Breathe.. Di.. Breathe..
Finally I have a free day for myself! Not exactly free but at least I can idle around in the afternoon and take my time to go to school later. I've been very caught up with school, tuitions and lectures. Let me slowly fill you in.
Yea, morning lesson. I'm teaching NA and NT Sec 2 Math and I must say its been challenging. I'm not very, very good at controlling the class and keeping them quiet. I think I really did a lousy job for those 2 classes that I'm taking now. But, deep down, I wasn't angry with them at all. I just feel really disappointed and upset that those kids who really want to study but can't study well because I have to stop once in a while to keep the class quiet before continuing. It is really hard to keep the balance of maintaining discipline and at the same time getting your job done.
Therefore, I always offer my after school time to clarify their doubts and even do their homework with them so that they can grasp the concept right. I feel that I had to do all those to give them back the time I've lost while maintaining discipline in class. Of course, at the end of the day, I feel happy everytime as students are interested in learning after all.
But, staying back after school will only mean that I have shorter/no rest time in the intermission time between my school and tuitions. At times, I had only 15 minutes to bathe and get out of my house for tuition right after coming back from school. Tutoring requires me to focus and sometimes I find myself raising my voice in my tutee's house because I forgot to adjust from my usual loud volume in school to one-to-one coaching. Hahaha.
Oh well, after tuition is always the usual, going for lectures and by then, I had to muster up all I have left to focus and absorb as much as I can in class, since I really do not have much time left for revision.
Weekends are just as busy as my weekdays. Saturday mornings are always booked for tuition and thankfully my afternoon and night are free for going out. Sunday, 3 sessions of tuition and tennis training at night. So before I know it, Monday waves to me again.
I really feel like letting go of some tutees but most of them are very earnest in learning and the only thing that I can do for them is to teach and make them learn better. Especially when I clearly know that school is sometimes not the best environment for learning academic syllabus but is an awesome environment for learning all sorts of nonsense.
It is an irony that I'm a tutor as well as a teacher.
At times, I hate myself as a tutor when my student said that he doesn't want to listen in class cos his tutor has taught him the topic before.
At times, I hate myself as a teacher because I know that in this kind of environment nowadays, engaging a tutor seems like a must in order to do well in school.
Sometimes, there is only this much that I can do. I wish I can do much more. Much, much more.
This could be an avenue.
Yea, morning lesson. I'm teaching NA and NT Sec 2 Math and I must say its been challenging. I'm not very, very good at controlling the class and keeping them quiet. I think I really did a lousy job for those 2 classes that I'm taking now. But, deep down, I wasn't angry with them at all. I just feel really disappointed and upset that those kids who really want to study but can't study well because I have to stop once in a while to keep the class quiet before continuing. It is really hard to keep the balance of maintaining discipline and at the same time getting your job done.
Therefore, I always offer my after school time to clarify their doubts and even do their homework with them so that they can grasp the concept right. I feel that I had to do all those to give them back the time I've lost while maintaining discipline in class. Of course, at the end of the day, I feel happy everytime as students are interested in learning after all.
But, staying back after school will only mean that I have shorter/no rest time in the intermission time between my school and tuitions. At times, I had only 15 minutes to bathe and get out of my house for tuition right after coming back from school. Tutoring requires me to focus and sometimes I find myself raising my voice in my tutee's house because I forgot to adjust from my usual loud volume in school to one-to-one coaching. Hahaha.
Oh well, after tuition is always the usual, going for lectures and by then, I had to muster up all I have left to focus and absorb as much as I can in class, since I really do not have much time left for revision.
Weekends are just as busy as my weekdays. Saturday mornings are always booked for tuition and thankfully my afternoon and night are free for going out. Sunday, 3 sessions of tuition and tennis training at night. So before I know it, Monday waves to me again.
I really feel like letting go of some tutees but most of them are very earnest in learning and the only thing that I can do for them is to teach and make them learn better. Especially when I clearly know that school is sometimes not the best environment for learning academic syllabus but is an awesome environment for learning all sorts of nonsense.
It is an irony that I'm a tutor as well as a teacher.
At times, I hate myself as a tutor when my student said that he doesn't want to listen in class cos his tutor has taught him the topic before.
At times, I hate myself as a teacher because I know that in this kind of environment nowadays, engaging a tutor seems like a must in order to do well in school.
Sometimes, there is only this much that I can do. I wish I can do much more. Much, much more.
This could be an avenue.
posted by Di @ 3:54 PM
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