Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Not Everyday is A Sunny Day..
especially when the weather is quite erratic these days. one moment the sky's raining, another moment the sun shines like nobody's business! but such temperament is trivial compared to the temperament of a teacher..
i started my day scolding my entire Sec 3 Express maths class. number 1: some of them didnt do or bring the assignment i oredi told them yesterday to bring it. number 2: one student dared to stuff her left ear wif an earphone right when i was about to start the lesson. number 3: students tend to not pay attention n make a hell lot of noise when i was explaining, and when i asked to do similar questions, they claimed they didnt know how to solve, or even approach it! so i ended my class threatening them dat if they didnt learn well, chances are they would fail tomorrow's test very badly!
i tot it was over, but NOOO, my sec 3 Normal Acad Maths class also tested my patience. some of them didnt do the homework assignment i gave them last fri. dat meant they had at least 3 days to complete only 2 qsns, I REPEAT, ONLY 2 QSNS! i started confiscating their EZ-Link cards, and made them do on the spot. i asked 2 students to present their answers so dat i could go thru their mistakes, and allow them to do corrections immediately. so those students who didnt do managed to finish their work (by copying from their friends or the solutions on the board), and handed it promptly.
wat happened next really blew my top sky high! i returned their test papers back, where the failure rate was almost 80%. one even scored a zero, but i pitied him. i think he just studied wrongly. so i was trying very hard to get the entire class's attention just to begin explaining the first part of question 1. instead, i gave a good tongue-lashing to them, so dat they would realise how weak they were. i even asked them if my explanation was too difficult to understand. theni explained dat if they were to talk while i was trying to explain, how would they understand? how would they be able to answer the questions given to them?
so i stopped scolding and began to explain. YET, there were people talking... so i told the entire class to FIND THEIR OWN ANSWERS! Since they're sooo damn smart dat they didnt have to pay any attention to the explanation. i just sat down n did my marking till the class ended. some of them approached me to confirm their answers, so there was some relief for me ah, at least some really wanted to study.
BUT, wat made my day was after dat class. i was doing a maths relief for my colleague. it was a Sec 5 graduating class, and they had assignments to complete. i couldnt care less for those who didnt want to do. to me, they're all BIG enuff to know wats best for them. but, among those lazy ones, 2 students approached me for help. they were doing an assignment on Vectors, my least favourite topic, but Heck, i just offered my help. there were a few qsns i needed to think n try by myself before i could explain to them. Wat made me feel glad, satisfied, Alhamdulillah, was dat the 2 thanked me for helping them, could really see their sincerity and appreciation in having me around to help them! Alhamdulillah, at least it does help me reaffirm believe on my purpose of teaching as a career...
sigh, wat a day, but at least some things do turn out right. i'll be having some extra classes wif the students from Sec 3 Normal Acad, who really wanted to study, they were the ones to ask me for extra classes. so i believe i'd enjoy dis one...
enuff for the day, thanx for reading my nonsense! ;)
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