I recently got a new job as an art teacher. Today was my first class and I think it went slower than I expected. I had planned a lot and even that wasn't enough. I think the reason for that was because the students were older. At first, I thought I was gonna teach the lower grades but I got the older grades and because they are faster at doing things, they just finished everything quicker than the time I had given them. So we actually got more stuff done than what I planned. I guess it's a good thing. There were supposed to be ten kids in total, but it ended up being sixteen. This also made a slight change in my plan. Regardless, I think it went okay for a first day. It could've been better. I just need to change some things here and there and hopefully, things will go much smoother.
One thing I realized today was that it's hard to teach in Canada. At the beginning of the class, one parent told me that her child has ADHD, and during the class, one student tells me that she is visually impaired when I turned off the light to demonstrate light and shading. These are the things that I never thought of going into this class. Back when I was a student, at least when I was in elementary school, I don't think my teacher knew any of these. To be honest, I don't think they really cared and these mental health issues weren't really known.
I wonder since when they classified students that they are this or they are that. I don't know anything about mental disorders, but I wonder how much help this brings to a student. Maybe it's a good thing to know what their weaknesses are, but I wonder, in some degree, if they are setting a barrier that says "don't expect much from us because we are ADHD" or whatever the issue may be. Anyways, there are so many things to be aware of in a classroom.
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