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fantastic.
i'm supposed to be working hard... but i finished typing stuff i'm supposed to type... and my students happily refused to hand in their tutorials... so i have nuthing to mark... was a little angry... to say the least.. but i dont see why i should kill my happy cells just becoz of them... approximately 10 from each klass who werent taking chem in the first 3 mths... it's their business that i cant spot their mistakes before the test tomorrow... that i cant correct them before its too late... oni one boy from each klass handed in to me on time last week... the good kids... for that alone i am glad... stella's sick... quite a poor thing actually... the econs department really working them to the bone... the virus is slowing making its way through the econs RTs and trainees... and considering our discreet link... ionic bonding of the chem and econs department... i think we'll fall to the attack of the virus as well... soon... she's coughing and sniffling pretty badly beside me... i'm blogging away but she's typing furiously to finish her work before the deadline... who says RTs are slack? just like temps... we're very likely to be overworked and underpaid... i guess it just boils down to your superiors.. and your fellow teachers... chem department doesnt think much of bullying jas and i... so i guess we're pretty lucky pple... but it aint all so rosy really... its been quite tough trying to handle these kids... trust me... some of them dont qualify as young mature adults... i dont blame them... i was like that.. or worse.. during my JC stint... such a wonder that mrs wong din give up on me when i was among the bottom 5 of the cohort... the irony being that mrs wong was my chem teacher... i guess the main challenge lies in the ability to accept challenges from the students... who put forth questions and problems to shoot us down on purpose... maybe that... maybe that they find it easier to ask us questions other teachers might shrug away as stupid questions... i dont know... just hope that i'll be strong enough... and smart enough.. to get me through this teaching stint... met neighbour in the lift today... was staring at me quite weird coz i had my arm on my bro's shoulders... as the lift door opened... she said... "oh... you're his sis... i thought you were his aunt that i never met... started working liao ah???" darn... do i really look that OLD to her... c'mon... i'm only 19! doesnt mean that when i'm wearing a skirt... i'll put on 20 years to my actual age... i was wearing a t-shirt for goodness sake! but t-shirt decent enough for work la... actually i kinda miss my nanny... want to go visit her sometime this week... i should... really... either thurs or fri will be good.... then can play with boy boy... ok... i really shouldend this now and stop using taxpayers money to feed my incessant need to blog... should just go to the pantry to read papers and drink tea ya? muahhaha.. life is good... life is good... but it'll be even better if my students hand in their work... grr... swear i'll bark at them the next lesson... oh... did i mention how terrible the results of last week's AI was?!?!?!? fantasia and latoya got into the bottom three with hudson... who eventually got out... really sad stuff.. coz these were the pple who could really sing... am wondering whats in the minds of the voters... but i guess it is ultimately american IDOL.. and an idol doesnt have to be a GREAT singer... so many living examples out there... whose music can be quite inTOXICating... in the wrong way... i like fantasia... she's cool... she's spunky... she's my American Idol... no fight... ----Stef stopped rambling at 10:53 --Link to Post |
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