{"id":5011,"date":"2012-02-08T09:07:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T09:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/ask-a-fellow-part-2\/"},"modified":"2012-02-08T09:07:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T09:07:43","slug":"ask-a-fellow-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/ask-a-fellow-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Fellow : Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How different is a real classroom compared to Kem SKORlah? And how did you manage under\/over expectations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKem SKORlah was easy. This is entirely different. These kids are those who we are going to be seeing for the next 2 years. Developing rapport for a long term is a lot different compared to the kids that we taught for 1 month in Kem SKORlah. Energy and time management are put to the test. How I managed? I did not expect anything, just stepped into the school with an open mind and heart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What type of skills did you find yourself learning and\/or improving?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I have improved in communicating with the kids. As I am teaching form 1 to form 4 students, I have learned the different ways to approach kids at different ages.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor starters, how to break down my English thought processes to cater to a wide variety of learning levels \u2013 it\u2019s harder than you think!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy human touch skill, I\u2019m becoming more human :)\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the biggest challenge you face in changing mindsets?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy biggest challenge is to change my students\u2019 mindsets. They have believed their entire life that they are dumb and just can\u2019t do it. It has to start with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany students appear apathetic towards learning, especially English, as they may not realise how important it is in their lives\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are some of the underrated or simple things you\u2019ve discovered that help motivate students?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutting it simply, helping them learn something basic and letting them know that they should have known it a long time ago. They get addicted to the learning and I\u2019ve not had a student who has gone back to behaving badly after spending some time with them alone teaching them something\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust giving them the respect they deserve as a person. Negative approaches will demotivate students and turn them off from learning. If they don\u2019t respect you as a person they won\u2019t want to learn from you. It\u2019s just basic<em>\u00a0respect and understanding<\/em><em>. Respect goes both ways\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the one thing, that the kids are most happy about having you guys there?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always smile and never \u2018scold\u2019 them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could change one thing to improve the Malaysian school system, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Place the emphasis squarely on teaching, learning and education. The kids come first\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How different is a real classroom compared to Kem SKORlah? And how did you manage under\/over expectations? \u201cKem SKORlah was easy. This is entirely different. These kids are those who&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,113],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-fellow","7":"category-movement"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}