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ONE OF THE IMPORTANT LESSONS I PICKED UP IN COLLEGE
I simply made the available preferable.
I was in the process of ironing a denim dress I was making for my mom some days back. While trying to achieve the desired result I wanted, I dipped my hand into the cup of water I had beside me and sprinkled the little water I had in my hand on the dress before going in with my iron.
This was something a steam iron would easily have done without me having to put in the extra work and effort.
While I was in the process of ironing, my mind wandered off – like it usually would whenever I am in such situations – to one of the classes we had while I was in college.
A class on improvisation in teaching, held by one of my favorite lecturers back in college, Dr Charles, where we were exposed to the concept of “Improvisation in education”.
This concept basically entails making use of locally available resources available when there are no instructional materials available for use while teaching.
While I was undergoing my 3 months compulsory teaching practicum twice as an English and literature teacher in my undergraduate days, this knowledge was very much useful and helpful
The days where I had to draw and label the organs of speech on cardboard paper to display for my students to see and understand better…
