Friday, July 15, 2011

Last day of lesson observations!

Okay there shouldn't be a question mark there. Should be =(. Kind of missed the feeling of entering classes everyday, helping students with their sums and work. One point is... my mentor is really funny today!

1) His dressing today not very "like" him... Dress down day today. He just tuck out his long sleeve shirt. So the students ask him, "cher why you never tuck in your shirt?"
[teacher]: Hey tuck in your shirt...
[student]: Cher you also never tuck in.
[teacher]: ...
[me] : (laughing in my heart) hahahaha!

I thought he will wear polo tee today.

2) I was supposed to teach his class today. I went up to him and want to follow him to lesson. He ask me, "you have something to ask me?"
I look at him, "Having lesson now right?"
He look at me again, "I have another lesson now leh."
"huh? I thought my timetable wrote 1045?"
I ran back to take my timetable.

"Oh ya, sorry typo. But I have lesson now, it's 4NA. Do you want to sit in?"
"Okay!"

So I get to sit in all his classes already. Basically, this class was completing their TYS. Very power. Every student will do different questions at different pace. Different pages. Looks like I have to do it on the spot when they ask question. But not bad arh. At least I can help them with all the questions. yay! I'm a MATH QUEEN! HAHAHAHAHAHA (thick skinned)

3) Hai... I taught so cui today. I should be more specific and explain the rationale first before starting. End up my mentor have to go through everything again. But thank goodness everyone was patient with me. My mentor even apologised to me for disrupting my lesson. I felt so bad because I should be the one apologising because I slowed things down. =( Guess I will have to improve on my pedagogy. Never mind, I feel bad, but not very very bad because he was so nice to me hahahaha! At least I never take it so guilty in me. Never mind everyone has their own mistakes and first time..

We celebrated Daniel's birthday today but epic fail. Didn't manage to surprise him enough. Then after that we chiong for meeting. Haven't ate my lunch yet =( After long periods of lesson.

Oh! And I met Mdm Saubiah today, my DM from my sec sch. She remembers my face I guess. but not my name (of course lah. Last time I so Guai1) So glad to see her. "good good, everyone is making a difference!"

Today it was honours day for the lower secondary. Memories flew back when I was in Sec sch that I was up there every year receiving awards. I was very happy then. But I guess striving hard for my results made me lost a few things in life. Results are not everything. Bear that in mind students!

As I was about to leave. One student keep looking at me, I didn't know he wants to approach me for consultation because he could not find his teacher. And I don't recognise him! Omg I feel so bad, he was the student who compliment me yesterday! so touched! He even ask me til when will I be staying in Dunearn. So I told him next week is my last week already... So sad... gonna miss this place too.

I am really glad my small effort made a difference in their lives one way or another...

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