And soooooo teaching practice start and I had to stand in a class for the first time of my life. It was exciting, but at the same time frightening and scaring. not knowing the students and where they came from was quite disturbing and being at a whole new school and whole new setup was quite an irritation.
Hey everybody, I am Shane and teaching practice started.
Charlie Chaplin once said, and I quote:" A day without laughter is a day wasted". I completely agree with him. At the school I was I saw that students want to feel loved and cherished, and that's why I always smiled and laughed with them, not because I don't believe that there should be a distance between the teachers and the learners be, but because I believe in a good and healthy relationship between teachers and learners.
For me being in a class of 40 learners, teaching practice showed me that its hard to stay loyal and nice, because there are some learners in that class that does everything in their ability to bring you down and not listening to you. one also struggle so stay optimistic about everything,because sometimes the learners makes you feel that there are no positive thing in learning and teaching.
As I said, I am a strong believer and problem solver, but while I was doing my practicals I also find that it is not so easy to solve a problem, because parents should be involved in the situation as well as the principal, which make the whole situation a mess.
Teaching practice did not change of thinking or gave me a low esteem, it just showed me the reality of what is going on in our public South African schools and I believe with my values of unity, honesty, respect, hope and forgiveness I can make a difference!
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