Field Experience Observation

Teaching in a classroom with students with emotional disabilities was quite challenging for me. It is obvious that I could not expect the same response from them as a type of response that I would get from normal students. However, teaching these types of students has given me an extraordinary and valuable experience as a teacher that I would never forget. Some of the students really got my attention during my teaching there. 

The first student that I have observed in the classroom named Brandon. He has presented his emotional disability with his hyperactive behaviors in the classroom. For almost the whole duration where I presented my lesson in the classroom, he was disturbing other students by visiting them only to distract them by taking their book and throw it out on the floor. In addition to this, Brandon was also disturbing everyone by screaming loud if none of us pay attention to him. Thus, he was not only disturbing the other students, but he was also distracting me from presenting my lectures because most of the time, I had to calm him down when he was screaming so that other students could hear what I taught them.

The second student that I have observed and got my attention was Sara. She was not presenting any hyperactive behaviors as opposed to what Brandon did. Instead, she was showing a sad face and silently cried the whole day in the classroom. When I came to ask her what has happened, then she will start to cover up her face with her hands and whipping. I was really curious about what had made her act like that, but every time I tried to come closer, she seemed to avoid me by doing the same thing. Hence, all I could do was continue my lesson while still observing her from a distance, in case if she would have cried.

The third student that attracted me was Michael. He was quite disturbing another student who sat next to him with whispering some words on his ears. I didn't really know what did he say to another student, but he kept on doing this behavior the whole day. However, he was quite smart to hide it from me. Every time I saw him start to whisper something, then he would stop it and pretended that he was listening to me seriously. Then, when I moved my attention away from him, then he would start his disturbing behavior again.

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