I thought the video on Troy McCullough would stimulate some interest in the topic, but it turned out to be the entire opposite. Not only were they disinterested, they could not connect with the news story. Better luck next time, Mr Chua!
Time to dig deeper into my repertoire.

Monday is fine as it is. The irony is that, the more effort and time I put into preparing for my lessons, the worse my lessons become.
I am such a retard!

Sunday

weekend is dwindling. I have yet get my needed rest. I think I am going to be sick for the next few days with the extremely unforgiving humid weather coming ahead. On some days it gets unexpectedly hot in the morning and pouring showers in the early afternoon.

Schoolbag.sg: Getting Students Mad about Maths

Schoolbag.sg: Getting Students Mad about Maths

I remember that I was never good at Maths. The reason why I got bumped to the last class was due to my deteriorating results in the core subjects especially in Mathematics. My Mathematics teacher back then was Mr Ho. He was a funny teacher. He sounded more Chinese Educated then English and yet he was teaching me Mathematics in the English Language. I often find his broken and mispronounced English while teaching Mathematics a little strange.

My constant failure in securing a pass in Maths made me gave up the subject mentally and physically. I was unmotivated and disinterested when come to Maths lesson. I was often distracted during Mr Ho's lesson. He was clearly aware of my predicament and he kept me engaged in his lesson by getting me to write the solutions on the blackboard. He even encouraged me to try even though he knew that I would end up with the wrong workings and answers each time.

Mr Ho's passion in the subject matter can be felt in every aspect of his physical self. Whenever my classmates got him to re-explained a formula or a difficult to grasp concept, I could see his eyes light up. Literally!

His ever "trying" patience towards his own students is something I hope to carry forward to my own in the future. Mr Ho, I salute you. And a belated Teacher's Day to you, SiR!

2nd day of the one week school holiday

I am Listening to Miley Cyrus' version of Every Rose has it's Thorn while marking the 2 Express Common test summary. I do wonder if they'd internalized what I taught them on summary writing. If Yes then why are so many not passing the test?

Another 4 to 5 weeks to the final year exam and they certainly NOT ready for the final reckoning.

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term 3 ends on a Friday

Term 3 ends with a one week school holiday. I have gotta allocate time to work on the FYE 2010 and at the same time, clear the common test marking before term 4 begins. The O' levels pre-liminary is still underway as we speak. My only wish is for my 5N to get a decent grades for the amount of blood and sweat they have invested in em books.

I know how it totally suck to see NO improvements in your grade, even after you studied so bloody hard for your exams.
At this point in time, I quote Winston Churchhill's words: "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."


I am thinking of meeting up with you (5NC) to have at least one round of EL remedial before the end of next week. How? Do respond.