Hi Ms Carter
You are really an inspiring teacher. I read your story
about that class and I felt that it was a really challege
for u to teach it and actually succeed. There are many
lessoms that can be learned from your achievement and the
achivement of your class.
My situation is alittle different. I am a teacher training
student training for teaching at tetiary level. I read
that you were teaching essentially a primary class but I
could identify with the problems that you had.
The students that we train to teach are mostly those who
have failed junior secondary school or those who have
completed senior school and thier grades were not good
enough to qualify for universities.
I have been to my first teaching practice and I encoutered
the same with the students. They come to class and are not
really prepared to listen or participate in the class.
When it is test time they bring some very small papers
written formulae and notes inside the classroom with them
so that they can cheat. During the test you can see that
they have all their minds on finding the opportunity to
open the small paers so that they can cheat.
If the invigilation is very tight and they dont have the
opportunity to cheat they alwys fail terribly. I think
some of the words that you used in your essay like that
they lack self confidance and that they know that no
matter what they try they will alwys fail because they
have the testimony in the form of their grades on their
certificates is very true. They need to be shown that even
themselves they can do it like the ones who are admitted
to colleges and universities.
What is your opinion on this and how can you advice
someone like me who has to face hese learners and try to
instill a sense of confidance in them so that they can
rediscover themselves?
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