Week # 17

Week # 17

December 3-5, 2014

Patience Calls for a Prize!

My Accomplishments

This week, I was able to teach 1 lesson which make my over-all required lesson plans 10. I was also able to make Instructional Materials (IM) for my CT and checked papers of grade 8 students.

My Significant Experiences

Before I start my story about my academic stay in the school, I just want to share this short story.

            In an Indian temple, when the priest had gone for lunch, the Idol of the Lord and the Stepping Stone were conversing.

            Stepping Stone, “What a good fate you have. We both were the same lump of rock for millions of years. The sculptor carved an idol out of you and everyone is worshipping you. And look at me, I am a stepping stone and every one stands on me and stamps on. What kind of life is this?”

            The Idol kept smiling and never bothered to answer this, now, routine murmur from the stepping stone. But the stepping stone (stone used as a step) will never stop his constant bickering.

            The Idol replied: “But do you remember that when the sculptor set out to carve an idol, it was you he chose, first. You were so impatient. In one strike, you broke in to two. But when he tried on me, I grinned and bore all the hammers and chisel strikes with PATIENCE. Here I am the worshipful and happy Idol and you are the Stepping Stone.”

The difference between success and failure is patience and persistence.

 The story above really describes what I have done in the past few weeks.

            I have faced different types of students and these students may make me, as their teacher, feeling disgraced or disrespected. I was not able to execute what I want and what I like, but instead, I would just continue my lesson, though they’re not listening. What I kept on reminding myself is to be patient. I kept on believing that there will be time when I will sigh and will rest.  As I stop on thinking about giving up or quitting, I also am strengthening my belief that the challenges I am facing are attributes that would mold me a better person and better teacher in the future.

           In addition, my most significant experience during this week was on Tuesday. My cooperating teacher told me to send the concept of my lesson about Poetry in Motion on Wednesday but, I was just waiting for nothing. My lesson which is Poetry in Motion was not found in the book even in the internet, what I did was to search and search until I found the concept of poetry in motion. I immediately made my lesson plan and my instructional materials (IM). On Wednesday, early in the morning, I checked my message and I was surprised because my cooperating teacher told me to change my concepts and she just sends me the content of our lesson that time. I don’t know what to do because it’s already 4am and my lesson plan and IM was already done.

My Insights

As a teacher, we must know our responsibilities. We must cater the needs of our students, give what they need especially educational matters. A teacher is not just a teacher, we must also consider and understand others feelings and condition. And we must set our goals ahead of time; we must not rush our work so that there is a quality output.

Problems

     

The problems that I encountered during this week were the following:

Ø  My schedule in rated demo. It was difficult for us to adjust my schedule because we don’t have lesson since it’s English month.

Ø  My one of my fellow practicumer who was actually late in 5 minutes. We were just surprised when we saw her log-in 7:15 supposed to be 7:20. It was so unfair on our part especially in going to school early in the morning just not to be late.

Ø  There was no time that me and my partner Elvie, had a proper rest because my cooperating teacher always asking a favor for us to do. Sometimes, we forgot to eat just to finished the things that she required us to do.

Solutions

I told the coordinator what happened about the log in of one of our fellow practicumer and the English majors told me to write the real time she arrive so, we changed her log in because it was unfair to us. Moreover, I consult my cooperating teacher about the schedule of my rated demo so she gave me the topic. Though, I was tired and stress, I did my best to finish all the things that my cooperating teacher asked me to do.

Goals for Next Week

My goal for next week is to prepare for my rated demo with my SI Sir Villiam C. Ambong. I should also make a manipulative IM to use in my demo teaching.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better. ~Glenda Jackson