<body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://www.blogger.com/navbar/6605756416815547125?origin\x3dhttp://jianismymiddlename.blogspot.com', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe" }); } }); </script>
My students
What an eventful wednesday. Wednesday is my longest day. There are 7 periods of lessons everyday, and on wednesday, i have 6 periods. My busiest day. Secondary 1 classes are easier to handle compared to sec 2 classes. They still have the pri sch mentality, which means if u shout in their faces they'll listen. Special mention to this boy in one of my sec 1 classes. He really makes me wanna laugh even though he pisses me off.

Sec 1 boy ( no names here)
This guy is constantly bullied by the rest of the class. Maybe because the rest of the class feels that his reaction is so funny that they have to bully him to have a good laugh. 2 days ago, i scolded him for constantly laughing in class. I pulled him out of the class to scold him, i shouted at him, but he just kept insisting that something his classmates wrote was so funny that he cant stop laughing. I got pissed and asked him to stop laughing immediatly. But he couldn't. HAHAHAHA! So there i was staring at him looking at him trying to stop laughing, so he was banging his head and looking frustrated saying " why cant i get it out of my head". And den laughing all over again.

So today, i gt pissed with the class again. Its no big deal really, i'm pissed when i go into every lesson everyday. I'm fine the moment i walk out. Anw, so today, i refused to let him go to the toilet. Apparently he was quite urgent. So the whole class was bullying him again, making the 'shhhhh' sound to get him to pee in his pants. When i threatened the whole class not to make another noise, there was peace for 1 min, before he disrupted my lesson with his talking and laughter. When i demanded a reason for his laughter, he showed me a piece of paper which was passed to him with the words 'shhhhhhhh' written on it. HAHAHAHA!! Seriously he cracks me up. I would love to laugh with them, but still got to put up an act.

2E5
And now for 2E5, my form class for these few weeks. They're the rowdiest of my classes. But still my favourite. Class today was as usual very rowdy. But i allowed them to do their own things after i finished teaching. Which usually meant class party with the guys playing chinese chess in 1 corner, balls of paper flying around the classroom, another bunch of girls hugging in another corner and a lot of them surrounding my table screaming at the top of their voices. So today, 1 of the girls pissed me off. And she started singing to maybe attempt to cool me down. And i dunno why but i just laughed. So another girl pissed me off, and the first gal told her to sing to me. Like wth. So there i was laughing when both of them started singing in my face.

Teaching is tough. U need a lot of passion to teach. But there's nothing like having kids brighten up your day with their teenage problems. Quiet classes are nice to teach. But rowdy classes have the most fun. Maybe i can say this becos the responsibility of their grades will soon be handed back to their teacher. Its the different characters you meet in class that makes the job fun. Sure, i lose more of my voice each day scolding these trouble makers, but well, they're funny. Kids really do have the most fun.