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stepping into fairfield after so many years can be such a _____ experience. the last time we went back might be only sec 2. yes i think so; in sec 3 i went to kaixiong's school, and subsequently i never went back to fairfield anymore.
day one was monday, which was school song day. i remembered about 60% of the song. it was a hectic day, because i was practically thrown into a heap of mess, with some empty-looking lesson plans, timetables that didn't corroborate, and periods that last an odd 40 minutes long.
teaching primary school children is a completely different game from teaching secondary school children. you spend about 50% of the lesson time telling them to stop talking, stop running, sit down, do their work, stop walking to the back (or front), stop taking his pencil/paper, stop shouting.
it can be so tiring and so demoralising. but i met many of my ex-teachers, and got to talk with some new ones. mrs habeeb said not to give up on classroom management so quickly; it takes time. and another teacher suggested using a whistle (and he said i was sadistic when i suggested blowing the whistle into a microphone).
children can be so unfocused, and so blunt. they really just speak their mind, and i think that is the innocence we have all lost. i mean, they can just say anything and get away with it; no need to care about how others may feel after listening to it.
it also appears to be the case that children easily forget the previous day's unhappy events and become friendly again overnight. and saying 'please' when you ask them to do something will work sometimes.
tonight the moon shines into my room, like on the night of 27th october 2007.
day one was monday, which was school song day. i remembered about 60% of the song. it was a hectic day, because i was practically thrown into a heap of mess, with some empty-looking lesson plans, timetables that didn't corroborate, and periods that last an odd 40 minutes long.
teaching primary school children is a completely different game from teaching secondary school children. you spend about 50% of the lesson time telling them to stop talking, stop running, sit down, do their work, stop walking to the back (or front), stop taking his pencil/paper, stop shouting.
it can be so tiring and so demoralising. but i met many of my ex-teachers, and got to talk with some new ones. mrs habeeb said not to give up on classroom management so quickly; it takes time. and another teacher suggested using a whistle (and he said i was sadistic when i suggested blowing the whistle into a microphone).
children can be so unfocused, and so blunt. they really just speak their mind, and i think that is the innocence we have all lost. i mean, they can just say anything and get away with it; no need to care about how others may feel after listening to it.
it also appears to be the case that children easily forget the previous day's unhappy events and become friendly again overnight. and saying 'please' when you ask them to do something will work sometimes.
tonight the moon shines into my room, like on the night of 27th october 2007.
posted by ivan at 11:29 PM
2 Comments:
after u teach secondary school, you suddenly realise how monkeyish the primary school kids are! that was the exact thing i did. teach sec first then pri sch. then did i know what the word "peace" means. lol
ehh butt they're like suddenly getting better now! some of them even draw cards for me
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