I don't think I've really written a solid entry about my new life and my 180 degrees career change. I've been delaying due to the fact that my days now are something like this:
530AM Wake Up!!! 625AM Get out of the house to catch the 635AM bus to school 655AM Reach school, got to staff room and get ready for classes 720AM Morning Assembly 730AM Teach and teach and teach and teach (you get the idea) 115PM PHEW! Can finally rest...if there's nothing else go home!
Depending on what time I leave school, I will go home take a shower because I'm all sweaty (not working in an air-conditioned room anymore!!!) and then I will take a nap. I will then wake up at 4PM or 5PM depending on what time I reach home. Between that time to 830PM I will pray watch TV, eat, spend time with my iPod, exercise or read. Then 830PM onwards till maybe 10PM or 11PM I will be on the computer to plan for the next day's lesson. That's my weekdays now in a nutshell.
I'm not complaining because teaching has been a satisfying experience so far. Yes it's difficult especially now that I'm teaching a lower end Primary 3 class English, Maths, and Science. They are less motivated and therefore I always got to push and persevere hoping that they too will not give up on themselves. This only started yesterday. For the past two weeks what I did was observing and relieving. I went through P2 and P5 classes, a vast difference in behaviour and mentality.
I've really learnt so much within these two weeks and the most fun I had was participating in the National Day celebration and hey I get to leave at 1030AM...how cool is that? Watch thise video of a Primary 1 class I had to take care of for that day as they run with all their might in hopes to win the race.
And another video as they sing their hearts out to this year's theme song 'What Do You See?'.
On that week I also had to relieve a P2 class for the whole day and they were a bunch which was so hard to control. They had a dry run for their sports day the day before National Day celebration and getting them to sit down was a chore I don't wish to repeat. However in class, they were a tolerable bunch and a few bear me with colourings and drawing and cards that made me smile.
I'm looking forward to hard times and good times but what matters is that I'm chasing the dream that I had when I was in primary school. I wanted to be a teacher so here I am.
Honesty is the best policy! Leave the credits alone!
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