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Love letter / Tuesday, January 20, 2009 @ 7:18 PM
Its Tuesday and this week seems less stress for me compared to last week. Perhaps everyone is so looking forward to the long weekend and thus all work are being postponed till after it. Which means after that, it will be madness all over again! Haha. The other programmes that I am running like the Buddy Reading and PSG have not even gone into any planning so I thank God that my partners in crime at work are just as spontaneous as me!
Which reminds me, if you are not well, take MC! This week I was sneezed at by so many boys and even after the numerous nagging to cover their mouth when they sneeze / cough, they still forget! Furthermore our classroom is air conditioned so I have to be the queen of immunity if I can abstain myself from being sick. Woohoo.
I was seriously emotionally drained yesterday when I had to stop War of the P6s in my class. The fighting, arguing really annoyed me you know. I am here to teach not to discipline. Therefore after asking the 2 boys to leave, I was left with some alone time with K whom I suspect has a lot of negative things going on at home. I was not scolding but I wanted him to be clear on why he is here and why I am here. I felt that I really needed to find out what is the real reason he is so angry and after speaking for a few minutes, tears started flowing. I think this is the first time I made someone cry without shouting / scolding. I am talking about children yah do not get the wrong idea. Haha.
I was also so glad to see the 'abang' Wes to stop by my class in the afternoon. I think something happened between the transition from P6 to Sec 1. Haha. It was so funny when he began complaining how tough it is in sec school yada yada yada and at the end of it I asked:No matter how tough it is, I am sure you are glad to be there instead of being retained here in primary school right? Haha. The boys are turning into teenagers and apart from feeling touched, I feel OLD. Hah.
Today I had to ask Caleb to be quiet and can you believe that this boy used to not speak at all? Anyway he is such a darling when asked to do seatwork. But when I started to mark his work in the afternoon, I saw this!
I guess as Asians we seldom tell others how much we care about them. We do all sorts of things, to send them this message but perhaps that person's love language is not 'acts of service' or 'receiving gifts'. Perhaps its 'words of affirmation'.
I am also begining to think that K started tearing when I said that I care about him and I want to see him succeed in class yesterday.
Therefore I want to tell YOU that I am falling in love with YOU. I cannot seem to stop it. I do not know what to do about it. Ya Allah make it easier for me and give me the clarity that I seek from You Ya Allah. ;)
Mid week Wednesday. Woohoo. Time is scarily going by really fast.
Love letter
Its Tuesday and this week seems less stress for me compared to last week. Perhaps everyone is so looking forward to the long weekend and thus all work are being postponed till after it. Which means after that, it will be madness all over again! Haha. The other programmes that I am running like the Buddy Reading and PSG have not even gone into any planning so I thank God that my partners in crime at work are just as spontaneous as me!
Which reminds me, if you are not well, take MC! This week I was sneezed at by so many boys and even after the numerous nagging to cover their mouth when they sneeze / cough, they still forget! Furthermore our classroom is air conditioned so I have to be the queen of immunity if I can abstain myself from being sick. Woohoo.
I was seriously emotionally drained yesterday when I had to stop War of the P6s in my class. The fighting, arguing really annoyed me you know. I am here to teach not to discipline. Therefore after asking the 2 boys to leave, I was left with some alone time with K whom I suspect has a lot of negative things going on at home. I was not scolding but I wanted him to be clear on why he is here and why I am here. I felt that I really needed to find out what is the real reason he is so angry and after speaking for a few minutes, tears started flowing. I think this is the first time I made someone cry without shouting / scolding. I am talking about children yah do not get the wrong idea. Haha.
I was also so glad to see the 'abang' Wes to stop by my class in the afternoon. I think something happened between the transition from P6 to Sec 1. Haha. It was so funny when he began complaining how tough it is in sec school yada yada yada and at the end of it I asked:No matter how tough it is, I am sure you are glad to be there instead of being retained here in primary school right? Haha. The boys are turning into teenagers and apart from feeling touched, I feel OLD. Hah.
Today I had to ask Caleb to be quiet and can you believe that this boy used to not speak at all? Anyway he is such a darling when asked to do seatwork. But when I started to mark his work in the afternoon, I saw this!
Oh dear, of all people, I would never have guessed that he would give me this literal answer! :p
At the start of the year I wanted to write a love letter to my students. I did and I have since laminated it and pasted it at the notice board. I made everyone read it and for those who can't I read it for them. I think the boys seldom hear nice things about themselves from adults and believe it or not, some of them blush after reading this letter! So cute right?
I guess as Asians we seldom tell others how much we care about them. We do all sorts of things, to send them this message but perhaps that person's love language is not 'acts of service' or 'receiving gifts'. Perhaps its 'words of affirmation'.
I am also begining to think that K started tearing when I said that I care about him and I want to see him succeed in class yesterday.
Therefore I want to tell YOU that I am falling in love with YOU. I cannot seem to stop it. I do not know what to do about it. Ya Allah make it easier for me and give me the clarity that I seek from You Ya Allah. ;)
Mid week Wednesday. Woohoo. Time is scarily going by really fast.
