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Its worth it. / Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 11:44 PM
I apologize for the lack of updates. These 2 weeks were really madness for me and by the time I reach home at night, I am usually too tired to type. There are soooooooooooooooooooo many things happening and I really hate that I was not able to spend some time here to write it all down. I do not want to be one of those people who just skip through life's events and then forget to appreciate the little things that made us happy. I needed time for reflection and blogging for me is reflection time.
Last Thursday was the St. Awards ceremony in school. Frankly, I was suprised at the results of some of my boys. SP and me really felt like proud parents and its really amazing that even boys with special needs CAN top classes and get high marks.
My P3 boys never fail to make me go 'awwww' because no matter how noisy they can be at times, they are never rude and they know how to read my body language when I am angry. Plus, most of them still look so cute to me, its hard to stay angry at them. My dear smartie John tops his class and Joseph Lim is 2nd place in his class! For Joseph, he was only second to Gab (SP's student) who tops the class! Wow!! Proud moment 1.
P4 level. I have said many times that this batch is the weakest of them all and I know when its time for them to take the PSLE, it will be a very stressful period for me. However, I was elated when Mel top his class! This is a boy who struggles to even decode words!! Proud moment 2.
P5. Total suprise. I remember when WJ first came to me for classes last year, he had this american accent (even though he denies it haha!) and looked really cute with his glasses. He was very obedient and did everything I asked but he cannot spell for nuts!!! His spelling was atrocious and I remember looking through his written compo full of spelling errors (he failed btw). However, that night, to see him go on stage for 2nd place in class was really rewarding for me. Proud moment 3.
P6 level. This level was the most challenging to me, not because they were weak, but because they keep fighting with each other in class, thus disrupting my lesssons and I end up showing the fiercer side of me. In fact, this was the only batch that I totally lost it, I remembered being so mad at them, I threw a pen on the floor when one of them was rude to me. Another one actually let a rubber band on my hand go and it was really painful and I ended shouting at this boy. I never shout at my boys..so it was really a rare event for them to see me like that.
Nat was also one of my first 'babies' being one of the first few students I took up for praticum and I still remember him as this cute boy with small eyes who cannot see the paper and his words are all together with no spaces in between.
Now, seeing him topping his class joyful! At the time I am writing this, he also just received his PSLE results and not only he tops the foundation level in the school, he did so well that he was able to qualify to go to normal academic!! I was so happy to tears (literally) So tak glam lah. He is like my first 'project' with lots of trial and errors and now seeing the fruits of my labour is really really emotional for me.
For Ken, he made it to express and I used to think that this cannot happen because he too, cannot spell for nuts!!HX made it to normal acad even though I thought he could have made it to express.
I am sooooooooooooooooooo proud of my boys and of course their teachers helped too. This was really good news to end the year.
I still feel like I am trying to breathe. This whole year has been incredibly hectic at work and I learnt that I really needed to have a balance and thats was why I joined the gym for classes. Its a good de-stresser and these few weeks, I have been going to more classes than usual simply because I need to de-stress myself from all the work which was beginning to suffocate me.
For my mental health, to ensure that I can still work there happily, it was important to change. I did. I am glad I did.
And even though this year was the most hectic year, I still feel that its all worth it because I know that I made a difference in someone's life.
Here's to another great year, but before that, a well deserved break!!
I shall type in the excitement from FED in my next entry!! Can't wait!!!
Its worth it.
I apologize for the lack of updates. These 2 weeks were really madness for me and by the time I reach home at night, I am usually too tired to type. There are soooooooooooooooooooo many things happening and I really hate that I was not able to spend some time here to write it all down. I do not want to be one of those people who just skip through life's events and then forget to appreciate the little things that made us happy. I needed time for reflection and blogging for me is reflection time.
Last Thursday was the St. Awards ceremony in school. Frankly, I was suprised at the results of some of my boys. SP and me really felt like proud parents and its really amazing that even boys with special needs CAN top classes and get high marks.
My P3 boys never fail to make me go 'awwww' because no matter how noisy they can be at times, they are never rude and they know how to read my body language when I am angry. Plus, most of them still look so cute to me, its hard to stay angry at them. My dear smartie John tops his class and Joseph Lim is 2nd place in his class! For Joseph, he was only second to Gab (SP's student) who tops the class! Wow!! Proud moment 1.
P4 level. I have said many times that this batch is the weakest of them all and I know when its time for them to take the PSLE, it will be a very stressful period for me. However, I was elated when Mel top his class! This is a boy who struggles to even decode words!! Proud moment 2.
P5. Total suprise. I remember when WJ first came to me for classes last year, he had this american accent (even though he denies it haha!) and looked really cute with his glasses. He was very obedient and did everything I asked but he cannot spell for nuts!!! His spelling was atrocious and I remember looking through his written compo full of spelling errors (he failed btw). However, that night, to see him go on stage for 2nd place in class was really rewarding for me. Proud moment 3.
P6 level. This level was the most challenging to me, not because they were weak, but because they keep fighting with each other in class, thus disrupting my lesssons and I end up showing the fiercer side of me. In fact, this was the only batch that I totally lost it, I remembered being so mad at them, I threw a pen on the floor when one of them was rude to me. Another one actually let a rubber band on my hand go and it was really painful and I ended shouting at this boy. I never shout at my boys..so it was really a rare event for them to see me like that.
Nat was also one of my first 'babies' being one of the first few students I took up for praticum and I still remember him as this cute boy with small eyes who cannot see the paper and his words are all together with no spaces in between.
Now, seeing him topping his class joyful! At the time I am writing this, he also just received his PSLE results and not only he tops the foundation level in the school, he did so well that he was able to qualify to go to normal academic!! I was so happy to tears (literally) So tak glam lah. He is like my first 'project' with lots of trial and errors and now seeing the fruits of my labour is really really emotional for me.
For Ken, he made it to express and I used to think that this cannot happen because he too, cannot spell for nuts!!HX made it to normal acad even though I thought he could have made it to express.
I am sooooooooooooooooooo proud of my boys and of course their teachers helped too. This was really good news to end the year.
I still feel like I am trying to breathe. This whole year has been incredibly hectic at work and I learnt that I really needed to have a balance and thats was why I joined the gym for classes. Its a good de-stresser and these few weeks, I have been going to more classes than usual simply because I need to de-stress myself from all the work which was beginning to suffocate me.For my mental health, to ensure that I can still work there happily, it was important to change. I did. I am glad I did.
And even though this year was the most hectic year, I still feel that its all worth it because I know that I made a difference in someone's life.
Here's to another great year, but before that, a well deserved break!!
I shall type in the excitement from FED in my next entry!! Can't wait!!!
