I had a great ESE at Commonwealth Secondary School! I was there four years ago right after my A levels, as a teaching intern and then as a relief teacher. I taught there for about five months and made really new friends. It was also where I decided that I want to continue to be a teacher as I realised I really love interacting with students and to be able to share my knowledge with them is a very meaningful thing to me.
When I realised that I was posted back to Commonwealth Secondary School, I was thrilled! It was great to be back after four years to see familiar faces!
I was allocated three classes to teach, Sec 1 NT, Sec 2 Higher Chinese and Sec 3 Chinese Literature. I have learnt a lot from the teaching experiences and made me realise I am still inadequate as a teacher. But I was not discouraged, as my mentors kept encouraging me and reassuring me that I would become a great teacher.
I had a difficult time managing the Sec 1 NT class as more than half of the class did not show interest in learning and disrupted every lesson. I could not deliver what I have prepared for them and spent a lot of time making sure they listen and not play with their classmates.
And from teaching the Sec 3 Chinese Literature class, I realised that I really love teaching literature as it is a joy to share my understanding of the texts and hear from the students' perspectives about different issues. However, it is a challenge preparing for the lessons as there isn't any proper guide to what and how I should be teaching and so I had to spend a long time preparing materials and revising my lessons. I was really fortunate to have Mr. Liang Lu to share his experiences with me and he kept giving me feedback and suggestions to improve.
I hope to be able to spend my time in NIE learning pedagogies which would equip me with the skills to better manage my class and the content knowledge for me to share more of what I know with students who too, have a passion for learning.
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