i have started my practicum since 4 days ago. all went well and i think i like my class where i have been assigned to work in. The classroom teacher whose name is Chander, is a really nice person. she is Fijian, and she is really hardworking and committed. i think everyone in the school are really good to us , they welcome us really well hence we never feel like an outsider. i feel good to be at school tho i dont really have much time talking to most teachers. i didn't really teach this week, i just did some observation n helped Chander with few things that i think i am able to do.
New Zealand school is always like the way it should be but this one is way cooler than other school. the teachers are cool, the students do not need to wear uniform, they have 3-times recess hour, and this school is really a good example of multicultural school.
from day to day, im getting used with the school, the class, the students, the system, the time management and the feeling of being a teacher. all staff in there are kind and nice. sometimes, i just wonder. how these people can be so kind, understanding n helpful? why can't people in Malaysia be like them?
this morning when i was waiting for the bus, i saw lotsa high school students waiting for the bus too. the were all Maori n pacific islander. the guys stood near to the point where the bus will stop, n me n Hasrul were at the back, almost buried in the crowd. as usual, we need to queue up before we can get into the bus. to my surprise, when the bus stopped, none of these Maori boys went into the bus. they instead backed off and let me go first. i wondered why they did that but without thinking too much, i just went up into the bus, tagged on my Hop Card and took a seat. after all the public people ( elderly, worker, etc) have had their seats, then the students came in- one by one, with their very own style. some were singing, some were teasing each other. finished taking all the passenger ,the bus then went on.at the next stop, the bus stopped and took few more passengers. there were no empty seat at that time but few Maori students stood up from their seats and gave away the seats to the new passengers. then after that, every time the bus stopped to pick up more passengers, the other maori guys will give up their seats to the new comers and they wouldn't mind to stand up in the bus along the way to their school. i was so touched to see this. i just knew that students in new zealand really have a good attitude. The boys being a man, did a little thing yet means a lot. i bet all the older people here used to practice the same attitude when they were young so that is why the youngsters can follow it without any complaints. i remember when i went to Maori village last semester, Gazza told us that Maori people really protect their women. so this morning, i felt myself was one of their women and i felt special, so did the other people who were given a seat in the bus.
this evening , another one thing happened to me. the school finished at 3pm but as usual i'll talk to Chander about the school system and teaching stuff. today i stayed with her a bit longer coz she showed me how she used the curriculum booklet to plan her teaching. it was 1515pm when i went down from the classroom to go to staff room coz i wanted to use the nearby toilet before going back home. after that i went straightaway to the main door at office lobby to find my mates who actually have been waiting for me outside the school area. i walked pass by the information counter and i saw Mike. he greeted me and told that he saw my friends are waiting for me. i thanked him for that and suddenly he quickly went into the store and took out an umbrella. he said i can borrow his umbrella coz it was raining heavily outside. i told him i'll be fine and i wont need the umbrella coz we gonna take a bus and i wont get wet. but at the end, we really walked back home and luckily, we had enough umbrellas. Mike also a very nice person . really. he is rich with smile , has a sweet face , friendly , funny and really helpful. i think people here are really nice. i wish i am also one of these nice persons.
i dont why.. but im feeling so sad to accept the truth that im gonna leave this country soon. :'(
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