My students always said: She is a good presenter! she can speak in public and she never feels nervous, she looks quiet and secure of herself but everyone knew the true history about my change. My friends told me You are the best presenting !, Change is important because we make a better person so to require many things, hours in practice and brave for wake in front a group of person, maybe laughed me. I remember when I turned into a good presenter, day after day, I spoke a lot with everyone and I never stopped to reflect upon this. One day a student at CIIE asked me about this and I decided to tell him how to turn into a good presenter.
In 1990 I was in
a first grade of normal education at Normal Mixta Pedro Nufio. My classmates
and I were learning about pedagogic history, education and skills to be a
teacher. My pedagogic teacher was very angry and formal for everything. My
classmates and I were afraid because students of next grades had said how the
teacher called strong the attention when a student could not make an assignment
or homework in her class. It was a sunny
day on March 24th, the weather was very hot because summer was coming, the
pedagogic teacher explained about a special assignment that was to prepare an
exposition about a specific topic to bring to her. In my case, I was going to
explain about Schools of Education, She explained many details about a way to
research in different libraries, in this time, I couldn’t access the Internet,
and so a library was the only way for research. The pedagogic teacher made
emphasis in how to prepare an exposition in 4 steps: one step, research about a
topic in many bibliographical sources, second step, study very hard leaning
chips, third step, test in front of a mirror house because it was necessary you looked at your face, and movement of
your arms, how to stop, your eye contact with the audience, etc. I felt dread
because I was very introverted and never could talk in front my classmates, I
felt nervous, I wanted to vomit, I felt dizziness and I needed to run and so I
ran and never stopped. Fourth step, I made an exposition in front of my
classmates and her.
My fear
increased day after day because my classmates began a presentation and a
pedagogic teacher, said many hard comments about the way they presented, the
main comment was they did not study for an activity and when they stopped a
classmate felt hesitated, looked at the ceiling or the floor, rubbed hands and
read a note, the pedagogic teacher explained again about how important it is to
study for this. I thought the best way to make a good presentation was hard
study but I felt was essential too adopted a relaxed and safe position when I
step up in front my classmates. I read a story about Demosthenes, a great Greek
speaker, He achieved his stammering, because of practicing day after day in
front of a lake or mirror, He managed to become in the best speaker. This story
I had motivated for to convert in a good exhibition.
A day of
presentations, my pedagogic teacher said:
“Sonia is your turn!” I stood up from my chair, I walked
very slowly and I started to explain my topic. My pedagogic teacher looked at
me with more attention and laughed sometimes, I felt nervous but I remember a Demosthenes
story, I made many mistakes but my teacher said, she is a good presenter and
She will convert in the best! I cannot believe that, breathe many
times and I started believed me, a works of my teacher and the Demosthenes
story were a key to my conversion.
After the event,
I participated in many expositions about different topics, my pedagogic teacher
always told me the sweet and motivation words.
The next year, other teacher asked me about a possibility of giving a
class of didactic to my classmates when she traveled to Mexico. I accepted an
offer and I had understood the value and importance of a teacher. Today I love my career of teacher and
sometimes I remember at the beginning the way of conversion in a good
exhibiting, when my students or colleagues ask me about the specific skill, I had always smiled
because many people think the skills for teaching are innate, I think the
skills are nurtured. Speak in front your
classmate for example, you had learned to teach in your professional life, a
class at UPN to prepare for many things and give knowledge but the skills you
only learn in real life, like me.
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