Wow, almost halfway there.. 6 more weeks to GO!!! really counting down! busy everyday.. very tired every night. Which is good, cause I had no time to hu si luan xiang, and my thyroid seemed not to be bothering me at all. :)
Have been doing well so far. Observations have been fine, have done 4/10 observations. My math CT said i will prob get a credit. Yay. At least i know, i can teach! Hahaha. But one thing that i hate is, i always go out of tune when i raise my voice. My students can laugh at me a few times each lesson, how diu lian! But I am ok, be teacher must be thick skin, so whatever lah! Another difficult thing is chasing homework from them!! ARGH. really have no idea how to get them to hand in their work. :( I really idolise teachers who can chase students to hand in their work on time, and those who can keep the class really quiet during lessons! For me, my math class can be noisy sometimes. But they can be really good when my ct is around. When my NIE sup came that day, they purposely made alot of funny comments and were so restless!! they purposely one. i asked them where the centre of the circle was and one of them told me it was at my tummy!!! ARGH. But my sup seemed ok, she even laughed during the lesson..
WEEK 5 I will survive!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Practicum Week 3
It has only been week 3. so slow!! Haha.
Practicum so far has been fine. Both CTs say that I am doing well, and that gives me more stress to do even better, and I keep telling myself I shouldnt go below my usual standard!! I am giving myself quite alot of pressure. OMG. wanna faint.
Yup, my classes are nice to teach in general, but the homework part is sucky, esp the chasing of homework and the marking of copied answers. Seem rather meaningless. Hais. they all are not interested in doing hw.. and i decided to restrict homework to once per week during the weekends.. if not i will have to chase for hw like mad!
Had some good and bad experiences in class, esp with this girl.. initially she refused to do any work, but after scolding me (cause i kept nagging at her) i think she felt guilty and she started doing her work. then i showed appreciation so her attitude became better, i hope for a long period. :) Overall i am still coping well with the class. feels good. But i always have the butterfly in the stomach feeling before entering class! ARGH.
Week 4 here i come!!
Today is our 5th anniversary.. we went to the flyer, shopped, bowled and had a sumptuous meal at the jap restaurant at RTC.
Practicum so far has been fine. Both CTs say that I am doing well, and that gives me more stress to do even better, and I keep telling myself I shouldnt go below my usual standard!! I am giving myself quite alot of pressure. OMG. wanna faint.
Yup, my classes are nice to teach in general, but the homework part is sucky, esp the chasing of homework and the marking of copied answers. Seem rather meaningless. Hais. they all are not interested in doing hw.. and i decided to restrict homework to once per week during the weekends.. if not i will have to chase for hw like mad!
Had some good and bad experiences in class, esp with this girl.. initially she refused to do any work, but after scolding me (cause i kept nagging at her) i think she felt guilty and she started doing her work. then i showed appreciation so her attitude became better, i hope for a long period. :) Overall i am still coping well with the class. feels good. But i always have the butterfly in the stomach feeling before entering class! ARGH.
Week 4 here i come!!
Today is our 5th anniversary.. we went to the flyer, shopped, bowled and had a sumptuous meal at the jap restaurant at RTC.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Practicum Week 2
Yeah! week 2 is over! 8 more weeks to go!
Initially, Meiping and I were sharing one pathetic table in the staff room. Meiping didnt even have space to put her legs while working on the table. Everytime students knock on the staff room door, we had to open it cause we were the nearest to it! And we have to help them to shout for the teacher's name to see if the teacher that they are looking for is ard. We felt really pathetic. However, our nice science HOD found us 2 seats at a cosy corner in the staff room. Now i can finally work in peace and comfort. :)
I started teaching my 2 own classes only on Thurs, and actually both classes were of good experience! They are both sec 3 express classes. My nightmares of noisy and uncooperative classes are over. But i have to be very careful, because now my CT is in the class with me, that may be the reason why they are so quiet while I was teaching... cuz when i entered the 1st class of express for relief, they were quite noisy when i was teaching. the class that im teaching is the 5th class n their behaviour seemed to be much better. My phy class is the 1st class n they are really lovely to teach. :) Super cooperative.
From the feedbacks from my ct, i had a good start with my classes. And hopefully I will progress well n maintain the class in an orderly manner.. its hard to say... when it comes to homework next week, things may change.
JIA YOU myselF!! and to all my frens/colleagues in practicum!
Initially, Meiping and I were sharing one pathetic table in the staff room. Meiping didnt even have space to put her legs while working on the table. Everytime students knock on the staff room door, we had to open it cause we were the nearest to it! And we have to help them to shout for the teacher's name to see if the teacher that they are looking for is ard. We felt really pathetic. However, our nice science HOD found us 2 seats at a cosy corner in the staff room. Now i can finally work in peace and comfort. :)
I started teaching my 2 own classes only on Thurs, and actually both classes were of good experience! They are both sec 3 express classes. My nightmares of noisy and uncooperative classes are over. But i have to be very careful, because now my CT is in the class with me, that may be the reason why they are so quiet while I was teaching... cuz when i entered the 1st class of express for relief, they were quite noisy when i was teaching. the class that im teaching is the 5th class n their behaviour seemed to be much better. My phy class is the 1st class n they are really lovely to teach. :) Super cooperative.
From the feedbacks from my ct, i had a good start with my classes. And hopefully I will progress well n maintain the class in an orderly manner.. its hard to say... when it comes to homework next week, things may change.
JIA YOU myselF!! and to all my frens/colleagues in practicum!
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Practicum Week 1
First week of practicum has passed! it was easy, cause I just had to observe the classes that my CTs are teaching. :) I really like my physics CT, he is the HOD of science. He's really helpful and friendly, someone that I can trust in school. So happy to have a nice CT. Almost as nice as Dr charles chew!! My math CT is also not bad :)
Yup, so next week i will have to start teaching! So scary!!! cant believe that after living for 24 years of my life, my heart still behaves like a child.. not strong enough to face the students and speak with confidence... I am really worried!! esp when the nice CT is looking at my teaching... i dun want to disappoint him as well. :( I must be brave, come on, i can do it!!
Next 8 weeks are gonna be real busy. Homework to mark, lesson plans to write, powerpt presetation to prepare, worksheet and test paper to set etc etc. BUSY!! AND TEACHING in front of many many ppl!! OMG.
Luckily Monday is a holiday! :) happy youth day!
Yup, so next week i will have to start teaching! So scary!!! cant believe that after living for 24 years of my life, my heart still behaves like a child.. not strong enough to face the students and speak with confidence... I am really worried!! esp when the nice CT is looking at my teaching... i dun want to disappoint him as well. :( I must be brave, come on, i can do it!!
Next 8 weeks are gonna be real busy. Homework to mark, lesson plans to write, powerpt presetation to prepare, worksheet and test paper to set etc etc. BUSY!! AND TEACHING in front of many many ppl!! OMG.
Luckily Monday is a holiday! :) happy youth day!
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