Year II SLA, teaching poor children~
Sorry, this is REALLy long but woah! I need to record this all...it was so eventful and unforgettable!~
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OHMYGOD. We just had our Service Learning Activity (SLA) today wherein we taught fourth graders from a punblic school and mind you, the public schools in our country are BAD. We got Section 9 out of the twelve sections...and the classes are arranged according to behaviour and academic standards, so the the lower classes are a handful!X_X Although our class wasn't mean to us...they were just rowdy and beyond my control.
I arrived at school really early in the morning and then I found out one of my groupmates, WHI HAD ALL OR VISUAL AIDS was going to be absent!D: D: D: D: Wut? She was supposed to drop our stuff off...but she didn't...>_> So I was scrambling to make improvised flashcards on the way. The school rented jeepneys for us to ride in...and apparently, I'm of of the very few who've ridden one cause everytime we stopped, they'd slide and scream.
We got to the school then went to our classrooms which were really small and their desks were like shared...you could barely see the floor because the chairs didn't fit so well and yet they had to share! Some of them didn't even have books.
WE WERE PRACTICALLY DYING UP THERE. Since we didn't have visual aids, the children weren't listening. I kept stoping people from fighting and stuff but I just couldn't get mad at them for some reason...I just kept asking them to settle down and I'd scold them lightly but I'd pay more attention to getting them to calm down...which would wor...for a second. damn, I mean I can scream at my brother but I couldn't get mad at the kids...>_>;; They ended up doing whatever they wanted...while I asked them to behave...I suck at teaching!T_T
Soon enough they were running across their desks and doing random stuff. Then the boys started showing off to me their dance moves, body contortions and magic tricks. Some of the boys were stripping...>_>;; But the kids were REALLY nice. They seemed to idolize ua a lot cause they were givingus gifts and asking for stuff from us! I like the kids actually, but it was just hard because everyone was calling my atention since Denise (cute_ballerina) was busy with only two girls who were well-behaved and stuff while my other groupmate just gave up and she was like just there. Although she tried to teach them too. But still...>_>
HAHA and two of them had crushes on Eiji (deathbyfudge) wo taught them last Thursday!XD They boys kept wrestling and fighting each other. Two boys nearly fell against the wall so I moved in between them and the wall and got squished!x_x;; Plus it was the fattest boy in class. Then these two boys were dunking each other's heads in the trashcan and I'd stop them. Some girls were wetting each other and made a huge puddle.
Everytime someone cried, I would try to get them to stop and I'd ask some boys to stop fighting...I was so unassertive...D: The kids also told me a bit about their lives which is REALLY sad...T_T
The kids asked us for autographs so my other two groupmates were busy signing autographs. The kids became too uncontrollable, the teacher let them have recess already.
Then some little girl asked me to go to the bathroom with her. When I went outside, there were twenty or more kids, all lined up and they said they were all going to the bathroom. So there were twenty children buzzing around me as I accompanied them to the bathroom. The bathrooms smalled REALLY bad...>_o And they boys wanted me to go with them but DUHRZ, so I accompanied the girls inside and waited till everyone was done then we went up.
Guuh, then after their REALLY long recess, we had this game in Science wherein the group with the most answers on the board wins. They all rushed to the board and dog-piled on the chalk; kicking, punching and shoving just to get a peice. I had to go beneath the pile and grab the box which was now the all ripped up and the chalk was all gone. I had to push them far away from each other after to fix the chaos a bit. Aw and all the lessons we were supposed to teach were like WRONG so we didn't know what to do...aw, instead of reproduction, we had to teach digestive system!;o; Which didn't really happen cause they were too rowdy...>_> But they're really nice to us...a little over-excited though. I couldn't control the class since I couldn't get mad at them so they didn't really see me as an authority figure. And I accompanied one girl to the bathroom cause she threw up.
The teacher had to help us a lot cause we were dying out there. The boys kept on talking to me about Yuugiou and stuff. I dunno why but I was always surrounded by the boys. Although there were a lot of girls who clung to me and followed me around. Then the boys were writing my name on the board. It was layk, "Chiara loves ___"...they'd put their name there...>_>;; And people would ask me to sign their body parts. Nearly everyone was trying to get my attention. And one girl was continually clinging to me and calling me, "MOMMY"...O,O
Then while some kid was pulling my arm, this kid rammed into my arm so it twisted in a way in shouldn't so it is in intense pain!x_x;; If I move it a bit, it hurts A LOT. MY AAARRRMMM!!
