On Being Taught by Students.

“Good morning, ms. Ouano”, that’s the exact sentence I remembered when I was a student teacher during the KYSD. I felt appreciated by those words. And maybe it was one of the encouragements I received from the students I had discussed or visited. If I felt appreciated and respected, I assume that all the other student teachers were feeling the same way too.

It was very different between standing in front of the students discussing and sitting on the armchair listening. Discussing needs a lot of energy so that your voice would be very clear and loud, your lesson would be discussed well, and so that you will not appear as boring to the students you are teaching. While being a student, you also need a lot of energy so that you would not sleep while the discussion is going on. You must be active so that you can catch up the important concepts of the lesson. Both situation are similar yet different.

I’ve experienced teaching and being taught. But the one in KYSD was strange because we were taught by our own classmates and schoolmates. Honestly, I didn’t listen to all the student teachers because some didn’t master the lessons assigned to them. Some even made mistakes in teaching us. But it was also good because they’ve tried their best (that includes me!). I felt comfortable because they were just my classmates and I know that we already had made a friendship made between all of us. I never wish that I would be the best student teacher but instead, wishing that one of them would become the best student teacher.

If we had something learned from them, it means that they’ve done their job well. That’s the most important thing to be accomplished when you are a teacher. It is not about how good you are to tell jokes or how to entertain them which are also good factors.

If I was proud of myself, then of course I was proud of all the student teachers. I must assure them that they were really unique individuals because at their young age, they’ve done a job that originally suites for adults or to people older than they are. They were really like real teachers because despite that we are classmates; they showed no favoritism to any of us. They were fair and no bias. They showed humility despite of the respect they’ve got. They showed no much pride to their selves. But they showed good examples that everybody is expected to follow and remember. It would not matter if they committed mistakes as long as they admitted their mistakes. What really matter are their spirit and their passion towards teaching. Their hard works in preparing made a great role in their success. Although they were some misunderstandings, they made it to the top and raised the flag of satisfaction and success.

As a student, I realize how hard it is to be teacher when the students are not listening. So I suggest to those students who sleep during the time of discussion, better try to be a teacher even once and let’s see what will be your reaction if you will see your students sleeping. What a shame on those students who insult their teachers! I don’t like students who drop the graces from their hands and those who throw their garbage of mistakes without recycling to be able to learn from those mistakes. Guys… if I were you, I will be very good to my teachers so that they will feel happy and that I will also learn. Bye………………… Thank you…………………