How did teaching practice change my idea of how I see myself as a "teacher"

Halo friends

So today I'm going to talk about how teaching practice changed my idea of how I see myself as a teacher.


On my first day as a teacher I really didn't know what to expect. The grade 11 and 12 learners didn't even listen to me because of our age difference. I only graduated from school last year and the school where I did my first teaching practice was my old school's neighbouring school, so a lot of the learners knew me by name.

I realised that because they don't see me as a teacher I need to distance myself from them and become less friendly. Teaching practice learned me that the less friendly you are, the more the learners are going to listen to you or may even be afraid of you.

So at the higher grades my age was a huge problem, but grade 8 and 9 was another story. Because the age gap between me and them they really don't even know me, so with them I could really work with.

Teaching practice made me see myself differently as a teacher and I know that I can use my age as an advantage because I can connect with the learners on another level. They will still have a lot of respect for me but they will see me as a friend and that way they will always try to make me proud.

I know that my age won't always be the same and it won't always have the same effect on the learners but teaching practice made me see myself as a open teacher, willing to put myself out there just to get the best out of the learners.

So I see myself as a young, hip and happening friendly teacher!

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