Math was so UNCONTROLLABLE!D: There were some kids doing Math problems, while others were running around and fighting. While they were poking and tickling me for a talent show I ended up promising for them earlier on. But the kids were REALLY GOOD at Math...they were even correctiong me...XD;; Although it all errupted and a lot of kids kept on asking for Math equations. Each time they got it, they'd ask for more, endlessly!x_x;; Every single time they finsihed one they'd ask for another. It was so endless. And then some kids were crying and fighting and my groupmates were useless!D: They were helping with the equations at first but they soon left it all to me as I taught some of them multiplication by two digits. Everytime a kid cried, my groupmates would say, "Chiara, someone's crying." >_>;; So I was being pulled by children to do Math, I had to stop others from fighting and others from crying and everyone was calling me, "Ma'am, Ma'am!" while my groupmates were just...GUH!D: They'd whine theat they were busy when I asked them to do some stuff and I would go, "WTF? I'M BUSIER." So they ended up helping...eventually...XP
We had one classmate who would come to discipline the class and they'd be all quiet and behaved but when she left, it was pandemonium again!>o>;;
But when we left, all the kids were waving goodbye and saying thank you then one girl kissed me and everyone else started kissing my cheeks too. They didn't kiss my other gropumates though probably cause I tried to pay attention to everyone and didn't play favorites. *coughDenisecough* Hah, all the work paid off at least~ And they gave us gifts like old magazines, letters and one girl gave me her picture! Aw...although I found more pictures of her slipped into my bag...>o> But she's a child who really needs attention and stuff so yuh...I don't mind.
After classes, we ate lunch with our teacher who told us how difficult it is to teach and how unfortunate the children are cause like, GUH, their stories were so tragic!T_T And the teacher really cares for them but you know, she can't do as much as she wanst to. and WTF, they have to pay for their exams. And sometimes, they ca't so they can't tkae the teast. It's so frasutrating cause the kids are so talented and wonderful but they're never given the right opportunites and they're deprived of so much that they can't excel and succeed even if they CAN. I mean the government barely has a budget for the public schools and waste the money on war and lots are lost to corruption and they try to end poverty when they don't even see that what they need to improve was so obvious to begin with. I mean...GAH, there are so many idiots who don't mind education when actually, it's the oppoturnity these kids need to alleviate themselves from poverty. Sorry, I'm harassed by that...And thier families are really so sad, they most of the time have terrible or absent parents while others fortunately have good ones though but stilll...everyone's life is so SAD!;o; And it feels so annoying because they have so much potential but nobody gives them the right opportunities.
We got back to school and had some sythesis and then after that we got dismissed. We were lying down on the classroom floor. Guh, who knew it was SO HARD to be a teacher?@_@
But then as much as today was killing me and it was extremely fraustrating, I had a lot of fun because the kids were just amazing and they were really nice. They were wonderful and talented but then they were just too excited and they wanted our attention badly and because we didn't have any VISUAL AIDS, they didn't concentrate. I swear, I'm going to strangle my groupmate for being absent...#@%#$@^ And I guess I was too unassertive but I liked them!XD <3
So many things dawned on me today as well and my mind is actually still mush from all the activites so I can't think straight, but I know for sure that I can never forget this day!~
Aw, and I'm already missing the children~
@_@;;
OHMYGOD. We just had our Service Learning Activity (SLA) today wherein we taught fourth graders from a punblic school and mind you, the public schools in our country are BAD. We got Section 9 out of the twelve sections...and the classes are arranged according to behaviour and academic standards, so the the lower classes are a handful!X_X Although our class wasn't mean to us...they were just rowdy and beyond my control.
I arrived at school really early in the morning and then I found out one of my groupmates, WHI HAD ALL OR VISUAL AIDS was going to be absent!D: D: D: D: Wut? She was supposed to drop our stuff off...but she didn't...>_> So I was scrambling to make improvised flashcards on the way. The school rented jeepneys for us to ride in...and apparently, I'm of of the very few who've ridden one cause everytime we stopped, they'd slide and scream.
We got to the school then went to our classrooms which were really small and their desks were like shared...you could barely see the floor because the chairs didn't fit so well and yet they had to share! Some of them didn't even have books.
WE WERE PRACTICALLY DYING UP THERE. Since we didn't have visual aids, the children weren't listening. I kept stoping people from fighting and stuff but I just couldn't get mad at them for some reason...I just kept asking them to settle down and I'd scold them lightly but I'd pay more attention to getting them to calm down...which would wor...for a second. damn, I mean I can scream at my brother but I couldn't get mad at the kids...>_>;; They ended up doing whatever they wanted...while I asked them to behave...I suck at teaching!T_T
Soon enough they were running across their desks and doing random stuff. Then the boys started showing off to me their dance moves, body contortions and magic tricks. Some of the boys were stripping...>_>;; But the kids were REALLY nice. They seemed to idolize ua a lot cause they were givingus gifts and asking for stuff from us! I like the kids actually, but it was just hard because everyone was calling my atention since Denise (cute_ballerina) was busy with only two girls who were well-behaved and stuff while my other groupmate just gave up and she was like just there. Although she tried to teach them too. But still...>_>
HAHA and two of them had crushes on Eiji (deathbyfudge) wo taught them last Thursday!XD They boys kept wrestling and fighting each other. Two boys nearly fell against the wall so I moved in between them and the wall and got squished!x_x;; Plus it was the fattest boy in class. Then these two boys were dunking each other's heads in the trashcan and I'd stop them. Some girls were wetting each other and made a huge puddle.
Everytime someone cried, I would try to get them to stop and I'd ask some boys to stop fighting...I was so unassertive...D: The kids also told me a bit about their lives which is REALLY sad...T_T
The kids asked us for autographs so my other two groupmates were busy signing autographs. The kids became too uncontrollable, the teacher let them have recess already.
