On being taught by students

Have you ever experienced the feeling of doing a lot of responsibilities? Like being a teacher, the one who teaches us all the things. The one who help us to discover a lot of things about ourselves. Who teaches right and good conduct? The one who serves as our second parents in school?

Yep, yep, yep…UPHS students experienced that because those are made possible by our KYSD. (Know Your School Day)…Through this, students are given the authority to handle a two-day teaching in our school. They act not as students but as big persons in school. So how do you like it?

About the student’s teaching? We all can say that it was sort of different. Maybe because we are not used to it when our fellow classmates greeted us “Ms or Sir”, or simply because we’re not used of doing it, being the teacher and it feels awkward, right? The feeling is different from reporting in class because in KYSD, you as a student are given the authority. What’s really so challenging about it is how students have a bit trouble in teaching but still try to make their classmates understand the lesson. We can really see it in their eyes that some student teachers are nervous yet excited. Some of them are having the hard time to adjust also. Some just keep on smiling in spite of all the weird feelings inside. Isn’t it hard standing in front of the class, trying to be calm even if you’re scared? *Hehehe*It’s hard right? Because in order to be a teacher, you must be able to give the students moral lessons that will make sense from their frame of reference. And as a teacher, you must model moral behavior, right? So, maybe that’s why, student teachers still maintain strictness most especially when the students sometimes don’t respect them. Maybe also, so that other people cannot underestimate a teacher as a positive role model. Its really hard being a teacher, right? Every moment in class or in the hallways you are on stage. Because the students need to see them as real people who through hard work have attained a full and successful life.

Now, we realized how hard it is being a teacher. How they sacrifice a lot of things for the students. How it is so super hard to think of ways how to teach the students in an effective way that they will be enjoying at the same time. How they felt bad if the students seems like playing and not listening at all. Teachers do really make sacrifices so all can learn. And as second parents, we are also their responsibilities. Can you imagine all those sacrifices they made for us? "If teachers want more money, they should be engineers or lawyers.” Right? *Hehehe*Teachers know that going into this profession it will not make them rich but in spite of all, they still choose this job. So we should be thankful to them. We should be proud of them because they are one of the instruments for our success.