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Stress

Sometimes it is not easy to work with different kinds of people, this causes stress. Overyone has different interests, personalities, backgrounds which makes the situations turn difficult sometimes. Most of the kids are polite, cooperative and willing to work, but there are others who are very rude  and do not want to do anything, this causes me stress. Besides that, I try to help them but do not  show any interest in change.

There  are also parents who do not cooperate with the situations above. Instead of supporting me, they let that their kids do whatever they want. This really stresses me because I try to do my best but they do not want to get better. Sometimes I feel disapointed.

There are several sources of burnout in my teachiign environment. I love teaching, but when the groups are too big, it is very difficult to handle the situation. When I put the test, especially the exams, I get a lot of papers to grade.

Although sometimes the school environment becomes stressful, I do not let it overwhelm me. Negative things that may happen during the school day I do not take them home with me. At home I do things that I enjoy: Reading , watch TV, jogging, etc. On the weekend I usually spend with my relatives, we prepare food and talk about different topics. In general my life is enjoyable. But overall I also enjoy many things at school. It also gives me a lotof rewards.

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Journal 1                                                                                            Afranio Herrera

What elements of today´s class can I incorporate to my lesson plan to make it better.

As we know the lesson plan is one of the important aspects in our teaching and learning process because it is the guide of what we are going to do. That is why we need to be careful when we are preparing it and try to update it with new kinds of information and tendencies. Usually teachers focus on objectives, activities, resources, methodology and evaluation when they are planning.

One of the things we need to incorporate in our lesson plan is classroom management. We may have the best lesson plan but if we do not know how to manage the classroom our plan may fail. Therefore, to achieve our goals we need to take into account aspects such as: the environment in the classroom, the human relationships, the discipline, our students’ needs and interests, etc.

To achieve a good atmosphere in the class we need to get involved our students, it means that they have to feel part of it. We can ask them their opinions about how we could improve our classroom activities, this way they will feel engaged in the process.

We also need to pay attention to their language. The way they speak, what they say to know their feelings. This way we can guide them better and understand them. This would help us to be empathetic with them. We need to give them confidence in order to make them feel comfortable.

In summary, I would say that we need to incorporate the affective factors in our lesson plans to make them more applicable and in consequence our objectives turn more achievable. We need to make our schools more enjoyable where everybody works without stress. We would avoid many things that distract us in our classrooms. We would be preventing many problems. Obviously this takes time but little by little we can improve our classroom environment.