As I enter the four corners of the class room this morning where I teach, I saw different kinds of faces - some are excited, some are smiling, but there are also some who have blank faces... I taught them a new lesson, and asked them to incorporate it to our previous activity. I observed them and waited for feedback and responses. Majority from the class are so eager and challenged to work with the program I asked them to perform. Some worked in groups, some even performed brain storming, some preferred to work alone, but some just seemed to wait for their classmates' answers.
After two hours of waiting, at last! I found one of my students who complied with my requirements. Another student followed, and another, and another...I feel so relieved that they really understood the lesson.
But I have this student who really caught my attention. She works alone in her computer, made a lot of drafts with her program, had so many errors in her code, and it seems to me she does not even know what she's doing. Minutes later, she then stood up from her seat, and approached me. She really had a lot of questions, and I tried to answer and explain it to her one by one.
I really thought she'll run out of time, and I thought that if she was a different person, she'll just ignore the errors and let the day pass, without submitting a running program. But I was wrong. Minutes before our class ended, she called my attention and told me that she had finished the activity and asked me to check her work. I was so amazed and really could not believe it that the student who keeps on asking me a while ago is the same person who wrote the program in front of me, she run run the program, and has complied with my specifications.
This is a simple story, yet we encounter it in our everyday lives. Some of us may encounter hindrances in our relationships, at home, at work, in school, but then, if we only try to find ways and explore the root cause of our problem, then, we can find solutions. If we failed on the first solution, keep trying, have an in depth analysis of the situation, and then find another way to solve the problem. Reach out, try to communicate, have faith, and never just give up...
After two hours of waiting, at last! I found one of my students who complied with my requirements. Another student followed, and another, and another...I feel so relieved that they really understood the lesson.
But I have this student who really caught my attention. She works alone in her computer, made a lot of drafts with her program, had so many errors in her code, and it seems to me she does not even know what she's doing. Minutes later, she then stood up from her seat, and approached me. She really had a lot of questions, and I tried to answer and explain it to her one by one.
I really thought she'll run out of time, and I thought that if she was a different person, she'll just ignore the errors and let the day pass, without submitting a running program. But I was wrong. Minutes before our class ended, she called my attention and told me that she had finished the activity and asked me to check her work. I was so amazed and really could not believe it that the student who keeps on asking me a while ago is the same person who wrote the program in front of me, she run run the program, and has complied with my specifications.
This is a simple story, yet we encounter it in our everyday lives. Some of us may encounter hindrances in our relationships, at home, at work, in school, but then, if we only try to find ways and explore the root cause of our problem, then, we can find solutions. If we failed on the first solution, keep trying, have an in depth analysis of the situation, and then find another way to solve the problem. Reach out, try to communicate, have faith, and never just give up...
