It's not going to be easy, but it's gonna be worth it

Tuesday again and it was tuition day. However somehow I felt that the spirit and enthusiasm of the class was heightened judging from the class participation. They seemed more interested in the class and involved in the lesson. This is possibly due to 2 very simple questions that I asked at the start of the class.

The moment they stepped into the class, I asked each of them "Did your parents ask you to come for tuition or were you the one who wanted to come?" Second question "On a rating of 0 to 10, 0 being you don't give a shit about what is happening in the class, 10 being you really want to learn something out of the class, what would you give?"

Simple as it is, yet it had a deep impact on my teaching approach. In my opinion, undoubtedly I am paid to do my work as a tutor. As long as a student steps into my class, I have the duty to ensure work is delegated to him/her and I attend to his/her educational needs. However according to my own principles and understanding that they are already young adults who understand their own priorities, I will dedicate more of my energy and focus to those who are truly interested in learning. Should you be uninterested in learning, I will not expend extra energy on trying to ignite the passion of learning in you. Instead, I will use this energy to teach those who sincerely want to takeaway some things from my lesson. I am only 1 person, who have this amount of time and this amount of energy to teach the class, which has that many people and that much amount of work which needs to be cleared. 

Thankfully, even though there were a few tutees who were sort of forced by parents to come, all the students rated their passion to learn in class as a 5 and above, even up to 9 and 10. This was heartening for me as I could see their passion in learning evidently displayed in the lesson after the questions. It was quite late of me to ask this question given that I am only left with 1 lesson with them but I hope they maintain that passion in learning and hopefully this will motivate them to work harder:) 1 student even told me that he passed his recent Maths test and I was really happy when I saw the broad and proud smile on his face:) Such joys and sense of accomplishment in life is what makes me feel like it's all worth it and makes me want to improve more so that I can make an improvement in their educational paths. 

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10SH23:)

Although attendance was quite poor, I'm grateful for this timely meet up as we managed to catch my fellow QY before she flies back to her land of chillness:P

I can see our class dynamic improving, with all of us being able to talk about a single topic and having similar frequency:) It's so different from last time when we all talked about different things and having totally different wavelengths. Really grateful to have this bunch of nonsense peeps who made jc life bearable:) At least a happy funny end to a shag day:)

Time flies. It's already 2 years since we graduated from njc. May our friendship stay strong and cheers to more fun filled catching up sessions in future! ^^

A happy sister:)

Brother returned with this cute bucket of cookies for me^^ A sweet (or rather, salty) treat that totally cheered up my day and pushed me on for the long night of work:)

Really grateful to have such sweet and random funny brother who makes my day:)

On a side note,  I'm finally done with the designing of IBG poster! After much complaints and frustration, it's finally done even though it's super cui and 100 x away from what we wanted. Time for a short rest before moving on to marking of my students' papers in the morning!

Good nite world:)

NDP 2014 Preview

Lucky few who got to watch NDP 2014 preview:)

Lucky girl thanks to my brother:)

Funky coloured fun pack^^

Red lions

Pretty night neon colours

The happy girl with her beloved fun pack

My favorite part was the red lions and contingent parade (yes, I know I'm weird because fireworks is not my top choice). Especially when I heard the inclusion of 1 female in the red lions, I felt really proud of her and I applaud her for her determination, given that the route to being a red lion must have been a tough one. The contingent parade was an impressive performance, as usual. Some people might say it is boring to see all the marching but I strongly beg to differ. This huge number of army have taken months of hard work, shedding lots of sweat under hours of hot sun to showcase this high level of neatness in line-ups. I am really proud to see them marching in, knowing that these guys undergo 2 years of hardship to give us safe and security:) Thank you guys (and girls) for contributing so much to the country:) Really reignited my passion to join as DXO once again:P

After hearing how much frustration my brother underwent in organizing the parade, I felt really heart wrenching. How he had to withstand the busy schedule, the hunger pangs, the irritating side-tasks. I really want to help him badly but there's nothing I can do, except being a good sister. Really praying hard that NDP will go well so that he can take a break:)

Special thanks to all the people involved in NDP, be it being a performer, or organizer, or marshals:) Y'all were great! Hope that NDP will be a great success:)

Post-internship nua day: Treated myself to banana+Choco chips+ milk smoothie:) Life's good without having to wake up early in the morning and squeezing with people on the mrt.

 

Appreciate the little things in life. For it's these little jigsaw puzzles that makeyour life complete.