2 more days...

it's been awhile since i last wrote.

quite a number of things have happened since then... let's see where i shall begin.

i am currently using a shared computer as i am slowly 'de-kitting' (army term) and packing up my stuff, so that i can bring them home for temporary storage before shipping off to my new posting. where to? don't know... previous practicum batches say that their postings came out at this time, but it seems that ours is a little delayed.

where do i want to go? dunno, nevermind either. it's already decided - so stay tuned for the next step i guess!

so what has happened since then...

i guess the teacher's life is pretty much routine, and it's thanks to individual classes and students that we get some variation. so in brief, life has been - do lesson plan - teach - revise - chase work - collect work - mark work - give feedback - be observed - and the cycle repeats itself.

anything interesting? i've finished all the 10 observations, which is great! on track for a decent pass, so that's pretty good too. but the practicum has been fruitful EVEN without the observations and the necessary grading.

managed to chalk up a fair bit of resources, as well as strategies for classroom management - mostly thanks to the two secondary two classes. interesting characters, each and everyone of you!

i hope that your exams have gone fairly well. i got to mark a section of the 2N Geography paper. a little disappointed with the answers - so you guys (and girls) better work harder yeah? haven't heard anything from the english papers though... let's see if you performed better than the other classes!

alright... it's almost time to go... home! this is the best part of teaching! doing nothing... WHILE waiting for the mountains of exam papers to mark.

like i've said before... "your 1.5hours of misery results in many many more hours of marking for us."

it'll be another month before i share in this ritual...