KNOW YOUR SCHOOL DAYS

Teachers are our mentors in school. Everyday, we learn new things from them. They are considered our second parents to our second home which is the school. Being a teacher is tough. It needs a lot of patience and understanding towards the students. Our teachers help us in shaping our personality. They mold us into a better person.

UP high school has an activity every year called KYSD or Know Your School Days. It is an activity where students are given the chance to teach their fellow students and hold the responsibilities inside the classroom as a teacher. They are given the chance to experience what it is like to be a teacher

Last January 28, 2007, the University had its KYSD but unfortunately, I was not able to apply because of the limited time. The activity would only last for 1 and a half days. I was planning to apply for a physics teacher because it is my favorite subject but our physics teacher told us not to apply on his subject because it would only be for an hour and he still needs to give us an S & T test. Its okay, I understand our teacher.

Being taught by a student or a classmate is something that is one of a kind because teachers usually do that job. Student teachers have higher powers compared to us students. They can give tests to us anytime they want within their subject. Some say that it is unfair but for me, it is just fine because they are just doing their job. I respect the student teachers as much as I respect the teachers.

Student teachers for me are brave because they had the courage to accept the responsibilities of the teachers. They had the guts to teach their classmates even if it is some kind of insulting to their other classmates who do not want to be taught by a classmate. They are not shy in teaching in front of the class.

For me, being taught by a student does not make me a lesser person. It does not degrade my intelligence. It does not lower my self-esteem and does not insult my pride as a student. I also do not instill hatred or anger towards the student teacher every time he or she scolds or corrects me. They are considered teachers for that day and I should treat them as one during their classes. Student teachers are just one page ahead of us. They know the lesson better for that day than us so they deserve to be respected.

At the end of the day, we are at the same page of our student teachers but they are ahead in their teaching experiences.

The event ended Friday noon and the giving of certificates followed by at the afternoon. I wonder what it is like to become a teacher. I wish I could also experience being a mentor to my classmates, teaching them new things and fill their knowledge. I hope in college, their would also be a KYSD.