Last Day♥

Last day as a teacher trainee at Cottonhill school.

To begin with, I was unable to express myself as the emotions within were confusing. I was proud, happy, sad, exhausted and contented, above all.

I have never imagined myself doing B.Ed, that too from a college in Thiruvananthapuram. But life had other plans and I'm here. 

I am happy that I got to see myself as a teacher. 

I am happy that I evolved as an emotionally more mature  individual.

I am happy that in spite of all the shortcomings and struggles, I made it through the first phase of school internship.

I spent the day recollecting the journey with my kids who were so considerate and loving. I gave sweets to them, captured photos and hugged them. I'm really grateful for the love, hugs, random compliments, reassurances and all the gentle gestures that made an anxious, clumsy student teacher comfortable amidst the chaos and recurrent self-doubt episodes.

I'll miss being their Bushra teacher..♥

A Hectic Day!

The day was tiring and hectic. I was assigned the exam invigilation duty in F12 room during the forenoon session. In the afternoon session, I was assigned the invigilation duty in the UP section. The exam started by 1 30 pm and didn't end till 3 45 pm. It was really exhausting to stand in the exam hall for such a long duration and walk to and fro while the learners were continuously asking doubts.

20/12/2023

I reached the school by 9 15. I was assigned the discipline duty in the school auditorium during the forenoon session and UP section during the afternoon session. I got to interact and talk with my kids from 8J, 8E and 9C. It felt quite warm as the internship was about to end.

19/12/2023

I was asked to invigilate the examination during forenoon session. I was in charge of the CwSN room. There were about 20 learners under various groups of learning disabilities or disabilities. I assisted them and gave prompts so that they can easily understand the questions and answer accordingly. I realized the need for individualized education plans instead of trying to accommodate everyone within the established system. 

Later, I collected the answer sheets and took it to the teacher in charge of examination.

English Exam🌚

I reached the school by 9 15. We were asked to divide the examination and discipline duties among ourselves. Since the learners of 8th standard had English exam in the afternoon, Bhagya, Ashly and I discussed the lessons with them. I discussed various discourses including notice, diary and letter with the learners and wished them luck for their exam.

13/12/2023

It was the first day of the half yearly examination. We were asked to report at G2 at 9 30 and carry out the duties according to the instructions. The learners of standard 8 and HSS section who didnt have exams in the forenoon session were seated at the auditorium. We were asked to look over them to ensure that they don't roam around the campus unnecessarily and the discipline is maintained. It was a monotonous task since there wasn't really anything to do. Besides I had to constantly approach the learners and tell them to keep silence or learn.

In the afternoon, Mary and I were assigned the duty to help teachers in the UP section. We accompanied Priya teacher while she distributed the armed forces day stamp among the teachers and engaged the learners of standard 5 as part of maintaining discipline

Chocolates, Feedback and Love..🍬💌

Last regular working day as part of the school internship phase 1. I was having mixed feelings about the day and the journey leading up to the day. I will for sure miss being called bushra teacher and complimented on the most random things..

I engaged 8E during the first period. I distributed chocolates among the learners and asked them to write a feedback about how they think I managed to pull off the role of a teacher. I was so happy to see the learners feedback papers drenched in colors and adorned with little sketches. I collected and read them as soon as I got back into the room and reflected on my journey with them.

In the afternoon session, I had a class with 9C. Since it was the last day before the exams, number of absentees overtook the number of learners who were present in the class. I distributed chocolates among them and asked them to write their reflection. Some of them wrote an entire sheet of paper and this added to my curiosity. As I read the reflections, I was glad that they appreciated the efforts I'd taken. Some of them wrote that they loved the new tradition of watching movies after the lesson was finished.