Monday, June 25, 2007
Pre-ESE, Post-TPPPRE-ESE, POST-TPP
Hmm..i juz realized an uncanny resemblance...de teacher which i previously mentioned running out of class in tears cuz being bullied is oso a miss loh...hmm..same as me..but hope i wun hav tat same experience as her..lol...so i've juz finished de 2-day teacher preparatory programme (TPP) n waiting to start my 1mth enhanced sch experience (ESE)...tink i rem more on de trainer's stories n experiences rather than de theoretical stuff on pedagogy she crash-taught us...haha...
Well, talking bout teaching experience, i dun actually hav sec sch teaching experience, but i'm goin to teach in sec sch..help!! hope it wun be tat bad, cuz i ever taught sec sch tuition though..but of course it's 2 completely diff matters lah..And after my first tuition lesson wif em, (they r sec 4) de kids were like saying, "florence, i learnt more today than wat i've learnt in sch so far..". And I was like ermm...r u praising me? or shd i be worried tat i'll hav much more work to do?? And there was one thing peculiar bout my guy tuition students (it was a group tuition kind of thing..)..got once i tot of passing tis tuition grp to a male fren to take over cuz i starting uni soon but de guy frens r still free-er cuz they had to serve NS first, n they were like super-disagreeing wif tat idea...saying tat they wanted a female to teach em...their main concern was tat dey din wan a MALE tuition teacher...lol...wat pschology is tat?? haha maybe i'll learn more bout tat on education psychology in NIE..hehe..do guys study better wif female teachers?? n vice versa?? lol....
As for real sch teaching experience, all i hav is primary sch relief teaching experience, which wld be quite diff frm sec sch...did tat during de break after "A" levels. I had to mainly teach primary 1 students, n sum pri 5 classes too..preferred teaching pri 1..cuz easier to handle..haha..but got sth interesting tat happened to my pri 1 class tat i'll never never forget!!!! It was quite juz after their recess time, n de students were having lessons back in class again..Of course, 1 of de most common qns tat my pri 1 kids as me is, "teacher, can i go toilet??" Since at tat time, it was after recess time, i tot tat toilet-goin was nt encouraged UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECCESSARY...(at least tat was wat y tchers did to me in pri 1)..And as a new freshie teacher, i haven mastered de art of telling whether a student REALLY needs de toilet, or juz wans to get out of class for fun..so most of their toilet requests were rejected cuz it's really quite disrupting 4 de lesson if pupils keep on asking 4 permission 4 toilet...all was well, until students started sniffing some unusual stench in de class...n i smelt it too...n it took me awhile to figure out where it was cumin frm...so i traced de smell by its intensity (like a dog..hehe), n yah, as u cld hav guessed, a gal poo-ed in class, n it was "big business".. I was like STUNNED!! Oh no shucks! wat shd i do?? my fault due to misjudgement of students' "toiletry urgency"!!! will her parents complain bout me?? wat wil de sch do to me?? So, in de middle of my STUNNED-ness, i let her go to de toilet, n asked for a cleaner to come n clear de mess...i was really afraid tat de poor gal wld be scared n embarrassed n wld cry..i felt kinda guilty oso, cuz its partly my fault oso...but thankfully, when i went to see how she was doin at de toilet, she was actually nt crying at all!! she's really quite brave! she was juz calmly cleaning herself up, n i heaved a sigh of relief..phew! i tink i'm n exactly very gd at comforting sad ppl..so really thank God tat she was so brave n nt easily embarrassed..haha.. And thankfully, I din get any complaints frm her parents or de school too..was very fortunate tat time..phew! So, after tat "impressionable" incident, on de next day in sch, i persistently reminded my class to go toilet during recess time..however most of de toilet requests, including IMMEDIATE ones right after recess, were readily consented by me.. dun wan history to repeat itself...once bitten twice shy...haha!!
Yup, looking forward to teaching next week....Pray tat God will grant me sufficient grace to overcome all that He wans me to, like dat poo-ing incident in my class..lol...
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Lyna