A Peek into the Life of a Student Teacher

 The day as usual started off with the prayer at the chapel. The first hour was by Maya ma'am. The hour was used for completing the seminar of Englush association. Today Aparna and Varsha concluded the seminar by consolidating all the points discussed in the previous clasddd. This led to a bigger discussion about 'tolerance'.When we live in a society we must be able to accept different cultures and religions. Like Giby ma'am had discussed before, there should be more of an acceptance rather than adjustment. Since, acceptance has more longevity than adjustment. After the class, we had Benedict sir's class where he continued his discussion on the skills of microteaching. Later after lunch each house held discussions for the upcoming arts fest. In our group, the seniors have been a great support. I've been assigned to choreograph for the group dance. Hopefully, eberything will turn out good.

After a gap we are back to sitting in classes listening to seminars. The first hour was by Maya ma'am and ma'am continued with seminar presentations by the English association. Jis and Kavya did their presentation on Indian dances with demonstrations. Later there was a small debate in class about the role of women in the Indian society over the years.  Later during the optional hour, I did my seminar on 'Assignment'. Again after lunch we had Joju sir's seminar presentations. Later, we were divided into houses for our Arts Day celebrations. Looking forward for our practice sessions.

 Today was the official inaugration of the 65th union. The guest for the event were Rajan Varghese, member secretary, Kerala State Higher Education and Nayana, actor and dancer. There was a dance performance by Nayana along with the union members and our teachers. The college band 'Thelaya' showcased a very unique accapella perfomance.  The first perfomance after lunch was our group song. Our confidence went down a little bit when one of the boys heckled us during the performance. But everyone in the group handled it very well. After several rehearsals we nailed our performance for Drishyam event and secured the second place. The collective effort of each and everyone in class is the sole reason behind this success. 

Today our seniors officially welcomed us with our fresher's day program ' Glucose'. Like the name it was power packed. RJ Unni from Red Fm was the chief guest. The most nerve racking as well as entertaining part of the event was 'Chakkapazham'. They would pick lots and call students from the first year and give them different tasks. Many of them exceeded my expectations. I was called to play dumb charades with a pair. My partner did a great job in enacting the character but I did not do a great job at guessing.  We the hostelers along with the union members did a flashmob to reveal the name and motto of the college union. The hardwork really paid off. Really excited and nervous about our performance tomorrow.

 Today the first hour was by Maya ma'am. We learned about cultural diffusion. Ma'am and the class came up with really interesting examples for cultural diffusion. We learnt the difference between enculturation and acculturation. Later Benedict sir continued his lecture on microteaching. Sir, explained how to change the heterogeneous nature of a class into homogeneous by asking questions and drawing the attention of the students to the teacher. Later in the optional hour Pranav, Sruthy and Shilpa did their seminars on heuristic, lecture and deduction-induction methods. After that we were given time to practice for 'Drishyam' event to be held on Wednesday for the union inaugration. Though in the initial discussion we decided on the climax scene from 'Manichitrathazhu', due to the difficulty in execution we decided to do the reenactment of a scene from ' Pedakozhi Koovunnu Nootandu'. The video is edited and hopefully we can start our practice by tomorrow.

Today was the last day of the practical examinations for our seniors. Though it was done for the Maths association by yesterday, today we got to listen to a biology class by Parvathy from Natural Science Association. It has been a long time since I've attended a biology class. The class was about 'White Blood Cells'. The class was activity oriented and I was quite impressed with myself and my classmates for answering the biology questions. To celebrate the brilliant performances by our seniors in the KTET examination and also to mark the end of the practical exams, payasam was distributed to everyone in college. After lunch we had seminar presentation by the English association during Maya ma'am's hour. After that we had the auditions for the college band. From my class, Revathy, Shilpa and me went for the auditions. This is the first time I have sung solo in front of an audience. It was a totally new experience for me.

 Today also our seniors had their practical exams. After the practical examination we had Joju sir's class. Today we began the seminar presentations. The natural science association were the first ones to go. There were few technical hiccups in between but Joju sir utilised the time to discuss the merits and demerits of social media in education. Looking forward to the other seminar presentations in the coming classes.