second day of sch... wow... wad a day.... i went to bed last nite feeling nervous, after all, today is my first day having to teach them.... i didnt know how i would fare and i was beginning to doubt my abilities...

so i went for my first lesson feeling a little apprehensive. i could only thank my lucky stars tt my first class was 3/7.... such a nice and cute bunch of students.when i went in there, they all went back to their seats and greeted me enthusiastically. so i started my first lesson, w a lil ohp probs, but e peeps there r so nice, they forgave me for tt, and even assisted me. thruout e lesson, they would give feedback like whether i was gg too fast or too slow, and ask qns if they r not sure. i must admit, i was kinda surprised. their attitude was like tt of an express class, if not better. i thank them for being patient w me, and for doing their best at putting me at ease... i guess they could see tt i was kinda nervous, and they kept telling me to relax. so nice rite? and so, w them, i finished teaching chapter 1 in 45 mins, and e remaining 10 we used it to play more lame games.... at e end of e lesson, they brightened my day by telling me tt they wished i could teach them longer, cos they said tt e lesson is fun... im glad they enjoyed it. they were even discussing abt, albeit jokingly, gg to e hospital and asking their chem teacher not to come back and all... haha~ so cute rite? this is one class i look forward to teaching, and at e end of e day, this is e class who gives me e strength and patience to carry on.... i hope tt this relationship will last till e end...

3/8 was a diff story. as usual, e guys crowded in one corner at e back of e classrm, save for a few.... they didnt want to listen, so there really wasnt much i could do. so i left them alone, trusting them to control themselves, however, save for 1 or two, e others were a disappointment.... but cant say i didnt expect it... even if u're a prefect, u get this kind of behaviour, so i wasnt bothered by it. as long as they dont disturb e others, fine w me... so tt was how i went abt e lesson, alas, their ohp spoilt, so i had to draw on e board.... kinda confusing really cos they didnt really know which section it went under... but yah. and then w this class, when they didnt understand, they didnt ask, and i thought they understood, so i carried on, and it got to e pt where this girl said to me "i dont know what e hell r u here for!" so i looked at her and i asked her," u dont understand is it?" and she said yes, so i asked her "if u didnt understand, y didnt u stop me and ask?" so i start all over again.... but yah, i didnt really let it affect me, at first i was a lil upsight, i mean u teach halfway, already having prob controlling e class and suddenly someone says this to u.... but i juz carried on, nth u can do anw.

well, so i finished e first chapter for two of e classes,will be seeing 3/6 tmr... oh well.... tmr, im seeing 3/8 again, first thing in e morning. well, i'll be bringing them to e lab and let them familiarise themselves w e apparatus, and will be giving them worksheets to do there and then... yep....

and guess wad? my shoe clasp broke.........again. e exact same pair... my mum covinced me it wouldnt break, cos we went to repair it, but then one of my students accidentally step on it, and e clasp broke, again..... so in e staffrm, e teachers helped me to think of ways to repair it and get me thru tt day, so we ended up tying strings ard it, bounding e two straps together.... heh~ lucky i only have one class for relief left... yepz. not bad worhz, i got thru e rest of e day w no mishaps...

let's hope tmr will be a better day, shall we? thanks 3/7!!!