BOGC’s Takes: WHEN THE TEACHER GETS TAUGHT
Have you ever wondered who teaches the teacher? Back in 2009 while working as a teacher at a basic school, instructing Children in Natural Science, I ensured I was abreast with issues pertaining the topics I teach. On one occasion while discussing sources of water, a child quizzed, sir why do the water sellers never fill their containers (only a few will understand) to the brim? A child in basic 3 asking me this question caught me off guard. I knew not the responds, could not check the internet at that moment because there wasn’t enough time and my phone wasn’t thus far sophisticated. Just when I was about to give an erroneous answer, Vic came to the rescue; her answer, to prevent an explosion due to expansion. I wondered the form of expansion. Although I doubted, at least I was ‘saved by the bell’. In most instances as instructors we are perceived as ‘know it all’ by our students. Though it may not necessarily be a bad thing, living in that illusion is where the red flag starts. You n...