Simulated Teaching

Before we go for Chinese New Year holiday, we have done our simulated teaching on the theme of Oedipus Rex. The theme that I choose for my simulated teaching is the contrast of blindness and sight.

My activity for the set induction was showing the contrast of a blind person and a person with sight. My volunteer that day was Mohana, I blindfolded her eyes and asked her to draw a picture of a table on the board. The final outcome of her drawing is not like a table because she has not been train to draw without her sight. Then, I take away the towel that I used to blindfold her and ask her to draw a table on the board again. Well…of course this time she draws very well.

However, I believe the people with sight do not always do better than the blind one. I found a picture on internet that showing a blind child making basket, none of us can assure that we can do better than him. Like what Oedipus did in the play, he mocked at Teiresais’s blindness, instead he is the one who is lack of insight. This is irony that Teiresais really does see more than the seeing Oedipus.

It is important that we have insight to help us to have a clear mind toward what is happening around us. Oedipus failure should be a warning to us, a hero, and a king of a country experiences tragic fall due to his shortsightedness. He makes rash decisions without thinking about the future or consequences. He truly believes that he can move without the Oracle’s prophecy following him. However, this lead to his downfall. He does not realize that his destiny is solely in the hands of the gods.

Besides that, there are also some people that used the idea of blindfolded students in their set induction. For me, one of the most exciting one will be the activity prepared by Jasmine, she put three things in a paper bag and then blindfolded someone and ask them to guess what is inside the paper bag by touching the things inside. I enjoyed the simulated teaching by our course mate.