A Happy Teacher

Just realised that I've not been blogging for sometimes. Way too busy these past weeks. Many things to catch up on.

Everything is good thus far. Class is treating me very well. I feel enjoyable walking in every morning seeing the little ones listening to me attentively and understanding the concepts taught. No wonder they always said that in order to teach, we must first learn to manage the class in order for learning to take place. No doubt I took two weeks just to set up rules and regulations when I first started and I was slow in my syllabus but now, everything is paying off slowly and I began to see parents thanking me for all the little efforts done for the children.

Last year when i first started, I was really bad at managing the class. I really thank all my colleagues for all the mentoring and tips. Besides, I also learnt alot of new methods to teach simple but important topics. To think that my parents used to tell me that 'more than' means 'plus' and 'less than' means 'minus'. It's so confusing as a kid now that I think about it... so 4 is 3 less than ____? If I use the method my parents taught me to teach the kids, I'm sure they will tell me it's one.... So my colleagues and me have been studying on how best to teach them accurately and correctly. Even for simple things like multiplications, no more struggles to memorise it, we can use the fingers and lattice method to solve problems. You know what I'm thinking now? I should open up a tuition centre just to pass on these tactics since Singaporean parents are so kiasu.

A little glimpse of an email sent by a thankful parent here. It is because of such encouragement that I felt that teaching is really meaningful. =)

"Thank you for your acceptance and recognition on my child's strength and weakness. Your willingness to stretch him and making him to be a responsible IT and attendance monitor had also boosted his ability in wanting to be a responsible child. Your words and teachings had influenced and impacted my child very much. From time to time, in the midst of our conversation, he would always tells us, "Ms Ho says this, Ms Ho teachs me this " Like recently, he used this new word "Famished", "Mommy i'm famished! Please give me some food to eat!" Ha!!!We were surprised and asked him where did he learn it from, he said Ms Ho had taught him to use this vocab..He had enjoyed your lessons so much that when he laid down on his bed, supposedly to sleep, he would start to laugh and laugh as he recalled what had happened or what had you said or taught during class time. I am amused by his actions as well as feeling happy for my child."

I guess this is just a form of assurance that money cannot buy. I'm happy! =)