Reflective journal

When I started teaching Level-2 (English), I wasn’t sure what and how to
teach. After about two months, a small path appeared on how to learn and
what to do. When I saw a path, I followed what I thought, and I taught in my
own way. At that time, the children became more fluent in English, and I was
more proud of myself. But I forgot that it was impossible for them to become
good in these few months. That's when I realized that they were doing well
because of their educational background. At the same time, I made a decision
that I would teach them better. I thought I tried a lot in teaching. That's why I
expected only good results from them. But I forgot to praise them and treat
them warmly. I read in a book that a teacher should not only teach students to
be good students, but also to be clever students. After that, I started wanting to
make them better in teaching and others. And I tried to do as I wanted. When I
started doing that, first of all, my social relations with the teachers in Grade-2
became comfortable. Even discussing with them how to teach children to be
disciplined from the positive side. Together with them, we did level-2
activities for children like: snack party, model show etc. I became comfortable
with them, but on the other hand, I stopped caring about the other students
who attended the same school. At the same time, I spoke to former students
that I had taught at the preschool before. As soon as I started talking, they
talked back to me as if they were waiting for me to speak. After that, I firmly
accepted the words that there should be no more love and hate towards all
children. If I had to reflect on my language, I think I would have improved
more than before. I can't improve if I don't, the people around me talk about
the wrong things. I also improved technically. I have matured more than
before. I have learned to work more with the organization. I know my own
value and learn to value myself. These are the things I learned from this job
this year. I must say that this year was a lucky year for me. The leaders let me
try and allow me to be wrong. I think it has improved because of that. I will
say that this year has been good for me with less loss. Next year, I think I will
be able to work exactly more this year. And I want new challenges and new
levels.

By Cho Zin Thae