Before the student’s week celebration, I was just one of the students who had a choice to go to school or not, whether to listen or just sit when the teacher is speaking. But I was one of the many student’s chosen to be a student teacher, And in the process, I learned that a teacher’s voice, is a student’s treasure.
At first, when I found out that I was one of “the chosen ones”, I thought how lucky I was because I know that my teachers trust me and what I could do. But I also thought how much work and effort I would have to give, on what strategies to use in teaching and that idea that “What if my student’s don’t listen to me”. And I was really glad because I had this kind of experience last year which really helped a lot, because last year, my first day of teaching during the students’ week celebration, I was sweating so much after my first sentence in front of the class! But this time, I didn’t! I finally conquered my fear of speaking in front of many people, well, at least in front of a class ^^. This year, I was assigned by Ms. Pitong to teach TLE to second year students, specifically about food. I had lots of fun experiences such as making new friends, finding out that your students respond to your questions, laughing with my students, having to make your own tests, having fun with my friends in our faculty room, and many more. But it’s not exactly all about having fun, I had to prepare my visual aids every day, think of new ways to teach, I review the lessons I have to teach, Checking papers, and the fear of thinking “What if my students don’t understand what I’m teaching” or “What would be the results of their tests or quizzes”, and I even learned that getting really mad at one section would somehow affect how I teach in my next sections.
During the process, I really leaned many things, such as the how the importance of the relationship of students with teachers would affect the class or how the class learns. I learned to appreciate more our teacher, whom my classmates usually make fun of. I admired her patience and perseverance, and not only Ms. Pitong but all our other teachers who were always there with us, even if we were and if ever would be one of the wildest sections in the third year department.
And the most important thing is to understand the meaning of a teacher and our jobs as students. A teacher is one who inspires others not only using words and wisdoms, but through actions through which the student’s should admire the most. And after the students’ week celebration, I learned that if we really work hard, we get the fruit after. And I would say I was just a little lucky of getting the title “Best TLE Student teacher for Second year Level”. And as students, we must learn to respect and value more our teachers. Ahhh… Teachers, what would we do without them…
