“Simple follow you cannot instruction, how can you graduation?”
March 06, 2023, I am back at it again to facilitate the quiz for two sections in Grade7. The difference of this from the previous quiz that I facilitated was the fact that I am completely in charge of everything. From the opening prayer, attendance, giving of instructions, checking and facilitating the practice of the panel discussion. It sounded easy as I am only to facilitate but I felt tired for some reason. Why? Well, I have a reason.
On this day, the SMU JHS/SHS held the second day for the performances of the students in celebration of the Marisan festival and this day is the performance of the Grade 7 classes so it is understandable that when they finished their quiz, they immediately asked me if they can practice for their performance later on but because I am aware that the time remaining is still for English 7, I declined and instead I made them practice for their panel discussion and managing them is so challenging because they can’t stop working on their performance for later. The second section is no different. They rushed to finish their quiz and they even rushed me in the checking part so they can practice for their performance and work on their costumes. I kept telling them to practice on their panel discussion but they just won’t listen and kept on working in their performance. They just managed to settle down when I called in my CT because I really cannot control them going in and out while the others are screaming and the others are doing one thing after another. Until now, I still don’t know how to scream or yell at the students to follow my instructions as every time I tried to increase the volume of my voice just for the sake of increasing the volume, it doesn’t sound intimidating rather it sounded like a “maarte” shout.
Writing and saying instructions are easy but having to implement it is harder than hard. The thing is, the instructions we give will not always give us a guarantee that the ones were addressing it to are really paying attention or have any interest on it. I still lack authority as a teacher and that is still the area that I don’t know how to improve.
An entry of a Student-Teacher 