Tuesday, March 30, 2010

- Lesson #01 | 5 March -

Hi readers,

I know this blog post came pretty late, so please forgive me for it. I know I shouldn't be spamming posts consecutively, but since I have the time, I might as well spend it well.

Ohkay on to today's agenda. Quite simple. On the 5th of March, 2010, 4 lone warriors rode a giant metallic snake to coach their disciples, hidden among the trees along Jurong West Street.

Okay that was lame. To keep things simple, 5 March 2010, all four of us went to GOS to teach the students for the first time, after a month of observation.

Maybe if you read up on the previous few posts you would have gained a sense of what the lesson was like, so this post is gonna be kept as short as possible.

Clearly this session was an enjoyable one, since it was our first time teaching, so there was a lot of room for exploration. We still took the safer path though, we more or less stuck to the routine the teachers had set up for us, partly because we wanted to play safe on the first lesson, and keep things familiar while the teachers change, so that the students can adjust.

I think I rambled quite a lot about how i was pretty much useless there, apart from giving morale support and participating amidst the audience and failing at an attempted canon, which caught me off guard. But I did notice how important our presence was in the room. The students like to know they are being regarded and paid attention to. So when you go up to them and ask them, do you have any questions, or encourage them to sing louder, it actually acts as a morale boost for them and gives them a small confidence boost, enough to make them slowly break out of their shells.

The session went fairly smoothly, with a few hiccups here and there because we mixed up the order of the warm ups which posed a problem for both the teachers (us) and the students. But in the end we still spent quite a fruitful session there, and there was positive feedback from Ms Kwan and Ms Phoon, which was a recognition of our efforts and a good start. I hope things can improve from here, and surely there'd be more to look forward to for the next 2 terms or so.

For the next session we might be looking into using new medium to get our teaching across, and also new warm ups to provide "fresh air" for the students. After all, we've been doing the same warm ups for 3 months thereabouts already, so it's only right for a little bit of change.

It will be another week before we get to meet the students at GOS because of Good Friday, so it's another readjustment after a long long break. Oh well, if life wishes to get in our way, we can only take it in our stride. Perhaps, we can make use of the holidays to make an effective session for the students, and that could open up new possibilities for us and the students.

As promised, this post would be short because I've been covering the same things over and over again with different examples, but in the end, it is Service Learning, so we'd learn as we serve, so do stay tuned for more updates in both this blog and the team blog.

There's RE tomorrow, and holidays after that, so there might be a post coming up tomorrow or over the holiday weekend. In any case, portfolio/blog check is coming up, I hope this blog is up to expectations!

Till then,
Benjamin

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