Aftermath of ESE

Overall, the experience of ESE has been an enjoyable and memorable one. Though there were some setbacks faced mainly in classroom management, the overall experience was great. Learnt alot and got a feel of what the job is like. Towards the end of ESE, we couldn't really bear to leave the school and on the last day we stayed till very late, chatting with mentors and other teachers.

Orientation in NIE was cancelled due to H1N1..and mon to wed i was at a chalet. Though it was fun, I kept thinking about the school and my memorable times there. Feel like going back to teach there permanantly, but my chances are low. Hai..i really miss my times there!

The life of teaching

These few days have been so super tiring..Waking up at 5.40am, and getting ready for school. Initially i thought it was only observation of classes, but due to H1N1, teachers who went to those countries affected had to take Leave of Absence. As a result, there was shortage of teachers and i had to do relief for POA and bio up to yesterday, but no teaching was required on my part. It was really quite an experience handling those normal classes. At times, i was emotionally affected by what the students did to me. At times, i felt happy that i could manage the class and the students were well behaved and greeted me as i walked around the school. The sec 1 students were really cute.

Yesterday i started my observation for my math classes..Two days before i was told to design a math game on angles for a normal tech class..Took great pains to come up with questions for the game. When i stepped into class, i was quite shocked by how daring the students were and how they talked back..After going through a summary of the concepts by the teacher, i started to conduct the game. Throughout the game, i was shouting at them bcos they were so hard to control..and we even had to use a mike sometimes. It was really quite an experience.

After school, although its only 2pm..i already feel super tired out..I can just doze off after i get home..and if i didn't set my alarm..i think i will only wake up the next morning.. Thats how tiring it is..