it is September already. Friday the 13th. Is this the cause for this sudden emotion? Term 4 starts in a few days' time, and I feel prepared to go into class to help people. The only problem I have is that I have this uncontrollable urge to scold people. No idea where it spans from but it is killing me. Is being lenient the key to making a class hard to control? Must discipline always involve scolding?
I know, I know, I had my fair share of getting nagged by my mum, but I really seldom appreciated it. Is nagging a part of growing up? Is constant reminders part of how people learn how to listen to instructions? I really don't know. I don't advocate scolding or nagging, but this seems like a bad idea.
"This cannot control the class!", or even "This doesn't care about us one, never scold us when we do wrong things!". Like one of my counsellor friends said, kids, no matter good or bad natured, just want some form of achievement. Getting scolded by is one of them, making angry is another one of them. My lack of desire to participate always seems to cause some form of negative impact.
This journey into education is a long and arduous one I must agree, and there is so much more I need to find out before I can actually become someone who is competent at the art of teaching.
I am about a year and a bit more into this field, and I must say I learn a lot on a daily basis, not to mention the wonderful people I get to see everyday. Thing is, most of them don't realise it and feel like "Sigh, I am not important." or "Nobody really cares." Psychologists are right about this, kids are more concerned about their friends than other people in their lives, especially during adolescent years. I guess this is a phase I must learn to deal with cause I really don't remember my lower secondary days being so complex. I have always been a simpleton and living life simple is really the key to achieving the complex but how many people can actually understand this statement?
Friend, are you still there waiting? Listening? I am unsure, but hey, I have faith in you. Be here, I will still look forward to talking to you. Exams are coming soon, the time to stop talking will come again. Cheers!
I know, I know, I had my fair share of getting nagged by my mum, but I really seldom appreciated it. Is nagging a part of growing up? Is constant reminders part of how people learn how to listen to instructions? I really don't know. I don't advocate scolding or nagging, but this seems like a bad idea.
"This cannot control the class!", or even "This doesn't care about us one, never scold us when we do wrong things!". Like one of my counsellor friends said, kids, no matter good or bad natured, just want some form of achievement. Getting scolded by is one of them, making angry is another one of them. My lack of desire to participate always seems to cause some form of negative impact.
This journey into education is a long and arduous one I must agree, and there is so much more I need to find out before I can actually become someone who is competent at the art of teaching.
I am about a year and a bit more into this field, and I must say I learn a lot on a daily basis, not to mention the wonderful people I get to see everyday. Thing is, most of them don't realise it and feel like "Sigh, I am not important." or "Nobody really cares." Psychologists are right about this, kids are more concerned about their friends than other people in their lives, especially during adolescent years. I guess this is a phase I must learn to deal with cause I really don't remember my lower secondary days being so complex. I have always been a simpleton and living life simple is really the key to achieving the complex but how many people can actually understand this statement?
Friend, are you still there waiting? Listening? I am unsure, but hey, I have faith in you. Be here, I will still look forward to talking to you. Exams are coming soon, the time to stop talking will come again. Cheers!
xoxo,
mo
