My Journal Entry
Date: 21/10/2020
On the 21st of October during the night, Rikate and I worked together and gathered all year 8A and year 8B students inside one classroom because of the choir practice as we were assigned to join the
competition in the ‘Open Day’ ceremony of the House of Parliament from the Admin. The number
of students is more than 40 students who are willing to participate in this
choir competition.
In that night, we started with introducing what are going to
do and then selecting student as the choir leader. By looking at them, I could
see that they were all eager to do the practice and they really want to win
this competition. But before doing our practice, I told students that in this
choir we need a person as our leader so we have to select that person. I asked
all of them, “who is willing to be a leader in this choir?”. Surprisingly,
Bwataeru raised his hand, I wonder why and how he could be a leader. This is
because this boy was the hyperactive student. He is very naughty and most of
the time during normal classes, he did not complete his work. However,
throughout doing the practice, he makes us very surprised in which that he
can lead students very well. How surprising I was in which that in the normal
classes, he could not speak on appropriate things but now he spoke very well
and everyone inside the classroom was very happy and they pay attention to him.
I was very happy that night because I discovered that even
the students cannot learn in the normal class but they were gifted and they
have different talents which can be used effectively and productively. So, that
night I learnt a lesson about respecting the way your student learns, I will
not angry but I will try my best to make them blossom their talents. I will
find more ways to do that so that each of them can flourish their secret
talent. This time, I learnt that students were different and we, teachers
should learn to accept those differences so that the child can feel
comfortable, accepted and valued.
In summary, this experience has given me a very good lesson
about students’ differences, all students inside the classroom have different
capabilities. In this case, it is a must for all teachers to accept the way
your student learns. Do not ignore him or her and do not hurt their feelings.
All you need to do is to make them feel appreciated and by doing that, in the
end you will be one to be proud of him or he just like I did this time.
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