busy life!!!

A month of 2010 has passed. So quickly! Time really flies when it comes to work. I m now slowly getting used to stepping into class and doing all the scolding n nagging. And I have also come to realise that I really do HATE marking. Before I was a teacher, I always thought marking is the most fun part in a teacher's job. And now it is the most sickening part. Marking copied homework, untidy work to the point that you have to squint and search for corrections, little minus signs that are missing, is REALLY REALLY frustrating. Marking test papers is even worse, because the truth of whether the students have been doing and understanding their hw properly comes to light. The disgusting and scary truth.

Overall, I cant say that I like my job. I dislike the nature of the job, I have tons and endless of things to do everytime. And as teacher, we have to be involved and active in many different comittees etc. And unmotivated students are really a challenge that I have not been able to deal with properly yet.  :( But I cant say that I hate my job too.. there are students that I really enjoy teaching and seeing in class. Those who are willing to learn, responsive and look happy to be in my class.. my sec 2 Topaz, i love them so much.

SIGH. It is really tiring to work! HAHA... i wish i can just slack throughout my life!! Wahaha. But then again, life will be quite meaningless, and I will have NO MONEY! :P

My wedding is drawing near. Weekends are just too short, need to buy new year clothes, prepare for wedding, do some work related stuff such as preparing for lessons ETC. TIRED!!!

It has been 4 days of work! Wah. I am so overwhelmed by the many many events happening in school. The ongoing ones, upcoming ones, etc!! There are just so many events happening in school. omg. for the first 3 days, we had department meetings, sec 1 camp which i wasnt involved, and stuff. and i was quite stressed at the amount of work teachers have to do. Set test, exams, organise events, cca, attend courses, work appraisals, notice boards, enrichments, remedials etc.. the list is non exhaustive. After wednesday's meeting, I was so "filled to the brim" that tears just kept flowing while i was waiting for daryl to pick me up from his busy day at work too. lol. I dunno why i so stressed for what!!

Classroom management is still ok for me! i think partly cause i m taking all the express classes. But i guess i pissed my math class students when i decided to use part of cme's time for math.. and i forced them to buy the cme file which i dont know if i will ever ask them to use.. they kept groaning and moaning about buying n not using them at all in class and complained that i did math during cme.. haha... it was only the first lesson ma, and there was nothing much i could do also.. :P

Brand new 2010

Cant believe it. My dec holidays has come to an end. Tomr I will be officially stepping into school as a permanent teacher! Of course it will be an exciting day, but I am worried and anxious more than excited.

I don't aspire to do very well in my career given my introverted personality and I dont want to really aim high. But I want to see myself progress well in the school. I want the students to enjoy my lessons and want to be a better teacher each day. I want to have really good classroom management skills too. Well.. just have to see how it goes! Good luck to all my nie batch teachers!