{"id":4992,"date":"2013-08-02T07:12:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T07:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/the-3rd-year-jessica-yim\/"},"modified":"2013-08-02T07:12:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T07:12:06","slug":"the-3rd-year-jessica-yim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/the-3rd-year-jessica-yim\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3rd Year: Jessica Yim"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fellowship is a 2-year commitment. What made you decide to do more than that?
\n<\/strong>It was definitely the students that encouraged me to stay on. In my first year as a Fellow, I took the time to adjust myself to the community, which is quite different from where I was before [Editor\u2019s note: Jessica used to teach at a private school in Shah Alam<\/em>]. In my second year, I started to see myself as a gardener. I am sowing the seeds of change. In the third\u00a0year (and beyond, possibly), I will be a gardener tending to young seedlings.<\/p>\n

What in the community needed changing?<\/strong>
\nAs TFM Fellows, we are taught to build bridges with the community. Early on, we did house visits to meet the parents of our students. One of my collabs [another TFM Fellow placed at the same school<\/em>] mentioned that a parent told him that this was the first time a teacher came and visited the house. Now parents are aware of what goes on in school with their kids. I\u2019m currently the class teacher for a Form 1 class. At the beginning of the year, I gave out name cards. Parents regularly contact me to check on their kids. We\u2019ve built a very personal relationship with this community in Tanjong Sepat.<\/p>\n

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What do you hope to achieve in your 3rd year that you couldn\u2019t have achieved in 2?
\n<\/strong>I hope to continue the above, obviously. I want to increase classroom engagement as well as out of school learning. Right now I like hanging out with my students. I go\u00a0yumcha<\/em>\u00a0with them pretty often! This way, I don\u2019t just help them with their studies; I get to know them better and instill good values in them. I am helping them build responsibility \u2013 particularly responsibility for their own education and futures. I hope to put them on the right pathways for their careers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Was this something you saw yourself doing before?
\n<\/strong>My first choice was always to be a teacher, but I never envisioned being in a school with such kids. I was at a private school before this. I joined the Fellowship because I wanted to find out more about education inequity. Doing the Fellowship has given me a stronger sense of purpose.<\/p>\n

Are you considering staying on in education after this?
\n<\/strong>Yes. My future plan is to do my Masters and go into higher education. And beyond that, I\u2019d like to go into teachers training institute. I strongly believe that is the most fundamental part of a teacher\u2019s training, because it will shape how teachers teach and learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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