today was my first 'official encounter' with them. Parents of 13 out of the 24 kids came and we started at 9 and ended at 12 noon.
i had a jimo walk back to my shack after the whole thing was over.
their faces. their facial expressions were translated into words like worried, disappointed, despair, helplessness, disheartened.... etc etc etc.
some of them were happy. a few of them. i praised their kids, kind of lavishly because i think those students deserved that. and i appreciated the effort they have put in and i know they can go far if they keep it that way.
some told me about the books, the vitamins, the supplements they bought for their children. they were disappointed because their effort amounts to nothing.
some asked me what the school is doing to help the students. why the teachers never monitored the students during the afternoon and night study time. sorry, there's no baby-sitters in school.
my students are 16.
probably they are too concerned about their children that they have forgotten how it felt to be a 16-year-old. when i was 16, i don't like to be forced to do anything. i felt that at that age, i am old enough and capable enough to position myself in a way that will help me to do well in all subjects. in short, you should be self-motivated enough to want to perform well because you know you are not dull-witted. parents and teachers cannot be always telling and reminding the students to study. once in a while, yes, students need to be pushed and challenged. i find it meaningless when students do something halfheartedly because all the time they are being pushed to do so. the desire to learn and excel should come from the heart.
and not be settled with that kind of rut they are (i am) in.
personally, to me, a teacher's job - besides teaching and enabling the students to understand all that's in the syllabus, is showing them there's a vast sea of knowledge beyond the textbooks and reference books, inspire them to thirst and hunger for knowledge and encourage them to work a way to get it. that's LIFE. and i called that EDUCATION. not scoring strings of A's but actually deep inside, it's empty. some might think that my kind of philosophy is crap all the way. but that's how i do things. i don't want them to admire me for the things i know (not that i know a lot, although relatively 'a lot' to them) but i want them to know that they can also do what i am doing and can do even better.
it's not fair to compare them with students in the other side of my world because Sue Sylvester reminded me that not all students were given the same opportunities. but they do need to know at the moment, they really can't match up with those kids. and so, they had better do something about it, not just for the sake of matching up with others but for their own sake.
if you can't feel it still.. i quite love my students, esp my 4Z, probably because i am the form teacher and we kind of click...
i had a jimo walk back to my shack after the whole thing was over.
their faces. their facial expressions were translated into words like worried, disappointed, despair, helplessness, disheartened.... etc etc etc.
some of them were happy. a few of them. i praised their kids, kind of lavishly because i think those students deserved that. and i appreciated the effort they have put in and i know they can go far if they keep it that way.
some told me about the books, the vitamins, the supplements they bought for their children. they were disappointed because their effort amounts to nothing.
some asked me what the school is doing to help the students. why the teachers never monitored the students during the afternoon and night study time. sorry, there's no baby-sitters in school.
my students are 16.
probably they are too concerned about their children that they have forgotten how it felt to be a 16-year-old. when i was 16, i don't like to be forced to do anything. i felt that at that age, i am old enough and capable enough to position myself in a way that will help me to do well in all subjects. in short, you should be self-motivated enough to want to perform well because you know you are not dull-witted. parents and teachers cannot be always telling and reminding the students to study. once in a while, yes, students need to be pushed and challenged. i find it meaningless when students do something halfheartedly because all the time they are being pushed to do so. the desire to learn and excel should come from the heart.
and not be settled with that kind of rut they are (i am) in.
personally, to me, a teacher's job - besides teaching and enabling the students to understand all that's in the syllabus, is showing them there's a vast sea of knowledge beyond the textbooks and reference books, inspire them to thirst and hunger for knowledge and encourage them to work a way to get it. that's LIFE. and i called that EDUCATION. not scoring strings of A's but actually deep inside, it's empty. some might think that my kind of philosophy is crap all the way. but that's how i do things. i don't want them to admire me for the things i know (not that i know a lot, although relatively 'a lot' to them) but i want them to know that they can also do what i am doing and can do even better.
it's not fair to compare them with students in the other side of my world because Sue Sylvester reminded me that not all students were given the same opportunities. but they do need to know at the moment, they really can't match up with those kids. and so, they had better do something about it, not just for the sake of matching up with others but for their own sake.
if you can't feel it still.. i quite love my students, esp my 4Z, probably because i am the form teacher and we kind of click...
and i really hope they can do well in the future.
i finally said it.
2 comments:
oh no.. Jia Hui staying in Lahad Datu d... She's in Love!! The Power of Love!!!
oh really? ;)
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