teach!

I LOST MY VOICE!!

it just takes 3 days to lose it. not that i was garang or anything but, was having sore throat before the start. teachers thought i've been shouting. what? do i look like a mad teacher?

first class lesson was... dots! started out having problems with the door. even the students couldn't help. they were like saying, "maybe mdm teo's inside tak nak kasi kita masuk.." (mdm teo's the one i'm reliefing for, btw) took 1/2 the time to settle the class down. as always, they would like to sit with their own friends. but i didn't let them with the intention to know them. in the end, it was a bit too late for me to teach, so we didn't do anything except stare at each other.

second lesson was... an eye opener. see, i always thought or presumed that they already know how to do the work. as in, the work given was very simple really. but later i found out that they were having trouble. worse, i myself am weak at that particular topic. so now, i have to find stuffs to make the lesson clearer for the next time round.

3rd lesson was a workout for me. waited for about 20 mins and realised the kids were not coming. went around looking for someone to help. in the end, i had to go from one block to another at the farthest end and escort the kids to the room. when i ask, "why didn't you guys come down?" with the reply "oh, our teacher said don't go out of the class.." -_____-"" but still, there's another cute surprise. i asked the class to draw these main 3 shapes - cube, cone and cylinder. like i said, it's really simple. but once i walked around looking at how they do, then i realised it wasn't the case. "ok class, who doesn't know how to draw these?" almost all hands were up. best...

4th lesson was the sweetest. everyone cooperated. work's much easier although again, i had to search for the kids. it's pleasing when the students were like, "wah! tcher, you very pro ah!" hmm... just by showing off lines and dots can already receive praises like that... i love this job already! haha! then one asked, "tcher, are you an american?" huh??

5th lesson -today! my voice was already gone. took the express class. same thing happened like yesterday, they were late. having learnt from experience, i went up to the classroom, but they're not there! met them on the way back. thank god! but then this time round, they were saying stuffs like, "aiyah tcher, this one we already learn in DnT.. don't need to do work ah...", "wah tcher! you draw like shit ah! i can do better!" i just shrug it off. but still, the mood to teach wasn't really there. they're not interested at all, neither was i. in the end, their works were C-R-A-P. literally. small brain talk big. they were even rude! i haven't even finish demonstrating they already hand in their work. now i'm thinking, this class needs some serious talk.

last lesson of the week was Character Development. took place after recess. carried a whole box of journals weighing at 1/2 a ton to the classroom. they're not there. again. yes, again. waited, waited, waited, waited. finally one little girl appeared. (with no voice) "are you from 1E3?" she noded. "where are you guys at? i've been waiting for so long..!" "we're at the hall.. coz no teacher taking us.." -_________-""""" so 1/2 the time was wasted, with another half spending time communicating with the help of a marker.

and get this, after these 3 days, i still don't have a table for myself, i've been secluded in that classroom the whole freakin time, no social life with other teachers and plus the computer can't be used. how lonely is that!