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Placement Reflection: Week Four JOURNAL RESPONSES
 * What has been the highlight of your first half of work?
 * What is something that you have learned so far from your journey?
 * What is a mistake you have made? How have you learned from it?
 * What would you teach a new employee about being in your workplace?

So for the first half of my work placement has been the kids. They are constantly in this state of joy, like on Christmas when you were little there's that overwhelming joy. These kids are constantly like that. It's amazing to see them all grow, to learn about them, and hear them talk to you. I really love these kids. I love how they look up to me and have faith in me to teach them, it makes me feel like even though its for a little while I'm playing a part in how their futures turn out.

I have learned that children under 10 are so impressionable and I have to be so careful in what I say and do around them. I have found myself saying and doing things that I later realized are unprofessional. I've learnt to be more aware of the things I do and say, and have overall become more cautious and assertive, but learnt to be nurturing and patient.

Last week I was texting on my phone and was so distracted with my own life that I had ended up neglecting my jobs and had been carless. I learned that no matter what's going on in my life I can't focus on that when I'm at the school. I'm there to teach kids so much younger than me and to be a role model, I'm not there to text and sulk about my problems. so again it made me aware that I need to be mature and I need to do my job.

If there was a new employee I would tell them things that each of the children require. Which ones have trouble sitting still, which ones require more attentions, and the role models of the class. I would definitely mention how aware and cautious you have to be. That its easy to get used to your position and then become careless. I would mention my mistakes and just try to show them that these kids are not stupid and they know what your doing.