The Dairy Game||28-06-2024||A Memorial; A Successful Teaching Experience And Series Of Pictures With My Colleagues And My Pupils

Last Diary Game was here and it will be of great correspondence if I drop the next here to tally with the previous one.

So the previous day our supervisor came and promised to revisit the next day which was Friday but she said something which made all of us(my colleagues and I) lose hope of her coming, she said she would either come on Friday or spill over the teaching practice to Monday, some of my colleagues laid their complaint as usual telling her that they had test on Monday.

Initially, the teaching practice was supposed to end on Friday, speaking of spillover was what most of us(i.e my colleagues) never wanted because for someone like me, I was very intentional about this teaching practice and I never missed a day even though I don't classes with the children so that my supervisor will not mark me absent on arrival, the second reason is staying with this children brings so much happiness.

I lost hope of her coming but as usual, I headed to school, because I had to complete my teaching with these children on building on the subject basic science and technology, I didn't arrive at school when I saw unlocked my phone, I missed a call from my subject teacher, I called back but he didn't pick maybe he taught I was in for excuses, on arrival he told me he called to make sure I am in school as he overheard my colleagues saying that she may likely come today.

So I made my preparation, anytime a supervisor comes it is a day of reckoning, this day was my day of reckoning and I was ready, she arrived and there was a lot of chaos, everyone set up their instructional materials and showed up in the classes where they were assigned to teach.

My supervisor entered the class where I was supposed to teach, at this time I felt peace though a little bit restless, I promised to do my best, my colleagues started and when it was my turn I stormed the class boldly,

Good morning class what do we have now, the children responded with basic science and technology, I went to the board and wrote the subject and date

I raised a live instructional material and asked the children what their names were, the first I raised was a hammer and they told me the name, I told all of them to stand and this made them restless thinking it was wrong, I kept asking till someone told me it was an axe, I stopped and told them the answer was a hammer

I was taught by my lecturer never to accept the first correct answer as not accepting will make the pupils/students begin to reason more.

I raised a trowel and asked the children what it was and they told me it was a hand trowel, I kept asking a nobody failed this time, I asked them what it was used for and they gave me a different correct answer, one of it was it is used in mixing cement. I picked that to strike my balance.

If a hand trowel is used for mixing cement what is cement used for they told me it is used for building, and that takes us to today's topic which is building. My supervisor went crazy because of this introduction, she stepped out to evaluate the pupils after the teaching and they answered her questions correctly after I finished teaching, my colleague told me that I scored very well and that she scored me so well. Excellent introduction, my supervisor was no other person than the former vice Chancellor of my school, her name is Prof comfort ekpo, the report I had from my colleague made me so much excited.

My day ended with a series of pictures, I took a lot of pictures with my pupils.

I interacted with some of my colleagues, some of which the landscape of the school never allowed us to meet, we laughed and had so many pictures, I took some pictures with some beautiful lady colleagues and gentlemen as well, I would have missed out on some of this pictures if not that I took some selfies, thank God for selfies, while I snapped them I took selfies too.

I also took some pair photographs with my colleagues and some told me to snap them personally which I did, my phone gives good shots on good backgrounds and when there is sun, photographers call it sunkiss.

I promised my pupils to return to them with a gift which I will, I need to give these children something to spur up their passion, they may be young and not know what passion is but even those that don't do well in class should be encouraged, I wish to gift them something and I believe it will come to manifestation before I start my exams next week. When it happens I will share and give you feedback, so that was how I spent my day.

❣️Have a blessed day ahead❣️