Skill Letts
VIEWS, VOICE & WAYS OF SKILLS
An in house journal of Additional Skill Acquisition Programme
THOUGHT WAVES De facto metamorphosis
By Minnu P Raveendran( SDE)
“ We delight in the beauty of a butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty”– Maya Angelou
It’ s been more than three years I have been working as an SDE of ASAP, when I reminisce myself there is a great diversification which I can realise. It was my first working day in ASAP in a very prestigious secondary school. I was rather nervous. I was young and looked childish. So many students pushed me in the corridor mistaking me as another student. I tried to look serious. Checked my dress, hair and bravely entered into the classroom. Every young charming faces stood up staring at me, trying to guess what kind of a trainer I’ m. I remember how well I was prepared for my session, a good plan, an interesting introduction ….. I was full of energy and hope, I greeted them and started asking them typical questions.
There I saw discrepant behaviour from the students ….. Some one answered, some were so scary, some were engaged in other works, few were listening to me, some looking here and there like as they don’ t belong to this class room …. it was all actually a discerning of myself that each student needs special care which differs from person to person depending on their calibre. There I realised a reconstruction in me from a student to a trainer.
It is a common sense reality that a conventional classroom must move forward in transforming student and learning supports. Yet, it has taken some time for major efforts to emerge. In the meantime, peripheral and interior barricade to learning and teaching have continued to pose pervasive and entrenched remonstrance to young learners across. Failure to directly consign these barriers ensures that( a) too many children and youth will continue to struggle in school, and( b) trainers will continue to divert precious instructional time to dealing with behaviour and other problems that can interfere with classroom engagement for all students. It is not regarding perfection rather it is about effort we take. And when you bring that effort every single day that is where the real remodelling happens, that’ s how change occurred in my classroom. It will take time, it will require dedication, it will require will power, and it requires sacrifice.
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