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ramblings from the staff room (WARNING: sleep-inducing)|06.01.04|1:34 pm
haha this is quite funny. i was typing an entry a few hours ago, talking abt how it's my first entry from work, woohoo, cheap thrill, etc. then i was typing this sentence explaining that i gotta hurry cos i'm using my mom's laptop and i'll have to close this window the minute she gets back. and as i was typing that sentence, she came back. hahaha. so close the window i did, and no entry was posted. let's just hope the same thing doesn't happen again. haha. i'm rather amused by it. like, how coincidental. anyway, i've just survived my 3rd day of teaching. my feet are killing me, and i've either missed all my meals, or overeaten (i'm still building up my stash of snacks.. i figured that i might as well make full use of all the SPACE i've been given..haha!). my workspace is really nice. aircon, "kitchen", huge table, lotsa space, freedom to do more or less whatever i want (except sleep), teacher's lounge just outside, sofas, etcetc. can't say the same about the kids though... haha. some of them are reaaaally cute!! haha. most of them are very hard to handle. i guess i'm so used to dealing with the cell group (secondary school age), so i don't really know how to relate to primary school kids. but today i started to see that some of the kids that were previously giving trouble are starting to warm up to me.. and they all wave at me in the corridor.. so that makes me feel much better. i think this is gonna be a real learning experience for me.. only 3 days into the job and i feel like i've grown older and matured quite abit. i'm more able to empathise with ma now.. and i feel bad for all the times when i was reluctant to help her with her schoolwork, or when i threw a tantrum just cos she was half an hour late to pick me up.. i mean. this place is crazy. 2700 students. they have sth like 50 over school buses?! it's madness. i feel quite bad for my morning class today. i am SO not a morning person.. and today i was especially tired (from today on i REALLY need to get enough sleep). so i went into class like suuuuper sian, forgot to bring my marker and couldn't go back down to get it cos i can't leave the class alone. so instead of playing some interesting educational games with them, i ended up stoning, forcing them to stone with me. it was so bad i actually borrowed a higher chinese workbook and did the whole thing mentally. felt quite horrible after that cos i feel as if i sianified their whole day. anyway, i've decided to make my lessons really interesting!! haha. which means alot more thought and effort has to be put in outside of school hours, and alot more preparation. i mean, i've been bitching about lousy teachers for like, what, 12 years. i don't want to be one of them too. all thanks to pris for the advice on how to handle primary school kids last night.. really helped me today! on a more frivolous note, i am sorely lacking in "teacher-y" attire. so mebbe my 1st month's pay will have to go into that? maybe a quarter of it lah. one of my pupils asked me today if i was 25 or 29!!!!! do i look that old? :(
since i'm here rambling away i might as well talk about yesterday! gosh, really did alot of things. first, i met desmond for lunch at mos cos he's enlisting next week. was nice catching up after last seeing each other at grad night.. but i forgot to bring his stuff, stupid me. yeah, i'm still holding on to his math lecture notes and physics of fluids notes..feel damn paiseh about it. that lucky guy is pes e so he doesn't really have BMT. after that, i met cedric at lido. we were originally supposed to watch school of rock, but i was too lazy to get the tix earlier though i was there, and in the end it was sold out! ended up shopping.. and cedric bought a pair of jeans, a top, and a pair of shoes!! i've never seen anyone so shuang kuai about buying stuff. haha. i tried on a pair of guy's jeans, and found out that it's actually pretty normal for girls to wear guy's jeans (from the cashier). hmm. mebbe i can go cut my hair real short too... i ended up buying 2 pairs of shoes cos i need an acceptable pair for work. it's a long story, but basically i don't have any footwear that's acceptable for a teacher, so i ended up wearing my mom's heels yesterday and DYING. 7-8 periods later (4 of which were consecutive), i finally got to sit down at my table, and both my calf muscles cramped for a good half minute! it was excruciating. cedric went to join seven for dinner, while i met up with samantha and edward for a max brenner's chocolate dinner. that place is fantabulous, i tell you. me and ed couldn't find words to describe it..so we savoured every drop in silence. i'm definitely going back there again.. haha. after that, seven came down to the esplanade so i ended up joining them. felt kinda odd but chris said it was ok, and it was his last night in singapore and he prob wouldn't be back till after 12, so.. yeah. wow. tiring day. i should be leaving to go down to the airport to send chris off soon. i'm actually damn tired, hope that i'll be able to perk myself up before i reach the airport. it's gonna be a loooong ride. i'm estimating 2 hours. but i'm waiting for the school buses to clear and for it to be a little less hot before i take the walk out. mebbe i'll put something in my stomach too. don't wanna get gastric halfway. and still trying to figure out the shortest/fastest way to the airport. oh and i need to return the percussion instruments to the music room too. i came up with a really lame game for my classes to play today but they seemed to like it so much. haha!! forgive the rambling.. i don't have anyone to talk to here, see. and no one smss or anything so i'm really quite deprived of real human contact (brushing past pple in the staff room doesn't count).
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