Student teacher

For two years that I have studied in UP High School, I had experienced this school activity we called Know Your School Day. This is our activity celebrating the Teacher's and the Staff's Day. Last year, I had been the Guidance Counselor. This year, I tried to be what I dreamed of when I was still in my elementary years, to be a teacher.

I was chosen as the Biology teacher for KYSD this year, together with three other classmates. We divided the chapter our teacher, Dr. Josefina Carvajal, gave to us. We then divided the chapter by ourselves. On the day we taught our classmates, I was the last one to present my part of the lesson. Before I did, I really felt nervous and a little scared that maybe my classmates won't be able to understand my discussion. Then, I started to talk. I was beginning to feel comfortable and relaxed. I felt happy that I taught my fellow classmates and shared them the ideas I learned form my readings. I asked them in between my discussions if they knew what I was talking about and understood the lesson. I felt glad that they understood and it was easier for me to teach them. Even though the others weren't listening much, I still continued my discussions. I knew then, that being a teacher is not an easy job but it was a good for experience for me, knowing that most of the students cooperated and respected me as their teacher. It was a nice experience for me because I really enjoyed what I did.

I'm really happy and I feel proud of myself that I was able to become a teacher. Even though, its not really the same as a regular teacher, I still felt I was. I feel really happy that our teachers teach us despite the noisiness and naughtiness the class has. They have been really patient with us and even if we gave them a lot of headache, they still didn't give up on us. I guess it's for two reasons, because they love teaching and they love to impart their knowledge to children like us. I even liked the feeling myself. It was overwhelming. I felt that it was hard too. You have to prepare for the lesson and make sure that the students won't feel bored. You need to love what you do in order to be efficient in it. You need to love teaching and to love the students you teach in order to be happy with what you do. I love what I did and I felt good doing it. After all, it was my childhood dream. With the simple certificate that they gave me, I was very happy that they were able to acknowledge me being a Biology teacher. It wasn't easy, no its not, but being able to impart your knowledge to other people, especially to your classmates makes you really feel good. It makes you feel you've done something that made a difference. I hope you tried it too.=)