Council Home Trip

Today, I went to Council Home to help educating the poor children. I woke up at 8 a.m.( so early during Sunday) and made preparation. Bus took off at 8.45 a.m. and I reached there around 9 a.m.  My instructor gave a short briefing first before the lesson started. It was so exciting when I saw all the children were being so energetic and cheerful.I was in charge to teach Form 1 and Form 2 students. Although it was just 4 students but I still hoping to educate them properly. Before the class was started, a tazkirah had been given to the students. As a Non-Muslim, my friends asked me to take a round when the tazkirah is given. Therefore, I joined the Standard 4-6 class. The children were very active in seeking my advice in doing their homework. I guided them patiently so that he could finished his work easily. I had helped a child named Hamqal in finishing his Science and Mathematics paper.

After that, we had a tea break. It was so funny when I heard the conversation between the children. It led me to flash back my childhood memory which is really really sweet. Then, I begin my lesson with the Form 1 and 2 students. My teammates(Amyra and Suraiya) and I gave a short briefing before we began the activities. We taught the students about basic grammar rules and tense. It was sad to know that their English level was under average. I truly hope to improve their English but it was impossible because the time given was just 3 hours. So, We gave some exercises to help them differentiate the usage of tense and word. Then, we started a activity to help them to improve their writing. 4 papers with number marks were given to each students and let them wrote down the essay title that they wished to write. Then, the papers were collected and distributed randomly among students. Each student needed to write an essay based on the title.

While waiting, we created sentences with error for students to correct them later. Before the essay were marked, we copied all the sentences with error on the whiteboard and requested students to correct them. They were managed to make correction on most of the sentences which is very good as it proved that they were really understand our teaching and able to apply it.Some of the sample sentences with error like:
1. I am was yours.
2.She was slapping by the man.
3. He read three book.

Before the class ended, I also helped a student called Mariam to improve her English. She is a Form 4 student but I think her English level is quite bad as she does not know much grammar rules and lack of vocabulary. I am truly worrying about her as she will sit for SPM next year. Therefore, I chose to give her tuition personally so that I can understand her English level more. I was able to teach her some vocabs and tense before the time reached.

At 12.30 p.m., the class ended and we had a short discussion with my instructor, Dr. Fazilah. I can feel that she is really caring towards the children and unmarried mothers. She conducted a lot of projects to help educating the poor people. I wished I can spend more time to join her projects because it is really meaningful and beneficial. This experience actually gave me a chance to remind myself about the importance of study. We as human often forget why do we need to study? We did not realize that there are a lot of people who desperate want to deepen their knowledge but limited by family background or physical ability. Hence, I hope this can be a big wake-up call to all of us showing that we must grab the chance properly so that we will not waste it.

 The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
by Oliver Holmes