The Life of an 'Online' Student!

 

I miss being a student!!!

Online practice teaching: day 3

Being a student is a wonderful experience. The feeling of being a student can’t easily be replaced. I miss being a student and when I had to be a “student” during the online practice teaching of my peers my wish got granted somehow. I enjoyed it a lot. The student life is the golden period of our life. It is the period that we learn different things and acquires knowledge about the present world. In fact, our future depends on it. At this time our mind is just like clay. Our psyche additionally can be formed in various manners. During the lockdown period, everything turned topsy-turvy and being a student and teacher are like distant memories where schools are like a museum.

On day 3 of our online practice teaching on 30.09.2020 we had two student-teachers – Dhanya Vikraman and Vismi V

Dhanya Vikraman

“Hope is able to see that there is light despite of all the darkness.”

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The class by the student-teacher was based on the theme Hope. The dictionary describes hope as a feeling of expectation and desire for certain things to happen. Hope is compelling because it is universal. It crosses all human boundaries: age, race, class, gender, ethnicity religion, political or any other persuasion. Everyone needs it and almost everyone exhibits at least some measure of hope if they made it as far as this day.

 The student-teacher took the class on The Jungle Air Crash (Standard IX). The story felt fascinating and interesting that I had an urge to read it that day itself. The story goes like this; Juliane Koepcke’s story of survival is something you would never imagine in your worst dreams. Her story is one of the most extreme survival plane crash stories you will hear of. Juliane Koepcke’s plane was a Lockheed Electra turboprop which was en-route as a LANSA Airlines flight from Lima to Pucallpa in the Amazonian rainforest. She was travelling with her mother at the time, who did not survive the crash as well as 90 other passengers. In fact, she was the sole survivor of that freak event. The story about the brave and courageous woman motivated and inspired us. It was the highlight of the day. 

VISMI V

Nature is the most divine creation. It is considered an integral part of mankind. Nature has bestowed us with water, air, plants and much more to make us survive on this planet. But are we paying back to our mother nature? The answer is no as we have not only failed in paying back but also exploited nature to a great extent. Nature provides beauty all around, it’s the nature that makes the surroundings attractive and worthy to live in. Human life is possible because of nature and its various boons. Nature is a gift of God and must be respected just like we respect and love our mother. That was Vismi told us through her class. It was based on A Day in the Country (Standard VIII)

Screenshot of the activity done by the students and posted in what's app group. 

The highlight of the class was the activity that the teacher gave. It was very interesting and I loved doing it. It was indeed creative and innovative. It was fun! With the activity, the teacher could give us a feeling that we are really in the classroom.😉😉😉