Marlina Vs Little Kids

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... So tired!!!!!!!!!!!!

So after taking care of the company since early in the morning..

At the afternoon i get to teach 2 English classes.
My first session was 1 hours class teaching Junior High kids. They were ok... I even took a liking in teaching them =) Although a bit silly and playful they learned fast.. So the first class passed so fast i didn't even realize it.

My second session was something i would describe as a................. HELL.
2 hours class teaching little kids (maybe in second or third primary school). At the first 45 minutes everything went fine and goes as planned. But when i do the Q and A session. It was like a demonstration in Television! The Q&A session start smoothly and then more voices and it gets noisier and then it was what teachers will call as "NOISY". Every kids wants to say something on the same time! And they all keep talking more and more louder... so chaotic i feel like just yellin' "SHUT THE HELL UP!" ahahahaa!!!!!!! but i cannot do that.. ah.. i feel like almost losing control of the class...

Fortunately, last night i just finished re-reading 'Chicken Soup and the Teacher's Soul'  that i bought a couple of years ago (god bless the writers). So i keep repeating love, patient,care , love, patient,care, love, patient,care in my head and then i decide yelling at them is a pointless and useless battle of sound level..

So i just walk up close to them, stand in the middle of the circle and fold my arms and give them the none smiling oh-you-guys-better-be-quiet-or-i-will-kick-your-butt face.

And.

They stop talking.

AHAHAHAHAH! I feel like singin' the "We are the Champion" song by Queen at that moment! XD

Anyway.. So i carry on the lesson and then play a little games with them not daring to be noisy anymore. At the end i ask them to do a writing about their favorite room at home. And they are doing alright! Some of them even do better than my expectations =) So i finished the second session, sign the attendance, clock out and go home completely, mentally tired XP

Next time I should have anticipate the situation before it gets out of control.

Ah.. teaching kids really feels like a right thing to do for now. It really gets me to be active and paying attention to details.

Comments

[Joan]

Dua jam untuk anak-anak mungkin terlalu lama, ya?

[M4RL1N4]

Supposely yes..
They could get bored after the first hour of the class.. I have to prepare a lot of activities from cutting origami paper until guessing cartoon characters for them to do XP It's like 70% games and 30% study! ahaha! ^^