Once upon a time, we always dreamed of being
teachers. On 23 June 2011, it was no more a dream. We went to Kampung Timah and
took the challenge to experience 3 hours of teaching section. We were assigned
to guide students one to one. At first, we were shock to see students to be
so hyperactive in SMK YES compare to our schooling time. After meeting with our students, we began with
Bahasa Melayu following by English teaching section. It was awkward when we it
comes teaching. We felt nervous and
clumsy in delivering the meaning to students. Maybe it is hilarious, but we
have to admit that it was harder than presentation!
After some time, we began to adapt with
it, and manage to communicate well with the students. Besides, we tried to
explain the text in Chinese to give a better understanding to the students.
Most of the students are weak in their bahasa, so it will be an advantage to
them by interpreting the text with Chinese language. It was a great
satisfaction when students learn and follow what we taught. We were overwhelmed
with joy to see students getting flying colours after a test given to them. Due
to limitation of time, we were forced to cancel the game section.
In every event, there is always a difficulty. Most of the students in SMK
YES were obedient, but there are still students behave to be rude. We have
student who refuse to listen to us, but we manage to go along well after some
time. At the end of the section, we knew that their behavior is just to draw
our attention, hoping that we can guide on them.
Overall,
we have a great time to be there as a part-time teacher and we are happy to
have an opportunity sharing our knowledge to the students. After this
meaningful event, we knew that we need to work harder to gain student’s enthusiasm
towards study. Not each and every one of us has the gift to teach, some of us
may find it difficult to teach. It is easy to spoil a kid, but it takes 10
years to bring up a child. It is never sufficient for us to raise knowledge in
mere few hours; just like farmers, they need to fertilize and water their crops
in order to have a massive harvest. There is no free lunch in this world,
nothing comes without hard work, and we hope that these students will study
hard in the near future. Furthermore,
we hope that there will be more meaningful event like this to be held in the
future. It would be a great experience for all UTAR students.
Written by,
Joanne
We were required to do a leaflet or flyer for our Written for Communication subject.
This is an essay about our teaching trip in Kampung Timah which we inserted into our leaflet.
I apologize for any errors i made.
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