Becoming Yankumi
Almost forgot to post! >.<
First of all, want to greet you guys a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :D Hoping everyone got a good year 2012.
Anyway, I think any Otaku would understand my title for the month. Well, if you don't, Yankumi is a character in the Manga/Anime/Live Action "Gokusen." And this month, I'm turning out to be like her.
It is officially the start of my Practice Teaching and if I could describe it in one word... TERRIFYING!... so far...
We were supposed to start with off-campus last November but things got complicated with the our school assignments and stuff. To make the very long and boring story short, we finally have a school assignment and it's in M* High School (I won't mention, just in case...). And for everybody to know it's an all-boys private school. You read right!
The first time I found out that I will have my practice teaching in an all boys school, I thought of Gokusen. I mean, it's an All boys School, I'll teach Maths, I'm wearing glasses and such (just minus the Yakuza thing and the fighting parts).
I remember my first demo at Year 10 - BBR, before coming in I did her signature "Fight-o Oh!" Just because I was soooooo nervous and it did made me confident. And apparently, I think I did okay. :D
So far, I like teaching. I mean it's so cool making these boys listen to me, look at me and (hopefully) learn from me. But, I haven't really done anything sentimental yet. I haven't met the advisory class of my cooperating teacher and I haven't memorized any names yet, which sucks... I also think that they don't like the way I teach, just because I don't really like the way I teach so far... *sigh*
The thing that I'm most worried about off-cam is the Maths part. You see, I was assigned to 4th Years (Year 10 in M* High School) and the school follows their own curriculum. So, in this case, I'll teach pure Trigonometry. The sad part abut it is that the 4th Quarter lessons are very hard because we tackled them when I was already in college... I'm just worried if I could really teach these kids with Maths... I'm worried that I won't give them the education that they should deserve (especially with the cost of their tuition fees). I just really hope I can do this...
I really lack self-confidence and perseverance...
Maybe, I'll make that my New Year's resolution! (I just hope I can keep up with it)
For now, I want to just stick this gif of Yankumi in my head. >.<
First of all, want to greet you guys a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :D Hoping everyone got a good year 2012.
Anyway, I think any Otaku would understand my title for the month. Well, if you don't, Yankumi is a character in the Manga/Anime/Live Action "Gokusen." And this month, I'm turning out to be like her.
It is officially the start of my Practice Teaching and if I could describe it in one word... TERRIFYING!... so far...
We were supposed to start with off-campus last November but things got complicated with the our school assignments and stuff. To make the very long and boring story short, we finally have a school assignment and it's in M* High School (I won't mention, just in case...). And for everybody to know it's an all-boys private school. You read right!
The first time I found out that I will have my practice teaching in an all boys school, I thought of Gokusen. I mean, it's an All boys School, I'll teach Maths, I'm wearing glasses and such (just minus the Yakuza thing and the fighting parts).
I remember my first demo at Year 10 - BBR, before coming in I did her signature "Fight-o Oh!" Just because I was soooooo nervous and it did made me confident. And apparently, I think I did okay. :D
So far, I like teaching. I mean it's so cool making these boys listen to me, look at me and (hopefully) learn from me. But, I haven't really done anything sentimental yet. I haven't met the advisory class of my cooperating teacher and I haven't memorized any names yet, which sucks... I also think that they don't like the way I teach, just because I don't really like the way I teach so far... *sigh*
The thing that I'm most worried about off-cam is the Maths part. You see, I was assigned to 4th Years (Year 10 in M* High School) and the school follows their own curriculum. So, in this case, I'll teach pure Trigonometry. The sad part abut it is that the 4th Quarter lessons are very hard because we tackled them when I was already in college... I'm just worried if I could really teach these kids with Maths... I'm worried that I won't give them the education that they should deserve (especially with the cost of their tuition fees). I just really hope I can do this...
I really lack self-confidence and perseverance...
Maybe, I'll make that my New Year's resolution! (I just hope I can keep up with it)
For now, I want to just stick this gif of Yankumi in my head. >.<