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Geography and English teacher SMK Taman Sejahtera

A project dedicated to expose students of SMK Taman Sejahtera about the world, their

potentials, and at the same time, teaching them Geography, History and English

This is the world in your eyes.

Growing up, you knew

that the world is BIG You knew that with a good education, the world is in your hand (literally or figuratively)

But the same thing can’t be said for my students…

This is how the world

looks like for my students

Why does that matter? What’s wrong with not knowing the world? So what, if they don’t know about the world? What’s the big deal? Well, here’s a quote for food for thought

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

-Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Right now, my students have no idea that there’s a whole world waiting for them to explore They do not know that education, and English is the key to unlocking the world Simply because they have no awareness that a world exist outside of their Bukit Mertajam bubble. …let’s do a quick recap!

Problems: Students lack awareness about their

potential, and the world around them

Students are apathetic about the world around them, and their own future

Students lack inspiration to aspire, to

dream big, and to excel in school

Solution

Let’s bring the world to them! Show them the world!

World History

World Geography

Interest in English

Inspiration to aspire

Dream BIGGER!

Moreover,

Geography is the gateway subject for sciences that’s not touched in Science subjects in school, such as:

Geodesy, Geomatics, GIS, Geomorphology, Geology,

Hydrology, Ecology, Climatology, Climate Science, Meteorology, Environmental Science, etc

In fact, Geography is often regarded as a science, which

studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomenon of the earth

What do we need?

A floor mural depicting the world map

A projector to showcase the world in classroom

Globes that they can hold in their hands

This is our assembly ground. Let’s make use of the big

empty spot below

Let’s paint a floor mural of a world map on it.

Having a floor mural would allow teachers to conduct classes outside of classroom,

and students can feel like for the first time, how it feels like to step on places they’ve

only read about in textbooks.

It revitalizes the way a teacher would go about teaching world history or world

geography. Chalk and talk? How about Walk and Talk?

But having a floor mural is not enough. Can we bring the world to the class? Can I

show them pictures of Sahara Desert when I am teaching about desert. Can I show

them a clip from Discovery Channel about icecap melting when we talk about global

warming?

Yes we can. Hence, we are asking for a projector

I have seen the kind of wonder a globe can bring to a class. We do have a globe, but

the current one is broken.

Whenever I bring globe to class, I see my students’ eyes light up and they are eager

to touch and feel the globe.

Globe is a good way to teach lesser topics that does not require a projector or a walk

to our floor mural. Given that our current one is broken, we would like to request for

a globe

With that I would like Caltex to support my classroom project. I strongly believe that these items would help my students to dream

big.

So that one day, this too will be the world

they see

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

-Antoine de Saint Exupéry