Were your students noisy or doing

unnecessary things when you taught? –

that was the question of our PT

moderator to us during our feedbacking.

Immediately, I told myself YES, some

were. I said that I did expect for that

because I know the nature of high school

students for the reason that I was once

too. But I was stunned when he followed

up his sentence by saying “Now you know

how I feel?”. I shrugged my shoulders and

I realized that he’s right and I feel sorry

for myself. Classroom

management

is another

thing that

makes the

teaching job

harder. More

than the

academic preparations that you must

have, the ability to manage your class to

maintain the ideal climate suitable for

learning is very crucial. I have a class that

when I first met them, I appreciated their

noise because it was academic in nature.

However, when the second meeting came

and they were really lousy and all over

the place, I felt irritated and I can’t help

but to tell them that they are not suppose

to act that way. Consequently, they shut

up instantly. But the noise comes over

and over and I have to “sshhhh” them

again. If I can add something in the list of

daily routines of teachers aside from

praying before the class and the like, it

would be the “sshhhh” thing.

Another factor that makes

classroom management challenging is

how can you solicit answers from your

students. If not hesitant, they really don’t

know the answer. I mean that they would

say- “I don’t have an idea Sir”. That is the

most scary answer that I could ever

receive. That is like an indirect response

to conclude

that I am

not effective

but luckily,

I haven’t

received

one yet.

That’s

where the teaching and learning process

comes in.

I remember asking my students “Is

chemistry a boring subject?”. “No sir, it’s

just complicated that we can’t get it at

ease.”-they replied. Suddenly a lightbulb

appeared again on top of my head.

Teaching is indeed the hardest career one

could ever have, as hard as making the

concepts that explain how the universe

works simple. Teachers need to exercise

all their skills, from linguistic to

knowledge and even kinetics to cater to

the needs of the learners. We can never

take away teaching from learning and

learning from teaching because they are

MY REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

Cagayan State COLLEGE OF TEACHER Andrews University EDUCATION

Campus

Classroom Management and the

Teaching Learning Process Checked by:

Bryan M. Nozaleda

Prepared

by:

““IS CHEMISTRY A BORING SUBJECT?”. “NO SIR, IT’S JUST

COMPLICATED THAT WE CAN’T GET IT AT EASE.”-THEY

REPLIED… TEACHING IS INDEED THE HARDEST CAREER

ONE COULD EVER HAVE, AS HARD AS MAKING THE

CONCEPTS THAT EXPLAIN HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS

SIMPLE.”

mutually related with each other. The

success of one relies on the other. The

teaching and learning process that

follows a sequence that once there is a

missing link, it could never proceed to the

next.

Mrs. Rosechelle Cauilan