My Grateful and Dreadful Experience from a Teacher

A school is a great place for a child to learn and experience the society. A training or simulation for the world perhaps, and experiences are very valuable. Experiences are either fun or not at all, may it be from friends, classmates, from the family or from a teacher at school. In my elementary and high school years I have encountered different teachers, I remembered when I was in second grade I cried because I did not have the same teacher when I had in the first grade.

            I have many great experiences from a teacher, and my greatest one was working with one of them, well not directly worked with them if I would say so. You could say she was just assisting. Her daughter was one of my group mates on an investigatory project, afraid her daughter might fail on the project, that teacher decided to help us. She was, of course, strict, as expected from a teacher. I was constantly on alert whenever a problems would come up regarding our project, just like survival instincts kicking in.

            There were upsetting moments, like being scolded from all the mistakes done regarding the project. Looking back from it all, I learned a lot, it served as a background for me on how a group project should be done, an investigatory project to be specific. Although there were hair raising and nerve wrecking experiences from her, I did not consider those experiences to be dreadful, since all those things were for us to learn and grow, she was not bringing us down,  in fact she lifted us up and I am thankful because of her. She brought out the best in me.

            In life, dreadful encounters or experiences are inevitable, and coming from a teacher, that would be unforgettable. Based on my experiences, I haven’t had any teachers who had brought me down, like embarrassed me in front of my classmates, or being failed because he/she did not like. Perhaps it was due to the fact that I was enrolled in a catholic school for the past ten years, specifically my elementary and secondary education. Teachers were mostly in their right behavior, there would have been conflicts between students and teachers, but I had nothing to do regarding those kinds of issues. I was overall, a silent, obedient and gentle natured when I was in school.

            If I had to choose a dreadful experience from a teacher, it would be all the times they would go berserk in class. It would either be the whole class made some sort of mistake or they would take their anger out on us for something we did not do. I guess that’s how school society is, there are just some problems of a teacher that’s too hard to hide from your students, may those problems contain anger, sadness or disappointment. Given the fact they are professionals, their also humans who expresses emotion. As a student, these kinds of experiences molded me of who I am today, regardless may those experiences be grateful or dreadful, the important thing is to learn from those and later apply what you learned.