This wek was very good, I learnt a lot and I gave lots of class and I had my lecturer crit.
On monday the day started without a formal assembly as the matrics are writing in the school hall, but we did have a brief informal one in which the principal wished the students luck for the upcoming week and spoke of perseverance and hard work. It was quite inspiring and gave me a little lift for the busy week I had ahead. The only clas I gave was for the grade 9s, it was all about gestation. The kids are very sweet and they get quite excited about the topic which makes me very happy and excites me as well. My mentor teacher did comment that perhaps I am too friendly with the students and treat them too infirmally and that I should strive to maintain a more professional distance with them. This bothered me a little bit, I don't want to be my learner's friend but I do want them to be comfortable with me and feel that they can come and talk to me or ask questions. I think that being more open to the learners makes you more approachable and encourages participation and creates an environment where learning or discussions can take place.
On tuesday I was in a tizzy,I stressed myself stupid about the crit evaluations I was to have the next day, I had already prepared but I'm nervous around new people. Lots of the staff at the school were very supportive of me and told me not to worry too much as I would be fine, with these comforting thoughts in mind I went to my grade 9 class to teach them about contraceptives and STDs. They were very interested and I thought it best to inform them when they are young to prevent mishaps later on, I also demonstrated the use of a female condom, theoretically, and wanted to pass it around but my mentor said no, and that I should keep my distance.
On Wednesday morning I was a bit useless, I was evaluated the first 2 periods and was so incredibly stressed, luckily my evaluator was quite comforting and encouraging, my evaluations went very well so I was quite cheerful for the rest of the day and gladly attended my lessons. The only comment that really concerned my evaluator was the amount of questioning I do in class, which I think is quite good and shouldn't be too difficult to improve upon.
Thursday and friday flew by, I knew I had 1 week left and I started pulling my portfolio together so that I could discover whatwas still needed. This ended the week on a bit of a rollercoaster with me screaming at the top worried about the height and speed of the fall. Besides the stress about my portfolio I also realised that I'm going to be very sad to leave...
Anyone sad about leaving?
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