Missing City High: Weekly Journal #11

Missing City High

October 20-24, 2014

Weekly Journal #11

Accomplishments:

       We were tasked to complete our task and requirements in BCNHS since it’s our last week to teach there and this week, we will be deployed in Saint Louis University, Laboratory High School. We also completed the 30 lesson plans that were required for us to teach.

Significant Experience:

       There were a lot of significant things and events that happened in my life this week. Last Friday was our last day in City High. Tears and parting anxiety was present in the air. I’ve seen some of my co student teachers shedding tears of joy, and some were telling me, “Ang sarap maging teacher. Grabe!!” and I, for one, agree with them. I want to share the surprise my students have prepared for me. In my first class, grade 8- Adoration, my students serenaded me. In grade 8- Benevolence, they escorted me to their classroom. As I was walking along the corridors, I can’t hold back my tears anymore. When I entered the room, my tears poured out. I wish I could hold the hands of time and pause at that moment. They prepared a video for me. They also gave their messages and one caught my attention; this student of mine who had been a pain for me, while he was saying his message, he let my tears shed like rain and he cried in front of me. I did not know what made me cry in his message, but one thing I knew for sure is that he moved me. In my afternoon class, which is grade-8 Cooperation, they let me through an amazing race. After that, a slow song was played and one by one, the boys in my class, asked me to dance with them and it was like a flashback of what should have happened in my debut. ^__^. Well I enjoyed it so much. On the board were their messages for me. I tried to hold my tears because I don’t want them to see me crying. In the afternoon, as a thank you message to our brave teachers in City High, we went from faculty to faculty, from office to office, and rendered a serenade for them. These are the memories that I will never forget.

Insights:

        It’s a great privilege to touch lives.

       It takes a big heart to love even the unlovable.

Problem:

       So far, this week, I did not have any problem. It was enjoying the last days we had in City High. Just having parting anxiety.:((

Solution:

       For now I have to prepare myself for another challenge to come.

Goals for Next Week:

My goals for next week are to be at my best behavior and to be open to the challenges that will come.

Cloud 9: weekly Journal #10

Cloud 9
Weekly Journal #10
October 13-18, 2014

Accomplishments

               At last I'm done with my 30 lesson plans.In this week, the students in Baguio City National High School had their second grading periodical exam. We helped in watching over the students while having their exams.  We also had a seminar regarding the heart of a teacher. The speaker in the seminar was Ma'am Barbara Lagos. The seminar was more on what is on the heart of the teacher and of the virtues which are responsible,resourceful,tolerant,compassionate,constant,faithful,gentle,and many more. These are just some of the virtues that we discussed in the seminar.

My Significant Experience

              This week was a week full of tears and sorrow. Last Wednesday, I was suppose to administer review to my students but then they surprised me. While  I was on my way going to their classroom, they met me at the corridors and blind folded me. As they were guiding me to their classroom I was a little bit nervous because this might be one of their plans to prank me but when I entered the class and when they removed my blind fold, I was surprised that they have prepared a party for me. So, while we were in tears, they gave their messages for me. Tears just continued to roll down from my chicks.I cant stop it.and of course, they gave me a box of cloud 9 :). That was one the most unforgettable moment of my life.

   

Insights

                        One of the greatest joy of a teacher is to see her students be successful in life.

Problems

                       One of my students during the exams was an attention seeker. I got irritated but thank God that my patience was extended; blessing:). I had a problem on how to manage such kind of student.

Solution

                 I really don't know what can be the remedy for it. 

Goals for This Week

             My goals for this week are to:

• take lessons
• accomplish sf 1-5 and class records
• accomplish the interview for my field study

      

TEARS: Weekly journal #9

      TEARS      

Weekly Journal #9
October 6-10, 2014 

Accomplishments:

                The past week has been a very busy week for me. I had been catching up with my lessons and I also experienced straight teaching. Since we only have limited days to complete thirty lesson plans, I have to double my effort in doing lesson plans and executing them in the class.

