of being a young teacher

Malaysia classroom

scene 1:

(my first day at school)

pupil : kakak, tandas kat mana?

me: err, tak tahu. * kakak dia panggil aku*

scene 2:

pupil: kakak, kenapa kakak masuk kelas saya?

me: ... *soalan apekah*

New Zealand classroom

student: new student?

me: nope. i'm a student teacher from Auckland uni.

student: oh, really?

***

i have to admit that i don't look like a teacher. i look more like a sister rather than a teacher. people portrayed teacher as a fierce old lady with thick glasses. serious. fat, perhaps. high volume voice.so no surprise when people give me very weird look when i say i'm a teacher. eh, not yet a teacher. teacher trainee. hehehe.

as a teacher, it's natural to be a bit firm because you don't want your students step beyond the boundaries. but it doesn't mean that you have to be fierce. you don't have to be serious all the time. be flexible and friendly. the problem is, my students don't scare at me at all. they come very close to me as if i'm their friends. phew!

i also went to high school. high school is more challenging. they are adults. they have their own perception of life. they don't want you to bother about theirs. hard guys. in NZ school, i just look like their mate. huhuhu. last year, i realised that one of the boys from one of the schools i went, goes to the same uni with me. oh, man. what this expression explains? takut? nope. resah-gelisah? motif sangat nak rasa macam tu. tercabar? ok, ini mungkin. hahaha.

at home, i'm forever a teacher. since i was in high school, i always help my brothers and sisters and my cousins with their homework. i became really fierce when i force them to study besides just finishing their homework. i wonder they are so lazy to study. i never been that lazy when i was young. ecece. dan harus la masing-masing kena cubit bontot sebab malas sangat. belajar pun sampai kena paksa. saya dulu belajar secara suka rela. tapi nasib tak pandai je. takde rezeki katakan. i also crammed my head to learn add math again to teach my brother. saya macam lembab sikit math ni, but for the sake of him, belek-belek juga la buku add math tu. tapi SPM takde la teruk eh. math dapat 1A, add math dapat... erk, B je. huhu.

as for now, i learn educational psychology, educational pedagogy and learning theories. Thorn Dike, Pavlov, Vygostsky and all those old fellas' ideas of humanistic, constructional and what not approaches. so, it helps me to improve my skills. i always applied what i have learn on my little sister. experimental subject! hahaha. but learning all these are so much fun. in fourth year, a bit complicated because all the subjects are more to professional development and lesson planning. tak best sangat !

till then, cheers.