Woah.
It seems I'm living up to my name , "OlodoGraduate".
So, I dropped an application in a school about 2 weeks ago. I got called yesterday to come for interview. I was given a written test. I believe I did good in the test. Then, I was asked to come for a microteaching today.

I was given the topics to prepare for - in Mathematics; bearing and in Physics; Electricity.

I got home and didn't work towards crosschecking my mastery of these topics as I made my self believe that I would get no glitches in teaching these topics and I also got this crazy headache. I just took drugs and slept all along.

Today came, I quickly came up with a lesson note and proceeded to the school....

Since the school is on holiday, the SSS 2 and SSS 3 were together for lessons. I was asked to teach Bearings first. I began quite good and after a while, I was given a question to solve with the students.

It was a past WAEC question on calculation in Bearings. I was able to make out the diagram, but then I knew outrightly that something was wrong..

I knew what was wrong but I was unable to rectify it. I was just there in the front, blanking out of options....
Thankfully, I was put through by my supervisors {in fact, I really appreciate them} in a polite way and one of them even asked to students to applaud me.

I managed to appeal to the students and explained that "such happens at times".

The supervisor also tried to buttress my point by sighting an example of a case where examiners with over 30 years of experience couldn't solve a certain question — probably not to let me feel hopeless. I wanted to hold on to that as a panacea, but then I snapped out of it "shame on me".

With the Physics too, I did quite well, but can you imagine: stupid me forgetting what a potentiometer is used for and I was even confusing the total emf of cells in a series with the total the emf of cells in parallel!

I could only think of the reasons for my lapses to myself but not tell to my supervisors to justify myself. At least, I was informed of the topics to prepare for..
Or is it anybody's fault that the last time I opened a Physics textbook or manual was sometimes last year or that I was unable to prepare for the tests.. lol

Well, they were really understanding (they did not condemn my mistakes) and still considered me for employment...
In summary, even if you're confident about something, there's no harm in double checking. No one is perfect!!...

Have you ever been in such a tight situation?

Modified:
My simple reply to the replies gotten here
https://www.nairaland.com/6780997/nairalanders-salute-una-oo#106339688

Reduce hand for weed. Na only weed dey make person forget things easily

It happens....


I once mistook metaphor for simile and even tried to argue with my Vice principal who is a science teacher lol

I came back to my senses almost an hour later

I just went back to him and said sorry, my mistake

He said he knew it was unlike me, that he thought I was probably tired

Davash222:
Reduce hand for weed. Na only weed dey make person forget things easily

Lol. I no dey smoke weed and I no even dey like dt b4....
Shit just happened sha

illicit:
It happens....


I once mistook metaphor for simile and even argued with my Vice principal who was a science teacher lol

I came back to my senses almost an hour later

I just went back to him and said sorry, my mistake

He said he knew it was unlike me, that he thought I was probably tired

Lol. The most embarrassing moment would be when you realize the mistake

OlodoGraduate:

Lol. The most embarrassing moment would be when you realize the mistake

Exactly, I felt so stupid

Because some of my students were actually there and some of them knew I was not correct, they were just looking at me with wide eyes

I went to apologise to them too, they laughed it off and were like, what was I thinking

They said when I left, that the vice principal told them not to dwell on it, that I will soon realise my mistake lol

Damnnn niggar
Bros op loose guard

Proper preparation prevent poor performance but not without weed

You for dragg one tie ....even if you nor prepare

That year for physics...I dey chop wave and electricity
Then come drink Electromagnetism as water

Op no know book at all.

Elol

Nigeria universities are a total waste of time. The will give the department a heavy name but no equipment inside. The lectures are so dumb that they use one material to teach till they retire. It's better to learn trade in aba than depend on certificate.

Bearings & Distances, Circle Geometry; these are always tough ones.

Chai.....take heart.

Thank God. The subject I teach is not something most schools understand or know much about. So whenever I'm called for micro-teachings like that, I'm not shaky because even if I "tabon", no body will notice. .

Sometimes I confuse them with my British accent that they give up looking for faults. Lol..

Luckily for me, I've never made any mistakes.

Hmmmm

Lol

It doesn’t happen
If you no sabi am you no sabi am.
Simple olodo

Congratulations anyway

Lol

shit happen but is not the end of the world. for the fact that you remembered that you made a mistake means you're not olodo, I almost have some similar experience though mine was deliberate to declined the force of teaching job on my throat


I detest teaching job a lot but I give kudos to those showing commitment on that profession, is not easy

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We thank God you no be soldier inspecting a parade

Lol

A

It happens,bro.
I once forgot what a paragraph is, in one of micro-teaching interview I attended. I told my supervisor that "a paragraph is a gap precursors to main ideas"
She was like, what then is indentation since a paragraph is a gap................? An English graduate for that matter!!! Lol!

This happens when you don't prepare very well.

Measuring instruments in electrical engineering are most times straightforward. I.e Current measured in amperes- ammeter