Happy 2020 people of the millenium!
Assalamualaikum 2020!
Finally I have time to blog! I feel so sad for not being able to jot down anything since few months back. I was adapting, adjusting and rejuvenating if I can say that, with the new job as a school teacher.Guess what, it has been one year and 3 months that I have taught here.There are so may things that I wanna talk about; my job, my family, my kids, places that we went and some important events in my life.But I had sacrificed my desire to write as I really need to focus more on other commitments such as my never-ending tasks as a teacher and most importantly my kids.I’ll try my best to summarise on some important events.My job:I have learned so many things here as a teacher, in a private school. I guess working in private and public sector will have some differences. Some of the things that make me happy here:
1-I love most of the students here. They can be such a sweetheart most of the times. This maybe due to how do I treat them.. as a human. I have always treated my students as human beings. Of course, there is a limitation. But, as long as they do not go over the line, then I will just stick to ‘why not’. Most importantly, my class lesson is delivered. They always say I am the nicest teacher ever (it can be true or maybe they just want to say something nice, it doesn’t matter). Yes, I have never been too strict with my students. I have never punished them to stand on a chair, I have never shouted to them. What for? They are grown up kids. They have pride too. The least that I do is I will ask them to sing a full English song in front of the class (this works ok, thanks to my ex-lecturer during degree years for introducing this kind of punishment). Most of my students will hand in their works because they feel so shy to sing in front of the class. For me, shouting and screaming will be my final option to punish them. Haven’t we had learned in educational psychology class ( especially ones with education major) on approaches that we can apply to nurture the students? Practice what you have learned teachers! Well, of course it depends. If you think your current approach works best with your students, do go ahead. But, aren’t these kids have feelings?We have learned in EP class on what will happen to a human’s brain and psychology when we scold them too much, right? Yes, I understand some of mischievous students need to learn their lesson. But, shouting and cursing them with unnecessary words are just not the right thing to do. Instead, you can ask them to write two essays instead of one if they do not hand in their homework, as for an example.
2- I am getting more organised with my KPI now as a teacher. For me, last year was an experimenting year. To be honest, I think I was only 50% satisfied with my task. Of course, I was very active last year (because I had a very passionate group of students last year). They were my pushing factor. I was involved with so many programs. The Kindness Week (we won the grant) but in terms of implementing the project, I know I can do better. The Haunted House Charity Show, it turned out well. The Charity Visit to PPKKI, I would say I did not really like it. Teaching-wise, I didn’t feel that I was succeed in all of my lesson plans. So this year, I am more organised as I decided that I MUST bring home some of my working tasks to home especially on weekend. I am very aspired to have wonderful lessons throughout the year. The fact that there will be more teaching and learning observations this year, it has made me more prepared and I need to push myself to become more creative in teaching. But of course, I am not doing this for the sake of the observations or for my superior’s good impression, but like I have mentioned earlier so many times, it is more on self-satisfaction as a teacher. I will spend few hours o every weekend to plan the best lesson for my students.
3- My HRT class for this year is from secondary 1. You now, at first, I was quite sceptical and doubting myself whether I can teach Form 1 because in my head, I was imagining them to be out of control and I will turn to a monster by practicing some stricter rules. But guess what, I have been their HRT for almost a month and I like it! And I can conclude that, I love to monitor them more because they are more open, you know, young teenagers like them, they are still adapting with a more-matured environment. Unlike the upper secondary students who are more restrictive and private, S1 students are more friendly and adorable. But of course I love my HRT class year equally and I am still missing them! My point is, we really need to have the right approach regardless the level of students that we are teaching. There are always be pros and cons. I remember in my last self-appraisal form, I wrote one of my strengths is I am very flexible when it comes to teaching any age group of students. Well, I guess I have started proving them.
4- I might not be loved by all of my colleagues as how I felt in my previous workplaces. But, I already have a few cliques that I think I can really get along with. I really hope I can be friends and close with everyone. And like what I have been practicing since the first day I started working back in 2007; we should be kind to everyone. I don’t like dramas or conflicts. I really hope they can respect that. I am so thankful that Allah swt has granted me with this ability of taking care others’ feeling hahahahaha what about my feeling? Well it’s ok, for me, if you please people, there is no way that people gonna hate you. But of course the utmost rule in life is; you have to please Him, then your life will be pleasant.
Ok I need to stop now.Next post, I am gonna talk about my kids! Oh dear, there are so many things that I wanna share about them! I really hope I can keep em here as memories. Chiaowww
