Weekly Reflection of Teaching Practise - Week 9 (January 16- January 19 2024)


 This was a very quite week for us. I was already very busy finishing up my portion of history before I leave for my college. Due to my health issues I wasn't able to take much classes this week to I made sure to take at least one class per day.

Students were very cooperative but recently it has been noted that they are taking more freedom with us. For some of us managing the classrooms are quite a job right now. Some days some students of my classroom are also behaving extremely different from how they were during the beginning. The headmistress says this is a common phenomenon scene during the teaching training last days at school. Students get acquainted with the drainage and have quite very good knowledge of how far the trainee will go. They also know that the drainage do not have much power compared to the that of a regular teacher and they take more freedom resulting in difficulties of managing them. For some fortunate safe with me this scenario is at low levels come back to others. I suppose this is because of the good rapport I  have already established with my students and also because of their attitude towards my physical health.

19th of January Friday while I was back from my class after the hour, lega teacher came for observation and ask to arrange a class for them. Actually another teacher cooperated and I was able to get a period during The fourth hour at my classroom. I took my last portion on history chapter which I was actually planning to take on Monday.

Teacher said I have improved quite well on my voice modulation part, but I made a mistake in the name of a book that I quoted in the classroom. The Hindi sir who arranged the class for me during The fourth hour also sat to watch how I was handling the classroom and he looks quite impressed from the output. Even though he didn't gave any comments I could see him smiling trying to encourage me. I send folk songs coated many books showed many books and used charts extensively as teaching aids during the class.


The week was physically exhausting for me as my health keeps deteriorating, but still I am happy with how the enter days went and that I have only one portion left with two weeks to complete ahead of me.

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