My Significant Experience:

           Last Friday, My cooperating teacher told me to rest first since it was their compilation day of all the outputs that they had during the second quarter. So she took over the four classes while I was busy checking the papers of students. I did not notice that I slept over the papers that I was checking when suddenly, my students from the class the class that I am handling came and they were asking me if I am done checking their papers so they can include it in their compilations. Then one of my students who came started to cry. I was asking her the reason why she was crying and she asked me why I have to leave City High. Why can’t I just stay there and teach them until the end of school year. I was not able to say a word. I just smiled at her though deep inside of me, it seems like that I want to join her cry too. Well I told her that I have to leave because it’s a requirement for us to teach in the private school. Despite the sorrow that I had in this experience, it inspired to keep on doing my best; to keep on touching lives. I’m taking every moment to teach them to the best that I can because I know that the time will come that I have to leave them and go to a different environment.

Insight:

           “You will only know and cherish the importance of something or some once that it is gone.”

Problems:

The problem that I’m facing at the moment is that I lack time in completing the 30 lesson plans. I only have 24, and I hope that I can complete that at the said deadline.

Solutions:

           I’m praying earnestly that they would move the break of the students so that we could have more rated lesson plans.

Goals for Next Week:

        My goal for this week is to complete the 30 rated lesson plans and go beyond the 30 lesson plans.

TOUCHED: Weekly Journal #8

Touched

September 29-October 4, 2014

Weekly Journal #8

Accomplishment

      The past week,There were a lot of celebrations and programs. Last Monday, we supported our co-practice teacher, Stephanie Esmena, who joined the Search for Miss STE 2014.Gladly, she was crowned as the Miss STE 2014 and she represented our school in the search of Miss SLU. We also celebrated the birthday of our beloved instructor Ma'am Shirley Ayao-ao; so instead of having class, we prepared a program for her. We sang song; we offered her gifts; and we danced for her. We also rendered a song for the teachers at BCNHS last Thursday. I was also given the chance by my cooperating teacher, Ma'am Dialyn Gorio to handle her advisory class.

My Significant Experiences

         The past week was a very memorable week for me. It was my first time to receive letters, chocolates, and cake from my students greeting me a happy teacher's day and thanking me for teaching them. 

          There is this particular star section that I handled until now. Honestly, my first impression towards them was that, teaching them is going to be an epic fail, but as the days passed, it seems that I get to know them better. When I had my rated demonstration teaching in their class that was rated by my supervising instructor, the time when they had reflections regarding the things that made their mothers unhappy, writing them on a piece of paper and burning those things down,the time when we sang the song "Because you loved me" and they were moved with the activity and their hearts were touched,the time when tears started to fall down from their eyes, everything started to change. The students got closer to me; they open up their lives and they tell their stories.

          That moment, I started to like that class and the past week, they surprised me with a cake and greetings of happy teachers day. 

         When I got home that day, before sleeping, I reflected on the events that happened that day. I did not notice that tears we're already falling from my eyes; it's just that I can't imagine that I only have limited days and that I'll be leaving them. Its hard for me because they have touched me; they have changed my life; they taught me many things and one of them is teaching me to love teaching. They taught me to teach with passion and optimism. 

Problems

        The past week, I had a problem on the new section that was given to me by my cooperating teacher. She told me to try to handle a regular section; so I needed to give up my Benevolence class and take the Adoration class, the advisory class of my teacher. I really got frustrated because unlike the star section, they are unmanageable. Students are not in their proper seats and they stand if they want to. If I call on them to recite, they don't answer. So I have a hard time handling the class. The problem that I can see there is that I lack strategies on how to manage the class.

Solution

        

         To solve this problem, I was thinking to apply the tactic of Ma'am Dorothy Silva. The approach is to get the noisy students  and attention seekers in my class as part of my discussion like for example, if there is a need for demonstration then they are the ones whom I will call. I can also appoint them as the peace promoters in class. I hope it will work.

Goals for Next Week

       For next week, I'm aiming to already have more than 20 rated lesson plans that are well executed. Im also aiming on teaching my students to the very best that I can that they will not forget that once in their life a teacher named "Jazel" taught English in a cool and unforgettable way. My aim is to touch their lives even though we only have few more days left to stay in BCNHS.