Teaching Experience

Hey, guys!! Let me tell you about my experince becoming a teacher. 

     Last month our class got a project to teach history to our friends. We were devided into groups. One group consists of two person. I paired up with Joice. Together we became the history teacher for a day. Our teaching material was the cold war. We have never studied about it yet because it will be taught in the twelveth grade. I knew that this material was boring. So I and Joice was confused and we had to think how to make the class enjoyable.

      We got the outside class. It was very hard to make the students listen to us teaching. They  played or chatted with their friends without paying attention to us,the teacher, during the explanation of the materials. But when it came to the game, they were very excited. All of them became silent after I announce that we would have a game and that the winning team would get some rewards. I felt relieved for a moment. But soon they went wild again. They shouted at us to begin the game quickly so they could get the prize. Once again I felt down. We even got colded by Mam Hong because we were too loud. So we told the students to be quiet or they wouldn’t get the prize. They all became silent again. This time it was real as they listen to the game rule and played it well. It seemed like they only aimed for the reward -___- , but this way they would became active and without realizing they already studied the material as they need to answer the question.  After the game ended, as we promised, we gave the winning team their prize that were Mayasi and Calci Bean. The other groups got some Mayasi too for being active and participated well in the class.

      Being a teacher is not as easy and as simple that I used to think. After getting this experince I felt the hardship being a teacher and how difficult it is to make the class enjoyable, to make the students listen. But eventhough it was difficult, I really enjoy this experience.

“There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly.” - Lola May 

Thank you for reading. Until next time ^^