ON BEING TAUGHT BY STUDENTS (KNOW YOUR SCHOOL DAY)

The “Know Your School Day” or most popularly known as KYSD is an annual event that enables us, as student, experience what our teachers live day by day. Through this, we can appreciate their efforts better and avoid stressing them too much.

Now, are you ready to hear my experience?

Last February, we celebrated KYSD here in our school. Most likely, it was a day that teachers had their day-off and students took their place. During Grade One, I dreamt of becoming a teacher but it was changed, this maybe the reason why I did not join. I did not join the league of student teachers though but I experienced being taught by them.

It was fun even though not to all. At first, I felt nervous because I thought that they will give some questions related to the previous chapter or will call me to answer some questions and I couldn’t answer. But I was thankful they didn’t. The first subject which was handled by students was the Biology class. I remembered Ma Jane handled the first-half of the class. I was not interested yet and I thought that it just okay to sit there without being noticed or bothered by the teachers.

I was impressed with the start of “Know Your School Day”. I felt that it was interesting and fun. You could express your thoughts freely and talked with the students teachers on your front. Being taught by students is really good. Even though they weren’t experts in teaching, they had their own strategies in making the class cheerfully awake. In one instance, when they had time left, they conducted a game that was related to the topic.

During the Social Science lass, there were many students who handled it. One point that I liked most was that they were not just teaching the students but were also debating with us. I was then alive and awake. Being taught by them was like being taught by Mdm. Logarta herself. They contradicted on what we were saying. I was impressed with the way they taught because they were truly alike with Mdm. Logarta. It was a month after the ASEAN summit though but it was about the summit. I got much information about it and we had expressed our thoughts and regrets about the summit. They were good followers also because they continued the lesson taught by the real teacher during the last meeting.

Student teachers must have known what they were talking about. If not, they couldn’t teach well and the students would be confused about the lessons. I notice that some student teachers didn’t explain the lessons thoroughly. And even they had not completely taken up the whole chapter or the assigned topic; they directly gave tests not knowing that some of their students didn’t understand the lesson. I felt mad on them because they did not think the good of others only of themselves. But some students are shy in expressing their thoughts and protest because they are friends with the student teachers.

Unfortunately, the KYSD this school year lasted for only two days maybe because of the hectic schedule and limited time that as given. But it was successful and it enables students to enhance their abilities in teaching, help them have the courage to interact with other people. These are my experiences and the feelings I felt during the KYSD. It is in you if you will accept my reactions. Bye!