Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Teaching, make me learn...

Posted by Dymna John at 12:26 PM 0 comments
For only 2 months and 2 weeks, my teaching become more improve...but so many thing come to mind make me wondering for a long time (emmmm...)Teaching is a part of a very busy field, much more doing things such as make documents and classroom management then teaching a lot to students...so stress...so tired...Let me think again hehehe...but I can get many experience in this field and enjoying doing this things.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

So Far...

Posted by Dymna John at 10:59 AM 0 comments
Yerrr...so tired. Being a teacher really make me feel how was the tiring time go inside me...arrgghh:( Students is the most tired thing to handle with. They comes in every single characters that we don't even know it. They can be aggressive, naughty, 'keras kepala' and so talkative(ehhhh geram).
They now, I know how was my teachers feel when I was at the school time. It so hard to express cos, not all were gone be a teacher rite...but from this practical woooh! I really feel the pain, my bloddy blood also always 'naik' (cepat kena strok) and sp strees cos' I don't know how to handle this type of students that was very naughty.
Hopefully I can survive in this area....

Tools Represent A Teacher

Posted by Dymna John at 10:49 AM 0 comments
TOOTHPICK-reminds us to look for the good qualities in our students. You may be the only teacher who says something positive to them that day.

RUBBER BAND-reminds the teacher that they have to be flexible. Things don't always go the way we plan, But flexibility will help to work it out.

BAND AID-reminds the teacher that sometimes we do more than teach, That we help heal hurt feelings, broken dreams, And lend an ear to a problem.

PENCIL-reminds us to be thankful and we should list our blessings daily, But also encourage our students to list their blessings And to be proud of their accomplishments.

ERASER-reminds us to allow students to know we are human And make mistakes just like they do, and it's ok. We must all be able to learn from our mistakes.

CHEWING GUM-reminds us to stick with it And encourage our students to do like wise. Even the impossible task or assignment can be accomplished By sticking to it.

MINT-reminds us and our students we are worth a mint. (We may not be paid a mint, but are worth one.)

CANDY KISS-reminds us that everyone needs a hug, Kiss, or warm fuzzy everyday. (All teachers, students, parents, and even administrators)

TEA BAG-reminds us we need time to relax, Go over our blessing, and take time for others. Family, husbands, wives, friends, children need quality time together.

A teacher must be willing to show their students how much they care =D

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

On being a teacher.

Posted by Dymna John at 12:25 PM 0 comments

Some things have happened recently to make me think more about the role of a teacher. My mind keeps turning over the phrase- anyone can teach someone something, but not everyone can be a teacher. I like to think of the role of the teacher as comprised of different parts- teaching is twenty five percent providing information, forty percent guiding the students and thirty five percent getting along with the students.

1. Providing information simply means that- giving notes, lectures etc, where the teacher shares with the students information that he has read or that is in the text book or other literature.

2. Guiding the students- this includes :Making students aware of the all the various sources of information available, e.g.

i) printed matter such as books, newspapers, journals, articles, instruction leaflets, brochures, and even things like cereal boxes, road signs etc.,

ii) electronic media, e.g. radio, television, internet , movies, etc. ,

iii)people, e.g experts and everyone else ( everyone has a story to tell and a lesson to teach or information to share) ,and

iv) tours, visits and travel opportunities.

Teaching the students how to use information. The teacher can help the students to decide on the purpose of the information ; how to gather information, through means such as by interviews, surveys, observations, making notes, memorizing, recording, and analysing and critical reading; how to sort information and use it, e.g. how to relate pieces of information to each other, how to derive meaningfulness from the information and how to apply the information to their lives or occupations.

3. Builiding a relationship with the students. If the teacher’s role involves providing information and guiding the students, then how the teacher feels about these students must be central to the role. Teachers also experience feelings in the classroom. These include feelings of ‘dislike’ for some students’ behaviour patterns, anger, frustration about the job and their role, anxiety and daily personal stress, fear of not doing a good job, incompetence, boredom, embarrassment, discrimination (based on intellectualism ,classism , racism, gender, etc.) The students bring their own feelings, including their own dislike of teacher and others in the classroom, fear of failure, threat of punishment, embarrassment, boredom, frustration (work too challenging or not challenging enough, pace too fast or too slow, not enough choice ) invalidation and incompetence. A teacher having to cope with any of these feelings either of his own or the students will have a hard time keeping his attention clear enough to fulfill 1 and 2. above. And it is known that at any moment in the classroom at least some of these feelings are running.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Audio & Video Competition

Posted by Dymna John at 1:57 PM 0 comments
On the 9th of this month, our college CAS under faculty of education had organize a competition among group A and B for GDM3023.
This competition held at foyer FSKP at 9 am. There are 2 set of competition that is:
i. induction video (5 min.)
ii. documentation video (10 min.)
After 3 months in production of this video so here is the winner of this video:
i. induction video
1st - Pengurusan masa
2nd- Pengorbanan ibu
3rd - Pengangkutan (our group)

ii. documentation video
1st - Landskap
2nd - Saluran Pengagihan
3rd - Pengaruh Agama Hindu/Buddah di Tanah Melayu (ourgroup)

Ahh...at last, for all the effort that we do in this video, give us satisfaction and we got place num 3 for both video...HORRAY!!!!!

Monday, April 6, 2009

5 Things...

Posted by Dymna John at 11:05 PM 0 comments
...
5 things in my bag
- my wallet
- umbrella. in this country, you just never know when it will pour.
- of cos little note book
- candies
- comb


5 things in my wallet
- Money...money...money
- Receipts. It's a habit to keep 'em.
- IC~lol~
- Driving license
- Dozens of different discount cards. Hehe.

5 Favourite things in my room
- My galleria of pictures =)
- Oh my lovely bed!
- My whole wadrobe. Even there's not to many dress around there hehehe
- My comforter.. Heaven..
- My pillows!

Five things that i will do
- Freaking get on with studying
- Go on a massive shopping spree before I go back to KK
- Learn the art of cooking. Especially baking cake
- Go pulau!!!
- Emphasize on the studying.. Final exam is less than a month away. OMG..

5 things i'm doing
- Staring at the computer screen
- Listening to That's Not My Name - The Ting Ting
- Thinking about Financial and s**t.. I'll start my studying regime
- Wondering what the practical session tommorrow
- Slowly falling asleep

To be fond Tom-Yum

Posted by Dymna John at 2:30 PM 0 comments
Hmmm...last night I was so starving...2 days didn't eat rice...so me and Mr. Wattson goes to 'makan-makan' at Changlun. The restaurant name is Pak Ku Tom-Yum.
We found some place that's interesting and affordable. Here is the picture and price for every item that we eat...(yum-yum)

Coconut Drink (RM 1.50++)

Oren Juice (RM 1.50++)

Sotong Goreng (RM 4.50)

Kerabu Mangga (RM 4.50)

Sup Tom-yum (RM 4.50)

 

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