Experience 2

Hello again,

            This is the second post on my experience teaching in a secondary school for the first time. Currently, I'm teaching 2 classes and both of them are Form 4. The first class ranked as second and the other one ranked as ninth among twelve classes of Form 4. This is quite interesting for me as a new teacher because I'm expecting to see if there is any difference between these two classes as they are rather quite far from each other in term of their class ranking.

             Class X (the 2nd class) is quite a good class to begin with. They respect me the same way they respect other teachers although I'm their new teacher. First time entering their class, I was very nervous and thought about many unnecessary things such as what if they didn't reply to my questions or what if they find my teaching boring? What should I do if that is the case? Unexpectedly, my first time teaching them went quite well. They understand what I conveyed to them and most of them didn't hesitate to ask to ask me if they have something in mind.

          On the other hand, Class Y (the 9th class) is quite different, both in positive and negative aspects. Positively, they respect me as a teacher and I found them quite talkative. They're talkative both when I'm just chatting with them and even when I'm teaching in front. From they way I see it, maybe they aren't interested in learning and they might just want to get attention from the teacher. My mentor teacher advised me to chat with them when they initiate a conversation with me. Who knows maybe we will understand what they are thinking and avoid judging them from the way they look. Lack in language competency might result them to be not interested in learning English.

        Since this in the first week teaching the students, this is not the right time to draw a conclusion. I need to approach the students and learn to think the way they think.