Thank You Class 1E

Thank You Class IE

Hi, Class IE. Sorry I took a while to upload your phots on my blog. Hope you all are doing fine. I enjoyed teaching your class. Hopefully, you also enjoyed my teaching =) Though I have scolded you a few times, I do hope you understand that I was trying to let you see the importance of listening and following instructions. Do remember the Cyber-wellness messages we taught you. Make it a life-style and more importantly pass them on to your friends!

On a side note, someone commented that the class was quite fearful of me.

On reflection, I realise that I look quite stern if I do not smile (look at the photo above).

I also find that I can be quite stern whenever the students get rowdy and do not listen and instruction during lessons. One of my X-students even jokingly called me the TERROR of Bukit Merah =) as I disciplined them firmly whenever they did not obey the rules repeatedly (I used to teach at a community school in Bukit Merah).

Why am I so firm in class? As teacher, I am the authourity figure. My role is to set and enforce a proper boundary so that the students know know what are the acceptable behaviours and what are not. By doing so, we can then have a proper environment to study where learning can take place.

Of course, sometimes we feel that the rules are too strict and tight. But we must understand that having 40 students in one class means there are 40 different people with different needs and expectation. They will also behave differently at different times under different moods. It is impossible to have rules to satisfy the needs and personalities of all 40 students. Therefore, it is easily for a standard and general set of rules so that all 40 students can work towards aligning to rather.

But I must admit that there are times when I have reacted sternly out of anger and and become unreasonable or have not shown grace when it is to be shown. =( Guess I am still a human and learning to be a teacher. That is why I am always reflecting on the classes I taught and the way handle my class to improve!