my 3rd day at school
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
hi world. i realise its been an awful long time since i last blogged. well..its not cos there's a lack of interesting things going in my life but more like..there was so much gg on that i couldnt find time to pen all those events down. well lemme see, there was prelims and a levels which came and went (thankfully!), and of course prom nite..not forgetting my taiwan trip with the peas which was uber fun. hmm after partying for the last 1 mthplus or so, its back to reality. one simply cant just live each day waiting to play or go out and have fun or shop. there's just so much you can do anyway. besides, it starts getting kinda mundane even for a shopaholic like moi. SO anyway, the current highlights of my life wld have to be my 2 superb jobs which include a part-time job at ice cream chefs (as many of you know already since i cant help pulling ppl to come to the shop and show some support lol) and of course my other job as a relief teacher at compassvale secondary school.as a relief teacher who has to stand in for any absent teachers, i generally dun have much to do since no teachers wld keep taking mcs at the start of the school term anyway so during the working hours from 7-230, i spend my time reading, eating and resuming blogging as what i am doing now. thank god for the computer man who FINALLY gave me a laptop to put on my desk today. so anyway i guess u guys wun be interested to know what i've been reading (its currently angels and demons if ur interested to know) but more of wat my teaching experience is isnt it. LOLso anyway, for the past 2 days, wat i have been doing was to follow a chinese teacher around and go to her classes and see how she teaches. not sure if its because its the start of the year, but the teacher did spend an awful lot of time taking attendance, collecting $$, giving out books and lecturing the students of course lol. so anyway, TODAY is the first time that im relief-ing a class all by myself! and FYI, i actually relief-ed a MATH CLASS. har har okk go ahead and laugh, for those of you who are close enough to me to know that i actually suck at math.(i can actually see aprie laughing behind the screen now. i dunno why. lol) ok anyway, as expected, the class was super rowdy and noisy. the kids were walking around talking to others asking to go to the toilets and asking me how old i am( to which i was appalled since one of them was like..eh u older than 30 or wat) oh but fine!! i shall not take offense from 14 year olds lol. strangely enough, i wasnt scared or anything, as i had thought i would be previously. i simply instructed them what to do firmly and loudly ( a couple of times of course) and proceeded with the lesson. so anyway, the topic was on algebra and thankfully i cld still remember what i was taught( kudos to my math teachers like mr teo, ms fang, mr low, miss ng) (: the thing which was most satisfying was that after the lessons, 2 of them actually came forward and asked me questions, not forgetting to apologise for taking up my time. to that i was deeply consoled as there were actually souls out there who bothered listening to me rambling and believed in my ability. i guess its these kinda feelings that make people want to be teachers? i dunno. i guess i would have to wait a bit more before coming to a conclusion if teaching is indeed the career path for me. can i imagine myself standing in front of a class full of students for the next 40 years or so? well that question leads me to ponder..
