but I do not know who and where you are........... <
">
You can call me Noi! This blog consists of my thoughts. I am just a simple person with BIG dreams! Like the charcoal, hot pressure and extreme heat must be present in order to create a Diamond. I am in the exact same process.
The Lamp / TGIF / Think you. This success. / Repeated Actions / Quit worrying! / Alive and well / How prepared are we? / Power of choice / Make meaning / How time flies... /
Doing the right thing or be popular? / Saturday, April 21, 2007 @ 10:20 PM
Doing the right thing or be popular?
| You Will Be a Cool Parent |
 You seem to naturally know a lot about parenting, and you know what kids need. You can tell when it's time to let kids off the hook, and when it's time to lay down the law. While your parenting is modern and hip, it's not over the top. You know that there's nothing cool about a parent who acts like a teenager... or a drill sergeant! |
Would You Be a Cool Parent?
I thought this was a cool test. I am sure all of you once imagined how it will be like to be a parent one day, for those who are not yet anyway. This thought came up this week when I raised my voice to scold this boy who was misbehaving in class. I noticed one thing in my school. There isnt a day that passed by without the teachers screaming at the top of their voices. Thank goodness, my position and job relieves me of that, I do not scold the kids since most of them already have low self esteem.
I do not even know if I will ever be a parent since you need a husband to be a parent and that is seriously out of stock for me at the moment:p
On Friday, this boy, Daniel was so naughty that even after giving him a few warnings to return back to his seat, he refused and continued fooling around with the stuff in the room. I raised my voice and he seem shocked. He must be testing me. Wrong person to be messing with, my little boy. After that it was not easy to get him into the lesson as he was not in the mood. After a changed my tone of voice, everything went back to normal. Thank goodness. I really hate scolding the boy. It made me feel bad. Nevertheless, there should be certain rules in the class and I consider discipline very important especially during the initial stages of lessons.
I was reminded of the times, where pencil boxes fly across the room. Haha! I remembered being so angry at the kids for being noisy and I remembered feeling my blood pressure rushing to my head as that happened in my old workplace. So far, nothing like that has ever happened since we are trained to be more tolerant of the kids unusual behaviors. This tolerance comes from understanding and understanding comes from knowledge that I have gained. I am glad that I appear to the boys as the ' the teacher who is not so fierce', compared to the others anyway. However for one class of 30 Primary 2 students, I had to take over for a while because the teachers son was not well. They must be really testing me because the noise level was unbearable. They became silent when I slammed some books on the table and warned the boys that I will write down the names of boys who refused to be quiet and do their work.
Being popular and nice is great but doing the right thing is more important.
My observations for withdrawal sessions are all done, and on Thursday my NSC will be coming down for ICS observation. The last recording session with a boy was funny. My SCM, who was sitting in for the first time, was laughing away when this boy could not pronounce 'pu'. It became 'pa', 'pla', 'plu', 'p', and I ended up laughing myself. At certain point I felt this boy almost wanted to give up but after the laugh, he was ok. I think humour and laughter are a great cure in a tense situation. After the lesson ended as I was awaiting feedback from the SCM, she kept saying it was a good lesson, and even she herself learned a lot of things. She even wanted me to teach the other teachers about the floss rule! That wass really great to hear. Even my CT said the same thing but I think that even if I were to make mistakes, they would not be able to realise it because they were not trained in OG. I am SURE the people from DAS will somehow find a mistake or two in my lesson! Haha!
Anyway.
Friday PASE was super exciting! Naf and me got to sit in front because we were early. I must remember to muster enough courage to go out and share the next time. I always have something to share from the books and cds so I must make the initiative the next time. I will. I must. You know, I have never met anyone who speaks as passionately as Ender. When he speaks, everyone will listen, engrossed in his powerful words. He speaks about dream. We are are all given the ability to dream, therefore, to dream, we must. It is also very vital to share you dream with the right people. Sharing with the wrong people will make your life miserable as people always give their opinions as they are free.
The difference between the rich and poor is the way they think.
I am currently having a hard time trying to make my parents see things from my point of view. Sadly they are stuck thinking in the conventional way. We seriously think differently about finances! I was trying to make them understand the concept of asset and liability but people who have live longer on this Earth often thinks that they know more things than you. That is crap man because the world does not work like how it did 10, 20 or even 30 years ago. Change is happening all the time and if people do not change their thinking, they will be left behind.
Also, I have learnt to shut up during cab rides because from my experiences all these years, taxi drivers always think they the know a lot of things but in actual fact, they dont. Either that, or they have a lot of negative things to say about the government. My father, the taxi driver included.
In simpler terms, do not speak unnecessarily.
