FIRST WEEK OF PRACTICUM

OH LORD
THE FIRST WEEK OF PRAC4001
OOHHHH I WASN'T READYYYYYY!!!!!!
 I WAS PLACED IN DEBE SECONDARY SCHOOL

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AS IT WAS MY FIRST TIME IN A MIXED SCHOOL.  I HAD TWO CLASSES TO MANAGE, FORM 3 AND  FORM 4.
MY FIRST WAS WITH THE FORM 3S. NOT MANY OF THEM ATTENDED SCHOOL THAT DAY BECAUSE IT WAS THE SCHOOL'S DIWALI PROGRAM THAT DAY. MOST OF THE MORNING CLASSES WERE MISSED BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY CLASS WAS IN THE AFTERNOON SO I HAD TO GO TO MY CLASS TO TEACH MY FIRST LESSON ON GLOBALIZATION. THE STUDENTS WERE NOT WELL BEHAVED BUT THEY HAD A LOT OF ENERGY AND THEY WERE INTELLIGENT, THIS I COULD TELL FROM THE FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THEM AND THEY NEEDED MORE ATTENTION AND MORE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES TO KEEP THEM ACTIVE.

I TAUGHT FOR A DOUBLE PERIOD AND IT WAS OK FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE CLASS. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN MY LESSONS AND PARTICIPATED AND ASKED VARIOUS QUESTIONS.

I HAD THEM THE NEXT DAY AND IT WAS OK AS NOT MUCH OF THEM TURNED OUT AGAIN.

WEDNESDAY WAS THE HOLIDAY AND IT WAS INDEED RAINY AND COLD. LOTS OF RAIN IN THE SOUTH LANDS. 

ON THURSDAY I ATTEMPTED TO ATTEND SCHOOL THAT MORNING AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOODING FROM PENAL TO DEBE. THAT MORNING WAS SHORT STAFF AND WE HAD TO DO SUPERVISION FOR THE CLASSES.
SCHOOL HAD BEEN DISMISSED  EARLY DUE TO THE NON-STOP RAINFALL.
ON MY WAY HOME, I CALLED MY MOM AND TOLD HER I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL MAKE IT HOME THAT NIGHT. AS THE MAIN ROAD WAS TRAFFIC FOR HOURS UPON HOURS AS WELL AS THE BACK ROADS WERE FLOODED.
THAT MORNING WHEN I MADE IT TO SCHOOL, MY MEANS OF TRANSPORT WAS ABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE FLOOD WATERS BUT BY EVENING THAT ROUTE BECAME A SEA. AS NOT EVEN THE ROAD OR THE BRIDGE IN THAT ROAD COULD HAVE BEEN SEEN.

 I TOOK A CHANCE TO PASS THROUGH WOODLAND AND OMG
THANK GOD WE HAVE A VAN WERE MY THOUGHTS.
WE TOOK A CHANCE AND WE MADE IT.
I TOOK THREE HOURS THAT DAY TO GET HOME. IT WAS A TASK! BUT I MADE IT
THE NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD TO STAY HOME AND THANKFULLY I DID BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO LEAVE MY HOME AND MAKE IT TO THE NEAREST TOWN.

IT WAS HORRIFYING AND TERRIBLE   

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