The adventures of Annie and my “passive”
students
This all began when I wanted to try
something different to what I had experienced in Gimnasio Unicor which was like
a dream come true… so nice, so perfect¡¡ Now in my secondary professional
practices I wanted a challenge, I wanted Cristobal Colón ¡¡¡
For those who have been surrounded
by experiences with quiet and good
manner students, this new experience in Cristobal Colon would be so different
like a puzzle, because you have all your stuff( material, mind, motivation)
prepared and suddenly, all these preparation break down or I would say, students
break it down. Still I love them so much because these ones are who will make
me stronger professionally and integrally talking.
Regarding the school in general, they
received me very kindly, my practice Coordinator, the academic and discipline
coordinator.
My 7th grade Students come
from other schools, they are humble people with a low social status, having serious
problems like drugs, low academic level, personality (violence, self-esteem), and
no motivation towards English, with few exceptions of course, this is the
reality I am facing.
Poor English is not a secret and I will
have to struggle with this and other issues like respect, values in general, to
teach them TO LISTEN mainly to pre-service teachers like me (practicantes) which
are disregarded.
