Onnie Blog

Hi everyone Today was my first day at the school where I do my practical. It is a bit hard to get back into routine. I had to get up at 05:30 to be at school 07:15. The teachers are all very friendly and welcoming. The liason teacher is very relaxed, which makes us all relaxed. We had a very relaxed first period where we had a lovely chat with the liason teacher sorting out some admin. The rest of the day I was in the class my Math Lit mentor teacher (Mr ML). I am very happy with this mentor teacher as I know him from my school observation. He has been teaching for a few years, I like the way he keeps discipline in his class without shouting and I feel I can learn a lot from him.  Mr ML taught all day and didn't treat this first day of school as the first day but as a normal school day. The children were calm and worked. Of course there were classes that talked constantly but never disruptive. The grade 9 Maths class were so quiet I thought something was wrong, as ...

Hi everyone Knowing what my own school experience has been is important for this blog as it has shaped me into who I am today as well as the experiences I've had in life. From several of our class discussions during this year it was easy to see that in South Africa, not only is this country very diverse but we've all had different opportunities and experiences in life. Our country has been through Apartheid that has affected many of us in ways some of us might not even be aware of, me included. I was born in 1995 post Apartheid. Let's not get into that too much for now, here is my own school going experience. Some background I attended primary school and high school in Town 1 full of people with wealth that are mostly white. I'm not from a wealthy family at all and we struggled for years to make ends meet. We didn't live close to the school as the neighbourhood surrounding the school was where all the rich people lived in there huge houses. Instead, ...