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Sunday, May 27, 2007

chatting with joel online about studying hard for chemistry and doing well now. oh Thanks Joel :) and ive finally quit caravan, not sure if it was a mistake since i saw marcus starting lessons there last wk :/ i think im insecure la. ANYWAY. stumbled upon two SAJC chem teachers' blogs, shall not reveal their names cos not very nice but i quite encouraged by what they wrote to put in more effort for Chem!


quote "Oh yeah, and you know what? Mrs Leow told me even the photocopy shop lady Jenny is worried about their results!!! I was like, wow. She's not even really a member of the school staff!"

quote "at my wit's end, sian, disappointed, lost, all such negative feelings you name it you have it. after talking to the rest, i gathered that i should channel my energy elsewhere i.e. on positive thinking of how to improve their grades. i also feel a tad bit guilty of being less focused during lectures and tutorials for the past weeks after bt cos of my mood. the problem is, as the talk went on, the attitude displayed, the responses of students, the indifference... it only made me feel like crying"

quote "tutorial followed. the truth is, my blood was not boiling despite of everything. i was only very very very very saddened. that i do not have the influence to allow my students to see the big picture. if i send students out cos they did not do their work, all i expect is that they go out, sit down, get some work done and prove to me that they want to try. why can't i even achieved this?? i'm not blaming on anyone but myself for this. i'm fine with all of them, in the 1st place i'm just doing what i'm already doing. however, can i reap any results from these????? time and time again i'm proven otherwise. i feel so ashamed when i looked at the class rankings across the cohort."

quote "and i look at myself, i feel like an idiot you know. running after people for consultation. haha. if they dun want to come, why do i bother? if they dun want to do work, why do i care? i realized i have been wasting all my time and getting myself upset and all. chasing people to hand in tutorial. if they dun want to submit, i just have one less script to mark right? so why do i feel anxious and nag and nag till they hand in something?"



WAH. So stressful being a teacher, its like being a student for another how many more years of your life. Now, DONT YOU FEEL ENCOURAGED TO STUDY HARDER AND DO MORE CHEM!

everybody say yes

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