You can learn from anyone even from your enemy

 When things go wrong in class.

Which of these situations did you face in your teaching practicum?

Describe what happened in and how you dealt with it.

Well, I faced an external disturbance because one of my students went to the cafeteria to but something ,but the problem was that he was running to come back to the classroom,and suddenly, a girl appeared and shocked  with my student. I was very worried ,and all of my students were out of control. I begged them  keeping calm. I explained that it was an accident and that their classmate was ok. Then, when he entered the classroom all the kids were laughing . I told them not to do it. What I did was to start talking about accidents and they forgot that situation. Fortunately, I could control that situation, but it was a terrible situation that I will never forget. And also we need to remember that any problem has a solution.

I think that the tips in chapter 8 are very helpful to put them into practice. In an activity doesn't work, you as a good teacher need to have a plan b. What it means? It means that you need to think on an activity that fits ok with your students not with you. I had more than one activity prepared because if one didn't work, I had another one instead of that. And also once I had extra time, so what I did is to do another activity to cover the time, in that way I didn't waste time.

By: Marcela