Teaching Experience

During the duration of my bullying campaign, I was given the opportunity to teach two classes, one with children of lower English skills and the other with children of a higher level. If I had to pick one thing that I learnt from this experience it would be the ability to stay patient while teaching people as they tend to take a while to comprehend some of the concepts. During my first day it was scary and nerve racking to know that I was going to teach. The minute I walked into the classroom I felt the joy in my heart that I was going to leave knowing that the kids learnt something new that day. I enjoyed the first 30 minutes of class but, after a while, it was hard for me to continue explaining the terms perpetrators, victims, healers and bystanders. The second day of the teaching was harder for me as the students were not able to communicate clearly with me what they understood and what they didn't . The class also rarely engaged in any form of discussion, therefore it was challenging for me to get information from them. In relation to this I chose to make them act out what they had learnt. This helped me to get the information that I needed for my bullying campaign. My goal was to ask questions regarding my survey and to get information from students on their opinion of the 4 terms mentioned before. I am thankful for my opportunity to teach the kids and I hope that they have gained some information about what a perpetrator, bystander, healer and victim are.