When I left Lebone in
2010 to begin university studies at Wits, I never thought I would actually come
back to be part of Lebone again and especially in the teaching field.
Nevertheless, to my own disbelief I was appointed to be among the science
interns at Lebone. Lebone produced an
amazing person who I am today. To begin with I never thought I would be able to meet
the university of Watersrand standard
when I was looking at the back ground of
my late school before I would be part of 13th Year here at Lebone in 2010.
Lebone is more than
just an ordinary school; I would personally say is much like a university in the
way it is structured and the way learning and students development is taken so
seriously. The Faculty of Science here is fully equipped and students have an
opportunity to learn and to perform some practical experiments related to what
they have learnt in theory. I strongly support the idea of practicals because
true learning is proven scientifically by its results. I was observing one of
the Grade 11 classes where they were differentiating between animal and plant
cells under the microscope, and the response from the learners were absolutely
phenomenal as they were building up on what they had already learnt in theory in relation to what
they were seeing practically.
The school has a unique
way of doing things. I was really moved by how Mrs Rachel du Toit was getting involved
with parents of Grade One on how they can also help to groom the future of
their kids by showing them how to read and pronounce difficult words. That made
me realize how education and students development is taken so seriously right
from the Foundation Phase.
Through the support I
got from Lebone staff, I really don’t feel so bad about the decision I took
about considering teaching as a career. Teachers here are open and so
courageous hence it didn’t take me so long to get along with them and to freely
to discuss how I feel about teaching.
New Teachers Café plays
a major role to shape better teachers of tomorrow, and is one of the greatest
weapons that keeps me pushing and striving for the best.
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