Simulated Teaching vs Real Classroom Situations

From my point of view, simulated teaching does have its similarities and differences with real teaching in real classroom situations. It is similar in the sense that teachers always relate certain things to the lesson to hint and introduce the content of the play to the students. It is different in the sense that during simulated teaching we encourage students to discover the play, whereas in schools, teachers tend to spoon-feed the students due to time constrains to make sure that they can finish the syllabus. For the teacher it is their job to make sure they finish what they are supposed to teach, and it is the students’ job to learn and understand their own studies. The classroom environment is also different. In my opinion teaching my own course mates for the simulated teaching is way easier then teaching real students in a real class, because my students during the simulated teaching are cooperative since they have no choice, unlike in real classroom situation where the students can be challenging. Though simulated teaching is quite different than teaching in a real school, simulated teaching is a good experience for teachers-to-be as a practice before entering the schools. We can prepare ourselves and plan our lesson better when we start teaching in real schools.