REFLECTIVE JOURNAL - 30 - FIELD TEACHING DAY THREE (LESSON TWO)

11^TH MARCH, 2015

 Our final “official lesson” was a Visual Arts lesson. We did this lesson immediately after the Social Studies lesson. The students seemed overly excited to do anything related to Art. This activity was mainly teacher directed in nature, but the students worked in harmony. For the first time in dealing with this class, I had no need to correct any child for misbehavior. It was almost too good to be true. I was seeing a side of the class that I did not see initially. I thought to myself, “If my lecturer did not speak to us the way she did when she visited, I would have never experienced the euphoria I experienced today.” When this second  lesson was completed, I began to feel unwell again, but even though I was  physically unwell, my heart was joyful. I was able to look  deep within myself and feel a sense of accomplishment in my efforts. I was also pleased to be confronted with my shortcomings; if I do not know what my problems are, then I would not be able to fix them.

I am looking forward to my next Field Teaching experience where hopefully, I would continue to progress.