happy birthday to all teachers!!!
time past fast. it's been over 3yrs. before, I've never ever tink tat i would be a tutor/teacher. i joined the student care centre becoz i couldnt find a job tat time and really needed the money. i nv like kids. being ard 40over children for 12 hours a day is a great torture for me. there's no use shouting and screaming to get their attention. i nearly lost my voice on my 3rd day. but slowly, i got used to it and liked it. i enjoy having the authority. the power in my hands. my magical wand. i treated them as young adults. stating the ground rules and the basic things i expect from them : manners and respect. any disobedience and noncompliance will result in painful sequels.
you might think tat i am cold hearted and cruel but actually, i only waved my wand once on a boy who wasnt even in my class. he wasnt just suay tat i was in a bad mood but it was becoz of his disrespect for his teacher, T. jia. i could hear her repeatedly shouting at him to go shower. he must have ignored her. i remembered how i stormed into their room with my wand in my hand. whacked hard at the back of his head and pointed it at his neck. i asked him sth very simple. "do you wan to listen to your teacher?"
i think at tat moment of time, i treated my wand as a knife. almost wanting to slash it and let him bleed to death.
when i returned to my room, the class asked if i was angry, 'coz i told them tat the wand will only appear when i m angry. and i was really angry with his rudeness, his arrogance. teachers are no pushover even if his teacher is kind to them. his attitude was overboard. and everyting boiled down to the teacher, she was too 'carefree'. my class wasnt perfect either. one monster is enuff to create hell. but i'm a reasonable person. you have time to study and also time to play. you can go crazy and enjoy yourselves ONCE you have finished your work. meaning the sch work and MY work.
children should be praised ONLY when they deserve them. i will reward them once in awhile WHEN they behaved themselves. they didnt create much problems and i had a pretty 'interesting' experience working with them. so, i wasnt a very bad teacher after all, hur? hahaz..
tis was a good head start. i switched to tutoring becoz of my studies and my way of work is stil the same, "do you want to listen to your teacher?"
