For some reason teachers seem to be looked upon by pupils as machines; who live in our own classrooms and have no life. Even though the reality is we probably feel as though we have no life sometimes; but we still must laugh and enjoy our work.
Teaching is a profession which is best described as a daily roller-coaster and no matter how good you are at the job you will always have areas in which could do with improvement; this should be the same for all professions. As I am constantly trying to enhance my own teaching techniques I came across an easy solution that could settle many problems teachers may have in their classrooms; which could be based around the simple human process of laughter.
As I was undergoing one of my own demonstrations with my year 9 classes, 'the squeaky pop test', done from reacting a dilute acid with a metal. I had simply asked ‘does anyone know what gas is being produced?’ However there was a slip in my voice and it came out high pitch and lacked any bass (which normally is the other way round). One of my pupils had decided to say the correct answer (hydrogen), however mimicking my lost voice hoping that the rest of the class would laugh in which he succeeded in doing so. I know he was a character and will try everything to be the centre of attention. Next he (and the rest of the class) seemed surprised as it made me laugh too, in which the class retaliated with more laughter. This moment was where my pupils had developed to conclusions: one, I can have days where I am not always going to sound my best and two most importantly, teachers have a moment that shows we can laugh, enjoy our own teaching and the pupils funny remarks.
The lesson to be learnt here is don’t try to fight these moments as being embarrassment or bad behaviour but embrace them and build that relationship. For it is moments like these (as little as they are) that will probably stick with us for a long time, helping with the learning process for both pupils and teachers.
Teaching is a profession which is best described as a daily roller-coaster and no matter how good you are at the job you will always have areas in which could do with improvement; this should be the same for all professions. As I am constantly trying to enhance my own teaching techniques I came across an easy solution that could settle many problems teachers may have in their classrooms; which could be based around the simple human process of laughter.
As I was undergoing one of my own demonstrations with my year 9 classes, 'the squeaky pop test', done from reacting a dilute acid with a metal. I had simply asked ‘does anyone know what gas is being produced?’ However there was a slip in my voice and it came out high pitch and lacked any bass (which normally is the other way round). One of my pupils had decided to say the correct answer (hydrogen), however mimicking my lost voice hoping that the rest of the class would laugh in which he succeeded in doing so. I know he was a character and will try everything to be the centre of attention. Next he (and the rest of the class) seemed surprised as it made me laugh too, in which the class retaliated with more laughter. This moment was where my pupils had developed to conclusions: one, I can have days where I am not always going to sound my best and two most importantly, teachers have a moment that shows we can laugh, enjoy our own teaching and the pupils funny remarks.The lesson to be learnt here is don’t try to fight these moments as being embarrassment or bad behaviour but embrace them and build that relationship. For it is moments like these (as little as they are) that will probably stick with us for a long time, helping with the learning process for both pupils and teachers.
In all organisations today, there is a need to have a coder at the office, someone who is tech savvy. Today there are more and more jobs which are needed to be filled with the right personnel who have the required skills to fill such roles; however, the reality is there is a decreasing number of people with these skills.
We want to live a life where we are happy, not dragging our feet in doing something that makes us sick just thinking of it. I cannot begin to express just how exciting it is to take a jump into doing something that you are really passionate about. The reality is that you must take that jump, if you do not you are leaving yourself open to a life of discomfort and unhappiness.
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