be realistic...

Be Realistic

Have you ever thought about what you could do, if you really decided to? I'm not merely talking about what your skills, education and talents are capable of. I'm talking about what is really possible for you. There is a very real possibility that you can do virtually anything. Not alone, not with out new information, but certainly within your ultimate grasp. Now many people would say to me, "Syahrul, be realistic. Some things are just not possible." To them I say, a realist is simply a pessimist who doesn't want to admit it . I've never heard a "realist" take an optimistic posture on any topic. They always say, "Let's be realistic." and then go on to explain why your idea can't be done.

In teaching context, we as teacher should be realistic and be realistic here mean that we take into account factors like the content of the lesson-whether it suitable or not to the target audience (pupils), the activities to be carry out- it is interactive enough? Or it is to difficult to the pupils to the activity?, the environment- it is appropriate to do particular activity in that particular place?, teaching aids use- it is big and colourful enough to be used in the classroom? or do I need to modified it?. Thus, we as teacher need to be realistic and always ask ourselves with these kind of questions when we creating a lesson or activity in the classroom so that we can create an effective, interesting and enjoyable lesson or activity to the pupils.

So guys, as teacher-to-be, I encourage you to be realistic, there is no limit to what you can do...