Then some little girl asked me to go to the bathroom with her. When I went outside, there were twenty or more kids, all lined up and they said they were all going to the bathroom. So there were twenty children buzzing around me as I accompanied them to the bathroom. The bathrooms smalled REALLY bad...>_o And they boys wanted me to go with them but DUHRZ, so I accompanied the girls inside and waited till everyone was done then we went up.
Guuh, then after their REALLY long recess, we had this game in Science wherein the group with the most answers on the board wins. They all rushed to the board and dog-piled on the chalk; kicking, punching and shoving just to get a peice. I had to go beneath the pile and grab the box which was now the all ripped up and the chalk was all gone. I had to push them far away from each other after to fix the chaos a bit. Aw and all the lessons we were supposed to teach were like WRONG so we didn't know what to do...aw, instead of reproduction, we had to teach digestive system!;o; Which didn't really happen cause they were too rowdy...>_> But they're really nice to us...a little over-excited though. I couldn't control the class since I couldn't get mad at them so they didn't really see me as an authority figure. And I accompanied one girl to the bathroom cause she threw up.
The teacher had to help us a lot cause we were dying out there. The boys kept on talking to me about Yuugiou and stuff. I dunno why but I was always surrounded by the boys. Although there were a lot of girls who clung to me and followed me around. Then the boys were writing my name on the board. It was layk, "Chiara loves ___"...they'd put their name there...>_>;; And people would ask me to sign their body parts. Nearly everyone was trying to get my attention. And one girl was continually clinging to me and calling me, "MOMMY"...O,O
Then while some kid was pulling my arm, this kid rammed into my arm so it twisted in a way in shouldn't so it is in intense pain!x_x;; If I move it a bit, it hurts A LOT. MY AAARRRMMM!!
Math was so UNCONTROLLABLE!D: There were some kids doing Math problems, while others were running around and fighting. While they were poking and tickling me for a talent show I ended up promising for them earlier on. But the kids were REALLY GOOD at Math...they were even correctiong me...XD;; Although it all errupted and a lot of kids kept on asking for Math equations. Each time they got it, they'd ask for more, endlessly!x_x;; Every single time they finsihed one they'd ask for another. It was so endless. And then some kids were crying and fighting and my groupmates were useless!D: They were helping with the equations at first but they soon left it all to me as I taught some of them multiplication by two digits. Everytime a kid cried, my groupmates would say, "Chiara, someone's crying." >_>;; So I was being pulled by children to do Math, I had to stop others from fighting and others from crying and everyone was calling me, "Ma'am, Ma'am!" while my groupmates were just...GUH!D: They'd whine theat they were busy when I asked them to do some stuff and I would go, "WTF? I'M BUSIER." So they ended up helping...eventually...XP
We had one classmate who would come to discipline the class and they'd be all quiet and behaved but when she left, it was pandemonium again!>o>;;
But when we left, all the kids were waving goodbye and saying thank you then one girl kissed me and everyone else started kissing my cheeks too. They didn't kiss my other gropumates though probably cause I tried to pay attention to everyone and didn't play favorites. *coughDenisecough* Hah, all the work paid off at least~ And they gave us gifts like old magazines, letters and one girl gave me her picture! Aw...although I found more pictures of her slipped into my bag...>o> But she's a child who really needs attention and stuff so yuh...I don't mind.
After classes, we ate lunch with our teacher who told us how difficult it is to teach and how unfortunate the children are cause like, GUH, their stories were so tragic!T_T And the teacher really cares for them but you know, she can't do as much as she wanst to. and WTF, they have to pay for their exams. And sometimes, they ca't so they can't tkae the teast. It's so frasutrating cause the kids are so talented and wonderful but they're never given the right opportunites and they're deprived of so much that they can't excel and succeed even if they CAN. I mean the government barely has a budget for the public schools and waste the money on war and lots are lost to corruption and they try to end poverty when they don't even see that what they need to improve was so obvious to begin with. I mean...GAH, there are so many idiots who don't mind education when actually, it's the oppoturnity these kids need to alleviate themselves from poverty. Sorry, I'm harassed by that...And thier families are really so sad, they most of the time have terrible or absent parents while others fortunately have good ones though but stilll...everyone's life is so SAD!;o; And it feels so annoying because they have so much potential but nobody gives them the right opportunities.
We got back to school and had some sythesis and then after that we got dismissed. We were lying down on the classroom floor. Guh, who knew it was SO HARD to be a teacher?@_@
But then as much as today was killing me and it was extremely fraustrating, I had a lot of fun because the kids were just amazing and they were really nice. They were wonderful and talented but then they were just too excited and they wanted our attention badly and because we didn't have any VISUAL AIDS, they didn't concentrate. I swear, I'm going to strangle my groupmate for being absent...#@%#$@^ And I guess I was too unassertive but I liked them!XD <3
So many things dawned on me today as well and my mind is actually still mush from all the activites so I can't think straight, but I know for sure that I can never forget this day!~
Aw, and I'm already missing the children~