April Week Four Report
Emcees for today were Hew and Choong; While our speakers were Lee Shin Ru (G6), Norasyikin (G2), Mohan (G5) and Mr Radzi.
A picture taken before the session start. He offered himself to help college gardener and refuse to hand over the rake to other people.
The session began as soon as the committees were told to start
Lee Shin Ru of G6
She disagreed with the April topic - Do Teachers Know Everything?
She said that brains have limit. Humans brains store a lot of information such as language, knowledge and etce tera. If teachers do know everything, there will be no problems, like politics, in this world. Teachers know about the learning process as well as teaching too, counselling skills, and a lot more. Teachers know many things, but not everything.
Norasyikin of G2
She, too disagreed with the topic. She shared an example with everyone;
There was once a teacher who was questioned by her student on the components of engineering but she does not know. As humans, we learn many things as we grow in this world. She concluded her speech by saying that teachers know the things they should know and students do not know, but not everything in this world.
Next, Mohan of G5
Mohan shared tips on how to be a good teacher with everyone.
First, be relaxed. It is okay to let students know that we are not perfect; as in, admitting that we do not know something and we can learn from our students. There is nothing to be afraid of.
Second, write out objectives. This is to ensure that we, teachers, have clear expectation.
Then, smile and do so frequently. Smiling can show that we are caring towards our students. maybe they quarreled with their family members or friends or maybe they are hungry. Perhaps a smile carved on a teacher's face will brighten their day. If smiling can make students happy, then teachers should smile frequently.
Fourthly, respect students. As teachers, we should not bias any of our students. Instead of weaknesses, we should find their qualities. If we respect them, they will surely respect us too.
Lastly, do not discriminate ourselves in school.
Final speaker of the day, Mr Radzi
Mr Radzi agreed with the topic.
He claimed that teachers should know everything although it is impossible, but nothing should stop us from knowing things that we do not know. In addition to his points, he said that if teachers are not knowledgeable, we will be looked down by our students. As teachers, we should be knowledgeable in general knowledge.
But how?
Mr Radzi adviced us to do a lot of reading in order to gain new knowledge. Next, attend courses to increase experience. Then, often discuss with colleges to get new ideas. Also, be ready for new changes by having positive thinking. Lastly, do a lot of research. We must also make a point to get more knowledge.
This week, Speaker's Corner managed to get a lot of people to drop by and attend/support.
Even Miss Che Siah came too
As a concluding speech, one of the Speaker's Corner committees went up to sum up.
And emcee 2 to end the session
We'd love to see more and more people attending Speaker's Corner every week <3
Eugene Wong Chen Wei was the emcee.
The third speaker, Mohammad Jabar Ainal Yakkin b. Yusuf.
The last speaker, Sathyan Ilangovan.He gave a lot of tips to us.
The audience
