Tuition Teaching
Sunday, June 29, 2014, ϟ 0 shout(s)
Today, my tuition kid said in class: "Cher I remember last year when you taught us you used to let us play at the board, drawing out whatever stories you told"
(Yup, at that time I used to let the kids entertain themselves (and me hah) during their 5min break by drawing out the ridiculous stories I churned out, usually about old witches on rooftops and the cat that fished a giant whale. But all these had to stop because its their PSLE year this year)
And I said: "Oh yeah, I remember too. I feel sorry for you; your teacher became so much more boring nowadays".
I don't know if its right to use such direct and politically incorrect humour on these 12 year olds "Hey Mushroom (the kid in Toad's clothes), stop complaining that its hot cause I'm freezing so the aircon will remain like this" (but then silently I'll lower the temp because I'll be damn for not appeasing these little royals), but they seem to double over in laughter so I guess its fine. Hope I don't end up ruining their childhood or something. I probably am a very unconventional teacher. (Mercifully out of the NIE system that probably has a set of boring rules on ways to conduct a lesson.)
But other than that, I'm proud of myself for trying my very best to get even the laziest bones to finish their work. Because the homework is what they owe me, and responsibility is what I owe to them.
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