Sunday, June 19, 2011

Session 3: Activity 6: A five-minute reflective writing activity - “A Remarkable Experience I Have Had”

1.       Think of a memorable experience you have had in the past. This may be a holiday, meeting an old friend, having a meal out, an enjoyable walk, etc.
2.       Recapture the memory by writing about it, including how it made you feel and why it was such a remarkable experience. Use what you have learnt in writing paragraphs- use of topic sentence, controlling and supporting ideas

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  1. The most memorable experience I have had in the past was my first teaching experience. I had my first teaching experience last year. When I entered the class, I felt quite nervous because the students were starring at me as I am an alien.
    "Boohoo..." a student cried in front of me.
    Suddenly. I walked towards the student and had a checked, I found that student peed in his pants! I was so panic at that moment, I tried to console the student but it did not work at all.
    The student cried louder after that and
    without any further ado, I informed the student's parents to fetch him back. The student stop crying at last when the parents came.
    This is the most terrified experienced that I ever in my life..

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  2. Applying to be a teacher is one long process. I am one of the people who applied to be a teacher. This is a story about me applying to be a teacher. I was working at a private firm dealing with marine gas and oil as an administration executive. One day as I got home, my cousin told me about the application for KPLI teacher. I have always wanted to be a teacher. It was like a dream come true because I have been searching high and low on how to apply to be a teacher. I first notice that I have this interest and potential to be a teacher when I successfully taught my 3 year old cousin how to count in English. Ok, enough of my flash back, the next day I went to buy the PIN number at BSN for RM6.00. It was already the middle of the month and I only had RM15 left in my pocket. I thought to myself, what’s RM15 compared to being a teacher, so I bought the PIN number from this beautiful lady at the counter. I can still remember her name to this day, Lisa Nur Fazliza, I wish all the girls working at every counter everywhere had a beautiful smile and voice like her.
    After buying the PIN number, I quickly head home and began to key in my particular. After 10 minutes of filling the online form, I press on the send button but suddenly the computer hangs which causes me to panic because I had wasted almost 10 minutes of my life filling this form. I was frustrated to find that all my work was gone after waiting for 2 minutes. I was only successfully in submitting the second time. Few days later I was overjoyed because I was finally called to take the MTest.
    On the day i’m sitting for the test, I felt so excited and a little bit of nervous. I kept on thinking on how am I going to answer such a tough question. While waiting for the paper to be given, I close my eyes and started to pray. At that time I can feel my heart is empty and my mind was so relaxing. Then I know that I was ready to face the paper. I know I can do it.
    Two weeks after the test, it was time to check the MTest result. While surfing the internet, my heart started pumping so fast and my hand was shaking. I opened the web and start typing my ic number in the field. Then, there it goes. I had pass my MTest and that means I am going for the interview. I was so shock and I cannot speak for a moment. I can’t believe I did it. Suddenly, I can feel tears flow from my eyes. I said to myself I had done it and I will struggle for my coming interview.
    During the interview, there were two lecturers from IPGM. They looked very strict and fierce. I am very scared because the interview was held in the groups of 4. The common question that they asked was, “Why do you want to be a teacher?” The common answer that I heard from the group members is “Because I want to be a teacher”. But the lecturer said that it was not the best answer. Because all of the people that applied to be a teacher were “People that like to be a teacher”. Then, I heard answers such as because of my education result, my attitude and personality, had skills in sport that can help school and I was born to be a teacher. So funny.
    After 2 weeks, I checked the result and I managed to enter IPGM to be a trainee teacher. This is my most remarkable experience in my life. I jumped about 20 times and pump petrol into my motorcycle as well as pumped my tyre with air and went around the village to tell my friends about that.

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