I guess after some time, I realise that there is no point talking to people who refuse to listen. What matters now is action. Action and results will make them change their mind. I cannot wait for that day to come when I make my success speech. I am so bursting to do STP and make that call to Samina and tell her, yes I made it.
That time will come. This will happen this year.
To Nurul dearie, I am sure there are greater things to come for you. It is just not going to be at THAT workplace so get ready to free yourself!
To my fellow SNOs, hang in there, we have 3 more weeks to go. We are specially chosen to do these great things, do not lose hope. Have a little faith;)
Eagle is the standard. Woohoo!
I do not even know if I will ever be a parent since you need a husband to be a parent and that is seriously out of stock for me at the moment:p
On Friday, this boy, Daniel was so naughty that even after giving him a few warnings to return back to his seat, he refused and continued fooling around with the stuff in the room. I raised my voice and he seem shocked. He must be testing me. Wrong person to be messing with, my little boy. After that it was not easy to get him into the lesson as he was not in the mood. After a changed my tone of voice, everything went back to normal. Thank goodness. I really hate scolding the boy. It made me feel bad. Nevertheless, there should be certain rules in the class and I consider discipline very important especially during the initial stages of lessons.
I was reminded of the times, where pencil boxes fly across the room. Haha! I remembered being so angry at the kids for being noisy and I remembered feeling my blood pressure rushing to my head as that happened in my old workplace. So far, nothing like that has ever happened since we are trained to be more tolerant of the kids unusual behaviors. This tolerance comes from understanding and understanding comes from knowledge that I have gained. I am glad that I appear to the boys as the ' the teacher who is not so fierce', compared to the others anyway. However for one class of 30 Primary 2 students, I had to take over for a while because the teachers son was not well. They must be really testing me because the noise level was unbearable. They became silent when I slammed some books on the table and warned the boys that I will write down the names of boys who refused to be quiet and do their work.
Being popular and nice is great but doing the right thing is more important.
My observations for withdrawal sessions are all done, and on Thursday my NSC will be coming down for ICS observation. The last recording session with a boy was funny. My SCM, who was sitting in for the first time, was laughing away when this boy could not pronounce 'pu'. It became 'pa', 'pla', 'plu', 'p', and I ended up laughing myself. At certain point I felt this boy almost wanted to give up but after the laugh, he was ok. I think humour and laughter are a great cure in a tense situation. After the lesson ended as I was awaiting feedback from the SCM, she kept saying it was a good lesson, and even she herself learned a lot of things. She even wanted me to teach the other teachers about the floss rule! That wass really great to hear. Even my CT said the same thing but I think that even if I were to make mistakes, they would not be able to realise it because they were not trained in OG. I am SURE the people from DAS will somehow find a mistake or two in my lesson! Haha!
Anyway.
Friday PASE was super exciting! Naf and me got to sit in front because we were early. I must remember to muster enough courage to go out and share the next time. I always have something to share from the books and cds so I must make the initiative the next time. I will. I must. You know, I have never met anyone who speaks as passionately as Ender. When he speaks, everyone will listen, engrossed in his powerful words. He speaks about dream. We are are all given the ability to dream, therefore, to dream, we must. It is also very vital to share you dream with the right people. Sharing with the wrong people will make your life miserable as people always give their opinions as they are free.
The difference between the rich and poor is the way they think.
I am currently having a hard time trying to make my parents see things from my point of view. Sadly they are stuck thinking in the conventional way. We seriously think differently about finances! I was trying to make them understand the concept of asset and liability but people who have live longer on this Earth often thinks that they know more things than you. That is crap man because the world does not work like how it did 10, 20 or even 30 years ago. Change is happening all the time and if people do not change their thinking, they will be left behind.
Also, I have learnt to shut up during cab rides because from my experiences all these years, taxi drivers always think they the know a lot of things but in actual fact, they dont. Either that, or they have a lot of negative things to say about the government. My father, the taxi driver included.
Learn this golden rule:
Do not speak if you cannot improve the silence.
Do not speak if you cannot improve the silence.
In simpler terms, do not speak unnecessarily.
I guess after some time, I realise that there is no point talking to people who refuse to listen. What matters now is action. Action and results will make them change their mind. I cannot wait for that day to come when I make my success speech. I am so bursting to do STP and make that call to Samina and tell her, yes I made it.
That time will come. This will happen this year.
To Nurul dearie, I am sure there are greater things to come for you. It is just not going to be at THAT workplace so get ready to free yourself!
To my fellow SNOs, hang in there, we have 3 more weeks to go. We are specially chosen to do these great things, do not lose hope. Have a little faith;)
Eagle is the standard. Woohoo!
