to settle down...lah
practice what u preach...!
the thing that i cant stand is that when we share our problems the outcome are worse...they make it sound that we ARE the problem...
some of us said during the "sharing" that we hv orphans in our class..n other pupils who had problem in learning....
n we got bombard that we should not neglect these pupils..
hello we r asking how do we help them.....does that show that we r neglecting them??????????????
but en.norjo... he has a special way of handling things...
the way he explain..made me feel better...
i liked it that he said that if there is a problem..we should try to make it our problem..by thinking how do we solve it...in our way(something like this)
listening to him i felt that there was hope for us to help the kids...hope for us to like teaching....
hmmm reflect back is making me more angry..i think it would be best that i ignore it...n try what en.norjo said...
plus there we some really good ideas..that i think maybe i can use in my classroom...
(i think the briefing should hv been about ideas that we used to help the pupils rather then problems that we face..this way we would hv learnt )
so my mission now is to use the holiday(1 week) to prepare myself for the next 5 weeks of teaching practice...
there is so much to do for the kids..(a.k.a little monsters)
i hv to make some changes(a little maybe)
i really hope that i can do it...!
after going for it i feel that it was a waste...
we basically got bombard most of the time...
what a way to start the holidays......
we were asked to share our problems...but when we did that we basically got scold...
i just did not get the whole concept of it...the briefing..what was the purpose of having it?
one part that made me angry was that one of the lecturer told us that we should not say things like "are u deaf?" to pupils...
but the best part she did the same thing to us..she started off her lecture by asking us .."u think u r so clever.."
actually we just had our break..n we just walked in the audi.. what do u expect if students walked in after break... sure we will be talking
...give us some time to settle down...lah
practice what u preach...!
the thing that i cant stand is that when we share our problems the outcome are worse...they make it sound that we ARE the problem...
some of us said during the "sharing" that we hv orphans in our class..n other pupils who had problem in learning....
n we got bombard that we should not neglect these pupils..
hello we r asking how do we help them.....does that show that we r neglecting them??????????????
but en.norjo... he has a special way of handling things...
the way he explain..made me feel better...
i liked it that he said that if there is a problem..we should try to make it our problem..by thinking how do we solve it...in our way(something like this)
listening to him i felt that there was hope for us to help the kids...hope for us to like teaching....
hmmm reflect back is making me more angry..i think it would be best that i ignore it...n try what en.norjo said...
plus there we some really good ideas..that i think maybe i can use in my classroom...
(i think the briefing should hv been about ideas that we used to help the pupils rather then problems that we face..this way we would hv learnt )
so my mission now is to use the holiday(1 week) to prepare myself for the next 5 weeks of teaching practice...
there is so much to do for the kids..(a.k.a little monsters)
i hv to make some changes(a little maybe)
i really hope that i can do it...!
Don't worry, Melwin. I know you are a good teacher already. If you are not, you'd not bother about whether you make a difference or not. :) Try to enjoy the few more weeks! When we get posted, it might be a different environment altogether again...
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I think you are a superb teacher from seeing you perform as a friend who helps a friend/junior in need with add maths =p your patience is so like banyak, that it is overwhelming considering you teach so well!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are having a good time teaching!
Where are you placed anyway?