Week 2: We attended our first assembly. It was an exciting moment as this is the first time we stood in front of thousands of students. We were like, “I can’t imagine I’m sitting here in front of the students. Long before, I was like those students that stood and faced the teachers”. As usual, the assembly began with the National anthem, “NegaraKu”, followed by the state anthem of Selangor, “Duli Yang Maha Mulia”. Afterward, the student’s representative (the prefects) recites the National Principles and School’s Principles. Next, the teacher-on-duty makes an announcement about the class cleanliness and students’ behavior. In SMK Bukit Jelutong, all teachers are the discipline teachers. Every week, two teachers will be assigned the duty to monitor the students and mark the cleanliness of each class. After hearing the result of the weekly winner for the cleanest and the dirtiest class, the teacher make an announcement about the activity that will be carried on the whole week. Among the activities that will be carried out this week is, Talk about the Drug Abuse by the National Anti-Drug Association, Anti-Drug Campaign, Exhibition by the Anti-Drug Association and the police and also the Anti-Drug posters Competition. I found that the school is packed with the activities and events, as if the school is the place of the never-ending carnival. This week, I will begin to teach my class. I’m taking Puan Siti Azibanul’s class, Form 2 Lambda. According to Puan Khairunnisa (Class teacher), it’s the second best class where the students take Kemahiran Hidup Bersepadu Pilihan Kedua. So I expect that this students possess a mediocre until advance proficiency of English. I’ll be meeting my first class during the last period (ninth period). It’s a single period, so I just make an introduction session with them. First time I entered the class, I felt a sudden claustrophobia. I felt very unpleasant with the narrow, crowded place. Of course, there are 47 students being packed in the small class!. It’ll be quite challenging as I expect that a massive noise would happen every time we’re doing the activities. As usual, I introduced myself as their new English teacher for three months and I asked them to introduce themselves, simply enough by telling their names and nicknames. Ever since this was my first class, I conducted a language game; Spelling Bees. The game is aimed to test on their range of vocabulary. They enjoyed the game very much although they were a bit noisy. Well, I took that as a normal class environment, active with the controllable noise. For tomorrow’s class, I was being informed by Puan Siti Azibanul that she had booked the media room for movie-watching; The Phantom of The Opera. This novel will be used as a case study for the literature component. So, on Tuesday’s class, I cannot begin my first class wwith 2 Lambda. One thing that I need to take note, my class on Tuesday will not be exactly 80 minutes. This is because the first period is taken by the roll call which is the mini assembly for students before they enter the class. There will be several announcements from the teachers, clubs and organizations about the activity of the week. The daily roll-call usually takes time especially if there are educational and motivational talks. It will be a bit challenging for me in estimating the time for my lesson. Sometimes my Tuesday lesson will be a bit off timing; too early done with the activities or cannot finished the other tasks. After the roll call, all of the 2 Lambda students went to the media room. With the help of Mr.Ramesh, I set up the electronic devices such as television and DVD player, while the students rearranged the chairs and get into their best position to watch the movie. I supposed that we could finish watching the movie within two periods. However, the first period has been taken by the roll call and the remaining 40 minutes wasn’t enough to finish the whole movie. We just watched the movie half way and some of the students didn’t enter the class as they were loitering outside and only entered the room for the last 10 minutes. I begin to doubt myself whether I could handle this class for the whole three months. I hope that I won’t get any mental breakdowns within three months. Wednesday. My first official class with the proper lesson plan. I felt a bit nervous. I need to get into the mood of teaching and visualized how it should be done. As I entered the class, I found that more than half of the students were still loitering outside even though the recess was over. My only better time is at the ninth period, as all the students will attend the class and wait for the last bell of the day. I waited for almost half an hour. As they all entered the classroom, I showed my unpleasant facial expression. After the greeting, I ordered them to remain silent and started with my ‘pre-set induction’ my rule in the English class. I need to set up the rules as this class is a bit talkative and often escape from the classes. My rule is simple, be punctual, especially for the after-recess classes. My first lesson went smoothly even though the group activity was a bit chaotic (good friends sat together and began storytelling and ignore the task). They’re manageable. I can say that they love doing the activity. It was a success at the beginning and I hope I improve my teaching skills day by day. After the class, I continued to make a draft on the next lesson plan. Before that, we were being informed that we’re going to teach some of the weakest students of form One (1). These students are considered weakest in English as they are very weak in reading. We were given three (3) students each and the time table for their rehab class.