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TGIF / Friday, April 13, 2007 @ 5:10 PM
You know your life is pathetic when you are counting down to the weekend. Life is even more pathetic when you are counting down to payday. That has been what is happening few weeks. Thank goodness I do not have have the office hours restrictions. Basically we can go home when school is over. That is great because now I know that I can stp evenings and nights.
This week has been extremely meaningful to me. It has been hectic but at the same time I make sure that I enjoy what I do. My 3 boys are doing so fantastic and 2 of them are now at /ck/. This, in the period of 2 weeks, seeing them everyday for 30 minutes. In fact, if not for the topical tests happenning this week (which resulted in me missing lessons with them), they could have reached /dge/ or even /tch/. Their blending skills have improved tremendously and I am just so proud of them. Do not forget that I started from basic sounds of the alphabet with the boys since they have really poor phonological awareness. In that short period of time, I have accomplished so much and I am so thankful for that. However, there is still so much room for improvement and I shall be working towards that.
One of the boys that I get for my case is this boy who has no home support at all. He comes to school late because no one wake him and his brother up. Their mum is working night shift. I focused on positive reinforcement and every time he behave well, I give him 2 star sticker. Once his page is full of star stickers, he can choose to take home a pencil or eraser (very nice ones of course). This boy was actually muttering to himself ways to make sure he comes to school everyday so that he will not miss lesson with me. Initially I told him that the more times he sees me for lessons, the faster he will get the pencils. Isnt that heartwarming? What was even more heartwarming was this incident. I was marking his sound spelling worksheet and as you know, in OG we do it in such a way that the child will get all the answers right. I was marking when he said that he has never gotten so many ticks on his paper. That was just so touching to me.
In my relentless effort to make sure I get a good grade for TP, I realise that it is never about the grade. It never was. It is about the impact I have on these boys. I do not scold the boys, because they seldom misbehave in my class. Isnt that simply fantastic? Another wonderful incident happened after my recording of observation with Daniel. My CT, the LSC said in a post lesson conference that she has been teaching Daniel for 2 years in Learning Support but nothing like what she saw in my lesson. He is actually able to read the text and spell correctly. Of course the text are controlled and I do not include anything that I have not taught. This made my day as I know that I do make a difference. However it was not me, it was the boys that did it. I was only there to elevate their undiscovered potential.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
John Lubbock
Now that I have almost completed my 4 recordings, I just have to settle the nitty gritty stuffs in the TP file and I can get back into focusing onto making me rich. I know some of you might think I am such a money minded person but the truth is, which part of your lfie is not governed by money? My dream is not to think about money because there is no worries tied to it. Is that not logical?
Wed open meeting was so exciting. As usual when Eddie shows the plan, I kick myself for not having a guest there. At the end of the function I saw Ian and Ryan with Eddie and Ryan was shaking Eddies hand and saying "That was awesome." I have never seen a son congratulating a parent. Never. Until now. In fact when they were talking, they look more like brothers and not like father and sons. It must be the stress-less life that they lead. I want that too.
I shall get it.
I am getting it.
TGIF
You know your life is pathetic when you are counting down to the weekend. Life is even more pathetic when you are counting down to payday. That has been what is happening few weeks. Thank goodness I do not have have the office hours restrictions. Basically we can go home when school is over. That is great because now I know that I can stp evenings and nights.
This week has been extremely meaningful to me. It has been hectic but at the same time I make sure that I enjoy what I do. My 3 boys are doing so fantastic and 2 of them are now at /ck/. This, in the period of 2 weeks, seeing them everyday for 30 minutes. In fact, if not for the topical tests happenning this week (which resulted in me missing lessons with them), they could have reached /dge/ or even /tch/. Their blending skills have improved tremendously and I am just so proud of them. Do not forget that I started from basic sounds of the alphabet with the boys since they have really poor phonological awareness. In that short period of time, I have accomplished so much and I am so thankful for that. However, there is still so much room for improvement and I shall be working towards that.
One of the boys that I get for my case is this boy who has no home support at all. He comes to school late because no one wake him and his brother up. Their mum is working night shift. I focused on positive reinforcement and every time he behave well, I give him 2 star sticker. Once his page is full of star stickers, he can choose to take home a pencil or eraser (very nice ones of course). This boy was actually muttering to himself ways to make sure he comes to school everyday so that he will not miss lesson with me. Initially I told him that the more times he sees me for lessons, the faster he will get the pencils. Isnt that heartwarming? What was even more heartwarming was this incident. I was marking his sound spelling worksheet and as you know, in OG we do it in such a way that the child will get all the answers right. I was marking when he said that he has never gotten so many ticks on his paper. That was just so touching to me.
In my relentless effort to make sure I get a good grade for TP, I realise that it is never about the grade. It never was. It is about the impact I have on these boys. I do not scold the boys, because they seldom misbehave in my class. Isnt that simply fantastic? Another wonderful incident happened after my recording of observation with Daniel. My CT, the LSC said in a post lesson conference that she has been teaching Daniel for 2 years in Learning Support but nothing like what she saw in my lesson. He is actually able to read the text and spell correctly. Of course the text are controlled and I do not include anything that I have not taught. This made my day as I know that I do make a difference. However it was not me, it was the boys that did it. I was only there to elevate their undiscovered potential.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
John Lubbock
Now that I have almost completed my 4 recordings, I just have to settle the nitty gritty stuffs in the TP file and I can get back into focusing onto making me rich. I know some of you might think I am such a money minded person but the truth is, which part of your lfie is not governed by money? My dream is not to think about money because there is no worries tied to it. Is that not logical?
Wed open meeting was so exciting. As usual when Eddie shows the plan, I kick myself for not having a guest there. At the end of the function I saw Ian and Ryan with Eddie and Ryan was shaking Eddies hand and saying "That was awesome." I have never seen a son congratulating a parent. Never. Until now. In fact when they were talking, they look more like brothers and not like father and sons. It must be the stress-less life that they lead. I want that too.
I shall get it.
I am getting it.
