Day 13:

A new day started, I was exhausted after a terrible night at the hospital with my nephew who got badly sick at midnight. However, I forced myself to get out of the bed and went to the school, but the day was not going well from the beginning where I can’t find the car’s key, and I had to order a taxi to make it on time.

When I arrived at school, my energy was low, and teacher assistance offered me Arabian coffee which woke me up and put me back on the track. The day was continuing normally where I attended the assembly and the classes where it was almost writing about the different ecosystems.

The most noticeable thing was the performance of the low sections during the writing activity where only a few students were able to copy from the board and wrote what required from them. I was shocked when the majority of them wrote unreadable sentences and repeated letters that make no sense. My monitor school teacher explained to the students that their writing is not accepted and that will affect their grades. Also, she wrote notes about each student’s performance in their learn boost accounts, so their guardians are aware of their children’s levels.

As a student teacher when I saw this situation, I understand that these students were missing a lot in their foundation years, so they need someone to start from the basics. I tried to sit with one group and show them how to write word by word, and it didn’t take time for them to understand how to leave spaces between words and to write in the line, and I saw much better results.

In the last period, the high-level section got a reward, and it was a swimming session. Learners were super excited when we took them to the swimming pool, and it was interesting to observe students interaction and happiness. I think it will be much better if swimming is a part of their weekly schedule instead of using the swimming pool as a temporary reward.

On the other hand, there was a moment where I felt I was falling apart when a special needs student told me: “I cannot swim because my legs hurt but when I grow up, I will learn how to swim.” This student had a physical disability, but there were not enough details about his case because the teacher does not have an individual plan for this student or any other student. However, I did a research about his situation, and I found it classified as a severe out-toeing disability, but I think this should not prevent his right in swimming sessions and there must be proper modifications.