FW: 3i stanley koh (14)

The less fortunate. I always thought that only meant poor people.Coming from a good primary school and entering a premier school i had the impression that learning and scoring averagely well was normal and everyone could learn at almost the same pace,however after i visited the less priviledged kids at nan chiau childcare, I realised that some children do not learn as quickly get extremely distracted easily and give up without a single attempt.Within a few minutes it was evident to me that only by being patient and calm , then can the children settle down and absorb.even then, they get distracted from time to time and each thing has to be repeated several times.being usually on one side of an argument.i found myself in a state as they made faces at each other and quarrelled even about things like age differences. whether i should scold or restrain them physically or pursuade them i really didn't know.in the end i decided to draw the fire to myself, and that ended the little chapter.Further into  the session, i understood why people say that being too nice to young ones will result in them "climbing onto your head".they became more rebellious and even just walking off when they felt like it.i guess i discovered why teachers always have to send people to face the wall and so on. the way of teaching should more correctly be "be nice but not too much" rather than just being nice all the way because only by doing so then can the point get through to them .i could say that this experience was really good as it really tested my patience which VERY THANKFULLY could still last a lot more. it also was a test of skills which i found was very similar to the skills i required in my CCA.
 
in a united decision, my and my batchmates felt that the best way to teach and get the interest of sec1's, when they first entered was to relate and interact well with them, in turn, be nice to them. And, this created the same problems as it did in the childcare, the sec1's also commonly quarrelled with each other and i think the experience was like a review of  what i learnt in my CCA. now, i will always appreciate the efforts of the teacher in retaining the interest of the class and will appreciate if the the teacher is nice
 
in future, i will give back to society definitely. If i were extremely rich, i would not really donate much, but i will take the time to actually go the the place to see the person, help him/her or entertain(if it is old folks)or teach(if it is children). i always see myself devoting a few years of life doing this and i really think the value of doing this really goes alot further and just donating and thats it.money would still be required, but i would really do more in spending time. the interactive value in the fact that another person is better of with you around and acutally knowing you really goes very very far
 
i have learnt many things, but i sincerely hope that the children whom i have thought have learnt things that i taught as well. At the most basic, i believe i have taught them resiliency when i continuously rejected to help them when they refused to try.Actually i think i will stick to hoping, but i hope i made a difference in their lives. made it better