Reflective Journal Four

Getting the chance to meet the bunch of happy kids again this week is always exciting!Miss Sharon begun the class by telling us a good news that the posters created previous week caught the crowd’s attention and they manage to earn up to two thousand revenue. Definitely indeed a good new! Lesson learned : Built off each others ideas, appreciate that music often comes from disharmonies in keys. (Flickety et al, n.d.). The effort and idea of everyone put together on the poster successfully helps the students in opening a bank account by profit earned which definitely means a lot to them now till then.

Due to the midterm exam, most of them didn’t turn up at the beginning of the class. Miss Sharon started the class by teaching them summary.  Kana requested me to teach her summary and without hesitation I went over since my mentor has not arrived. In the mid of teaching, Nuraishah suddenly approach me which was a total surprise because I assume she won’t be coming. Without further delay, I work with Mandy and Min Sui to guide her on the summary writing. She was so weak that we needed to explain sentence by sentence for her to understand. Min Sui was really a good mentor! I was inspired the way she explained to student and classify thing, I learning something from her definitely. On the other hands, Nuraishah made me realise that how weak she is in English subject and with this two hours PACE activity every week, it was never sufficient for her to learn and improve. I hope the school can have more tuition for them as they really need helps a lot. 

The group who took charge for today was well prepared with materials. Besides that, what made them different comparing other groups was they prepared stationary for mentee instead of snack (unhealthy food).  For the first game “spot the mistake”, I took the initiative to be the mentor holding the paper because I wanted to observe the class interaction. This game reminds me greatly of my primary school time where all the unforgettable memories were created such as playing games together with friends, even just by watching the mentees following what their friend do confusedly without understanding makes me recall some childhood memories. Throughout the game, I realize that mentor are more initiative compared to few weeks ago, they approach the student confidently and started to guide them along the game.

             The second game which also the last game made me realizes the weakness of mentee in doing past tense as well as myself. I’m not that good in grammar therefore I took the opportunity to polish my grammar by learning together with them which definitely meant something to me. Although the game ended fast and we did not manage to finish the puzzle but still I had manage to refresh my English language. From these activity, I aware of the giving and receiving process. I, myself willing to accept from those who have and share with those who do not. I never feel shame of my English level but yet I feel like it's a life learning process. When you ask for what you need and receive what people and the world have to give, it reduce the stress and gain energy by Amanda Owen (2010). Thus, at the end of activity, I inspire my mentee by telling her the story of my learning process and encourage her never be afraid to ask as the more you ask the more you gain.

Next week will be the last week of us going to this joyful place. How I wish time can return more often. However, time does not wait for us. Thus, we are going to make it a memorable one. We will be having small farewell party next week with them! Looking forward for it!


Reference :
Flickety et al. (n.d) How To Be Friends with Someone Younger Than You. Available from : http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Friends-with-Someone-Younger-Than-You  [Accessed on 8 May 2014]

Owen, A. (2010) The power of receiving quote. Available from: http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/14535604-the-power-of-receiving-a-revolutionary-approach-to-giving-yourself-the [Accessed on 8 May 2014]