Teaching
Yes my dear readers, it has been such a long while since I last updated my blog but......
Here I am again!
It has been a very busy start of the year for me so that explains why I have not been updating my blog. There are new challenges, new classes that I have to manage. So far, things are not exactly rosy all the time but yup there are good times, definitely :) I must say that I am deeply encouraged by the level of motivation of my mentees and for these 2 modules, I have been extremely proud of them. Please keep it up, bowlers! My mentees have also been updating me about their lives whenever they see me so it is a good sign that our relationship is still going strong. I have "announcements" for my mentees though so bowlers, watch this space :)
Speaking of motivation, I have to say that it has been an extremely uphill task for me to motivate some of my students. Honestly, sometimes I doubt my abilities to push the right button with my students. No matter what I do or say, the students remain unmoved and choose to continue to be unmotivated and unenthusiastic. What can I do? I know I am not the best teacher around but I do try my best to teach, to touch the hearts of my students. Alas, it does not seem to be happening.
On the other hand, I am also extremely heartened by the fact that some of the students I taught last year still remember me and they still chat with me when they see me along the corridors. Of course, there are some who ignore me even when we cross each other's path. I think that is very sad :( A simple hello will really make my day. That is all that I ask for. During the December holidays, I met my boys from my previous schools and man, they are going to report for NS soon! They have invited me to visit them during the Family Visit Day and I am going to try my best to make it. These are the kids whom I have gone through thick and thin with. They trusted me and shared their worst fears and secrets with me. Though we had our rocky times where I had to scold them to wake them up, they knew why I was doing it and never blamed me for it. In fact, our relationship became stronger. Two years have passed and I never fail to receive SMS messages from them on Teachers' Day. Occasionally, I chat with them over MSN when they are online to get the latest updates on their lives.
I ask myself if I will ever foster such strong ties with my students in SSS. It is still early to say but I really do hope that it will materialise. For me, teaching is only rewarding when students remember what I have done for them, not when they have achieved academic success.
Here I am again!
It has been a very busy start of the year for me so that explains why I have not been updating my blog. There are new challenges, new classes that I have to manage. So far, things are not exactly rosy all the time but yup there are good times, definitely :) I must say that I am deeply encouraged by the level of motivation of my mentees and for these 2 modules, I have been extremely proud of them. Please keep it up, bowlers! My mentees have also been updating me about their lives whenever they see me so it is a good sign that our relationship is still going strong. I have "announcements" for my mentees though so bowlers, watch this space :)
Speaking of motivation, I have to say that it has been an extremely uphill task for me to motivate some of my students. Honestly, sometimes I doubt my abilities to push the right button with my students. No matter what I do or say, the students remain unmoved and choose to continue to be unmotivated and unenthusiastic. What can I do? I know I am not the best teacher around but I do try my best to teach, to touch the hearts of my students. Alas, it does not seem to be happening.
On the other hand, I am also extremely heartened by the fact that some of the students I taught last year still remember me and they still chat with me when they see me along the corridors. Of course, there are some who ignore me even when we cross each other's path. I think that is very sad :( A simple hello will really make my day. That is all that I ask for. During the December holidays, I met my boys from my previous schools and man, they are going to report for NS soon! They have invited me to visit them during the Family Visit Day and I am going to try my best to make it. These are the kids whom I have gone through thick and thin with. They trusted me and shared their worst fears and secrets with me. Though we had our rocky times where I had to scold them to wake them up, they knew why I was doing it and never blamed me for it. In fact, our relationship became stronger. Two years have passed and I never fail to receive SMS messages from them on Teachers' Day. Occasionally, I chat with them over MSN when they are online to get the latest updates on their lives.
I ask myself if I will ever foster such strong ties with my students in SSS. It is still early to say but I really do hope that it will materialise. For me, teaching is only rewarding when students remember what I have done for them, not when they have achieved academic success.
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