viernes, 9 de mayo de 2008

Sorry

I don't know why I keep making the same mistake. By being sorry I meant

I SINCERELY APOLOGISE TO ALL OF YOU

Nerves of Steel: making classroom observations.

I feel pretty confident about making classroom observations; but, anyway, I cannot help feeling rather uncomfortable (sometimes)when I go and observe a class. It is as if I am intruding and peeping something private: I wonder whether teachers and students are their usual selves when there is a trainee or a teacher observing their class. When I made my first obsevation, I was feeling anxious about it:I can only equal it to the school inspector's evaluations when I was in high school. I know it sounds awful, but I even felt powerful: I was there to observe (yes, I know, big deal! who do you think you are? etc). If any teacher felt offended by my attitude, I publicly apologise. But I have learnt from them all, though; and as time goes by, people change and evolve. I think I have become more relaxed, less I-would-have-never-done-or-said-anything-like-that, more comprehensive of the other's anxiety. After all, we are there to learn. And we should be thankful for the opportunity.
So, to ALL the teachers who have helped me learn... THANKS.
And to those whom I might have offended with old observations...
I AM SORRY.