Teaching students with learning disabilities needs more experience.

Teaching within itself is a privilege, so saying I teach students with learning disabilities, that’s an even bigger privilege. My job as a teacher may seem “harder” than regular teachers, but we all struggle the same struggles. Even though, my patience and determined have lead me to love this job even more. There are times I wouldn’t call it a job, to me it’s a joy that brings me utmost happiness while also draining me at the same time, but the children make it all worth the while. Watching the children progress is the most heartwarming feeling ever. So coming to class everyday and seeing their smiles wanting to learn is a reward in within itself.

Non-scholastic exercises

Students tend to enjoy and have lots of fun throughout non-scholastic exercises. They learn new things, ideas, and thoughts. They engage in daily  life routines.
There are many examples of these non-scholastic exercises. they may be sent on field trips to explore new places such as going on hiking or taking a walk in the woods or beside the lake. In such places, students can learn new stuff related to the new habitat and get to know scientifical, geographical, and historical information.
The school may send students to watch a movie or a play or an interview. Students may learn new ideas about these experiences. They may write lots of essays related to that experience.
Students may engage in these activities and they may have new experiences that can be imprinted into their beliefs and customs.

Teaching students with learning disabilities

Teaching students with learning disabilities will open your eyes to a whole new world of teaching. University doesn’t prepare you for what you’re about to experience when you are their teacher. It’s a challenge that needs a lot of patience and time. Students won’t learn overnight, they will need you to repeat the word 101 times before they can finally recognize it, and your work is just getting started still, till this day, we remind students of the different letters and what they sound like and how to blend those sounds together. But all the repetition is worth it when they are able to say a word phonetically correct that’s what makes me being a teacher the best job ever.

Reflection of the webinar

The webinar I watched talked about the importance of equipping educators with violent defending techniques. This webinar was made after many violent actions happened in the USA, where some students shot thousands of their friends and teacher which led to a series of other violent actions resulting on a mass number of injured and dead people. This webinar showed that we should (as educators) be qualified or on other words equipped to find out who is holding a gun for example who is trying to make violent action how to protect the students, and how to make them aware of the things happening so they can stay away and avoid being in dangerous place.
I don’t find this webinar really useful because such things don’t really happen here, but it’s good to stay in touch and aware of whatever is happening around us. The webinar was recorded and side chats were not about what is being explained in the webinar.