Personal Experience

 

           

             During the off-campus teaching there are so many experiences that I have encountered, not only the good times but also the problems and struggles that challenged me as a student teacher.  First of all, I would say that I believed in saying that “Experience is the best teacher.” I believed on this because my experiences as a student teacher molded and prepared me to the reality of teaching. Whenever I teach, I learned something new.  It is true that once you are a teacher you are forever be a student. There are many things that I had learned especially on how to handle situation; controlling my patience and how to have a good relationship with my students.

               There is no perfect person. Even you are a good speaker there is some instances that you can commit mistakes. As a language teacher, sometimes I commit mistake in my pronunciation. For me, even if you are not good enough in speaking, as far as you are a good influence to the children you can be a best teacher for them.

Flexibility is very important, because you may learn a lot on how to develop a lesson despite of insufficient of materials to be used. In a classroom environment there are always students that misbehave during class discussion. When I encountered these, I always calm myself because I don’t want to affect my mood in teaching.

             Inside the four corners of the classroom, I discovered individual differences. Children are different from each other especially in their behavior. I accept the fact that there is a student that needed a support and attention coming from the teacher especially those slow learners. There are instances that I reflect myself of what kind of a student am I during my high school life.

In almost three months of staying in Camaligan National High School, I will never forget the times when I always made my students laugh because of my jokes and pick-up lines. Because of those corny jokes, they gave me a nickname “Sir Knock Knock.” Every time I enter in their classroom they are always request for a joke or pick-up line. They said that even if it is “waley” it is “havey” for them because they appreciated my jokes even it is unworthy.

            Obligations are always part of being a student teacher. One of those obligations is to perform every day and do our best.  Here I experienced to sleep late at night always in order to finish my two lesson plan for Grade 7 and 4th year high school. Next are the visual aids that are very much needed in my discussions. As a student teacher, dedication is very important. Just like what my cooperating teacher said “I hope that you never forget your dedication in the profession you have chosen.” I bear it in my mind that I should stand of what career I had chosen because teaching is not a profession it is a vocation that really needs a dedication. Because of that, I always say to myself that I should always be prepared to the challenges that I will be facing in the field that I had chosen. Because of those experiences, I said to myself that soon I will become a good and effective teacher.

 

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Sherwin C. Brusas

Student Teacher

Filipino