"SC-S32/W5-" Today's Writing, Tomorrow's Memories" - The work Diary

I specially thank @wringo and @mahadisalim for bringing up this amazing contest as i share my work diary dated 26th June 2026.

Sharing of my work diary day; 26th June 2026

GOAL OF THE DAY

Waking up, I decided to start with setting up a goal for my day. I knew I wouldn't be doing that much so I made a draft that would help ensure how I run about my day. First, when I wake up I will pray, then cook the day's meal, go to school, mark the pupils scripts, fill in my log book, get home, do my chores of sweeping, eat, rest and write on steemit.

Setting goals helps in conditioning your mind. I read a book called “ Eat that Frog” by Brain Tracy which talked about goals.
He said; “ Your ability to think, plan and decide is your most powerful tool for overcoming procrastination , and increasing your productivity. Set goals helps you take actions and planning that is simple if written on a piece of paper”.
Writing on a piece of paper helps me as I make an effort to work from the list without distractions”.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THINGS I DID

My day started off with me waking up and giving thanks to God for the gift of life. I said a little morning prayer at about 5:00am and then moved to prepare the day's meal since my mom has traveled and won't return till Friday.

I went to the kitchen to prepare the day's meal, which was rice and stew. After putting the rice in the pot and adding water in it, I went to put the rice on fire only to discover there was no matches to light the gas. I checked the time and it was already past 5:00am. I got so furious because last night I heard my sister tell my brother to get matches on his way back to the house since shops in our area was closed already.

I am a student on her teaching practice and the school I was posted to gave me a task today being Friday to teach the pupils the virtue of the week and I needed to be in school before 7:30am. Put of frustration, I went back to sleep and woke up around 6:20am. I told my brother to go buy matches, he went and came back because no shop was opened. We had no other option than to go borrow it from a neighbor.

When he brought it,the time was already 7:15am I just opt to prepare the stew first. I knew I wouldn't be in school on time. So, I tried hard concentrating on the stew. After I was done with the stew, I put the rice on fire while rushing to shower and prepare for school. I ran off around 8:30 i couldn't wait for the rice to be dried so I sieved it out my stew on the top of the undone rice and sped off because the pupils had my exams too today coupled with the task I was given.

On reaching school, the exams had already kicked off and the time book had been crossed. So, I walked quitely to my assigned class while my tummy rumbled with hunger. Not minding the pupils, I picked up my food to eat and I couldn't each much because the rice tasted raw. I wasn't with money either to get some snacks so I tried eating again but I have up. Just when I was done eating, the pupils scripts from grade two to three were submitted to me. I handle the subject English Grammar, English comprehension, creative writing and literature.

Marking English Grammar and comprehension for grade two and three was okay and that of creative writing for grade two was okay not until I started marking the creative writing exams for primary 3. I gave them two sections. Section A comprised of them filling the sentences with an appropriate word and section B, the pupils were given a formal letter to write on telling their headteacher reasons why they will be absent from school. I felt bad while marking the scripts because even after revision was made to the pupils before writing my exams, the scripts was an eyesore and made me look like I haven't taught them properly. I felt so hurt looking at the scripts.

After marking their scripts, I filled in my log book. The log book is our day to day activities written down as students teachers and the book is meant to be filled in daily as student teachers which I did. At exactly 3:14. I went home, tired and stressed.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

In the teaching practice process, I have learned a lot. As an aspiring teacher, I have learned to work under pressure. No matter how stressful the activities for the day goes, I ensure I complete the assignment task. I realized consistency will push me forward and procrastinating will do me no go. So, daily I try to beat up with time for going to school even when the sweet calling of the bed fills my mind, I endeavor to push myself out from the bed.

PROBLEMS I FACED AND HOW I SOLVED THEM

The first problem I faced today, was carrying a half done meal to school. It hurt me so much because my stomach screamed to be filled even when I tried eating the half done rice, my stomach still resisted it so I had to eat the meat. To solve this problem I have opted to check things that are not available at home which needs to be purchased before getting back home as it is difficult to get things in my area.

Second, I had a problem with grading the pupils in their creative writing exams which a formal letter was given. So, I decided to grade them according to the format my English teacher in secondary school did. Since their composition is over thirty, I gave a grading scheme like; Format (10/10). Format consists of the necessary things like writer's address, receivers address, date, salutation, closing, signature, name. Content too was graded over ten. Content includes the body of the letter if not satisfactory, a child could score a six over ten. Grammar, spelling and punctuation was graded over ten. Where I checked out for necessary mistakes in spellings and wrong usage of grammar or punctuation marks and this made my work lighter.

My day was stressful, but in all it was worth the stress because I completed all the task on my to- do- list.

TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE

I guess tomorrow things wouldn't be much as I have no dirty clothes to wash. So, I would sweep the house as usual, mop, eat and rest properly. I won't be going to school tomorrow.

EVALUATION

Even though stressful, i was able to complete all the tasks I wrote down if I did not, I would not have been able to also give back the pupils script for a verting. Were the scripts is taken to the school committee and reviewed thoroughly.

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