/ 10:09 PM

Spent the past few days marking block test papers. Students are dying to look their results but reluctant to get back the papers. Weird girls.

The sec 3 paper was difficult to score. I wonder how many will cry when they receive the papers next week. I've tried my best to be as generous as possible, given the constraints of the marking scheme. I have hardworking and bright students failing the test. It upsets me, not because I'm disappointed in them. Rather, I feel bad about being the one failing them, for I think it is going to discourage them in one way or another. So much so of my math-and-physics-are-fun-advertisements. I think most probably wish that math and physics never exist.

My students mean much more than the two numbers on their scripts. I still love them.

I'm not getting along well with some of my sec 2 classes. Seriously, if I knew I've to teach sec 2, I'll probably move on to some other schools. It is really trivial, and I really sympathize with the high ability girls. I think they are going to fall asleep in my class. At least the upper secondary syllabus is slightly more interesting. Some of them are doing AMES, and I get to whack them with mathematical induction and even some simple number theory. The sec 2 syllabus is so ZzzzZzzzz.

Was advertising bout the math pull out class for the top 30 students. And it really touched me when my kiddos said stuff like "if you're taking that class, then I'll apply lor" Oh my gosh, maybe I've some hope of grooming future female math researchers. Gohie is going to feel proud of me. :) Oh please, give me some higher level math. I have not been exercising much of my brain for the past few weeks. :(

I've been busy with school stuff. Blogging is no longer part of my routine. Well well. There are like so many more important things to take care of, and at the end of the day, I rather sleep or read a book. Anyway, in case you're wondering, I've finally graduated from NIE, I've gotten a new handphone, my mum was hospitalized last week and I just met some parents during PTM. Before the block test, I had marathon consultation sessions which stretched from 1130 to 1630. I used up one red pen every week, and I'll drink at least one cup of milo from the beverage machine in school every day. Haha. Other than these, everything else basically remains the same.

Yawn. I need to sleep again.

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A beginning teacher. Sleep and rest deprived. Likes math and enjoys teaching it. Misses the days in NUS (2002-2007) where she majored in Applied Mathematics. The math was much more fun at that time. Has lots of idols in the department.

/ 10:09 PM

Spent the past few days marking block test papers. Students are dying to look their results but reluctant to get back the papers. Weird girls.

The sec 3 paper was difficult to score. I wonder how many will cry when they receive the papers next week. I've tried my best to be as generous as possible, given the constraints of the marking scheme. I have hardworking and bright students failing the test. It upsets me, not because I'm disappointed in them. Rather, I feel bad about being the one failing them, for I think it is going to discourage them in one way or another. So much so of my math-and-physics-are-fun-advertisements. I think most probably wish that math and physics never exist.

My students mean much more than the two numbers on their scripts. I still love them.

I'm not getting along well with some of my sec 2 classes. Seriously, if I knew I've to teach sec 2, I'll probably move on to some other schools. It is really trivial, and I really sympathize with the high ability girls. I think they are going to fall asleep in my class. At least the upper secondary syllabus is slightly more interesting. Some of them are doing AMES, and I get to whack them with mathematical induction and even some simple number theory. The sec 2 syllabus is so ZzzzZzzzz.

Was advertising bout the math pull out class for the top 30 students. And it really touched me when my kiddos said stuff like "if you're taking that class, then I'll apply lor" Oh my gosh, maybe I've some hope of grooming future female math researchers. Gohie is going to feel proud of me. :) Oh please, give me some higher level math. I have not been exercising much of my brain for the past few weeks. :(

I've been busy with school stuff. Blogging is no longer part of my routine. Well well. There are like so many more important things to take care of, and at the end of the day, I rather sleep or read a book. Anyway, in case you're wondering, I've finally graduated from NIE, I've gotten a new handphone, my mum was hospitalized last week and I just met some parents during PTM. Before the block test, I had marathon consultation sessions which stretched from 1130 to 1630. I used up one red pen every week, and I'll drink at least one cup of milo from the beverage machine in school every day. Haha. Other than these, everything else basically remains the same.

Yawn. I need to sleep again.

Labels: school