On Being Taught by Students

Being a teacher is not an easy task. You have to have a mastery of the subject matter. You have to give lessons to the students.


Sometimes you will have a hard time especially when your students are stubborn and naughty. It will be a disappointment for you because you have spent so many nights making the lesson plan, making tests, computing scores and grades and making stuffs like visual aids, etc. Those stuffs will lead you to stress.


But before that, you will face many steps to become a teacher. You shall study B.S. Education. In your studies you will teach some students in different schools. You will have a series of demonstrations. After studying, you shall take the mastery for the subject which you will handle. There, more and more demonstrations will you face. You should not complain about it because it will improve your teaching skills.


After you graduate, you will apply for the position. In the hiring, there are many applicants, for sure. You will face a series of interviews. Those who were hired will now enter the world of learning.


On the other hand, being a student is just easy. You just have to listen to the teacher, understand what he or she teaches and put it on your brain pockets so when time comes that you need to use that information, it is just easy for you to remember.


Remember, study is the use of mind to get knowledge or the use of mind to learn about something by reading, investigating or memorizing. If I am asked to be a teacher, I would say yes and no. Yes because I love teaching students and no because I don’t like to spend my nights making the lesson plan.


In the "Know Your School Day", I applied to be a teacher in Home Technology II but unfortunately, I was not hired. That is why I was taught by my fellow students. Sometimes you cannot understand the lesson. Maybe the reason is: the teacher did not discuss the lesson thoroughly or the students asked questions which are misleading. Some student teachers were conscious because of stage fright. Afraid of committing mistakes, they bring with them notebooks, books or papers which has a summary of the lesson they have to give. In case they cannot answer the questions asked by the students, they ask the question to the teacher directly or write those in a paper and ask it to the teacher later.

There was a shocking experience that I will share to you. In our Biology class (first period), where Hacie and Jamaica is assigned, John Paul made a reaction that made Hacie very angry. He did not listen to the discussion. He chatted with the boys, instead. Some boys were easily tempted to join him. They chatted until the end of the first period .On the second period, they already listened to Stacey and Nympha. I do not know if Hacie told Mme. Carvajal about it but if you want to know, ask her later.

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