a tale of 3 honours year students

Story of 3 hons yr students in a class. 1 boy and 2 girls. However, their behavior and attitude towards studies are poles apart. Let's talk about the boy first.

Many might say that it is highly likely that the boy will be the one to give the biggest headache but in this case it is not so. This boy called A, is well behaved and polite towards his teachers. When it was noticed that he has the potential to do well in maths, it was always the case of trying to give him the space to display his knowledge and understanding by getting him to help the weaker ones. Even though he might need to use another language to explain a math concept, so be it. But the remarkable thing is that he is able to explain and get the message across. Put it simply, anybody teaching him will put their money on him to really score well this time round.

Now onto 1 of the girls named B. Initially, it was felt that she was able to cope with her studies but of late, it got to the school's attention that she was involved in some illicit activities outside. Something along the lines of smelling sticky gum, it was surfaced and now it seems the school is aware and are on the verge of taking serious disciplinary action. Not much is known about her background but it seems that she could be in some sort of problem which caused her to try these bad stuff. Academically, she still does not know her basics well and everybody is rather worried she will not make it again this year. Hopefully in these last few weeks b4 the PSLE, she can buck up and make a breakthrough.

The third and final student labelled C, is the worst ever. Typically that type of arrogant and 'cannot be bothered' with anything, she is a real pain in the a*se. Basically she thinks she knows everything, and assumes that she is so smart (quite the opposite rather). She is so disruptive in class such that it affects the others. She thinks that others are so amused by her words and actions, in fact it shows her extreme childish side. Moreover, she does not take anything seriously until the ultimate phrase of letting reality strike on the afternoon of the 25th Nov needs to be used. But if she decides to turn over a new leaf and make the best of whatever time is left, everybody will still try to help her clear this time round.

Coming up will be more light hearted issues observed and heard......

I m back

Apologies to my blog which has been left abandoned for such a long time. I was so tied up with school stuff together with other 'distractions' like facebook that I felt so bad. But here I am nonetheless.

I got the posting notification that I am NOT going back to LPS. Instead, I am with Boon Lay Garden PS which is not very near to where I live. Plus the fact that I need to be in sch by 0715 daily, that means Angela and Esther have to arrive at Just Kids by 0645 so that I can at least get through the terrible traffic along Boon Lay Way.

I met my ex-colleague Irene who is now an adjunct staff and she told me that if I found 2 Topaz of 2006 bad, well I 'ain't see anything yet'. True enough, the students here are much worse academically. Yes, there are some bright sparks but by and large, the school's results are below national average. But I sensed God had a plan for me to be here to make a difference. In fact, on the day of the Meet-the-Parents session, it was a confirmation that indeed, God wanted me to be here.

My task was to take double maths: P5 merged and P6 foundation. I got the really weak lot whose foundation in math is rather shocking. But I recalled my own struggles back in my AS Math days in NIE and what my lecturer (the 1 and only wise Prof Lee PY) reminded me about fully understanding the struggles and hardship my students face and help them along.

More than half of term 3 has passed and frankly, some of them are still very lacklustre in their learning especially the P6s. Did I mention I have 3 'honours year' students? I will blog more about them in subsequent posts.

Ok, let me keep you in suspense a bit...will come back and post more stuff.....