week end
the ladybird flew and hit me so i'm down with the bug.
its really a fantastic way to end the week, tons of
stuff to mark, 4 hours of sleep and i'm on the way
down with the flu. dammit. oh well looks like i have
another weekend duty coming up. too bad.
the end of the 1st week
i remember what was once said about great teachers, vague
as that recollection may be. Great teachers inspire.
and hopefully i am on that track, not because i seek greatness
but because to inspire a person to be more than what he
ever dreamt he could be is the best present you can give to
one. it is not the lessons of factual knowledge that one
gains that should be prized above all else, but to meet
the slow plodding of life and time with love and tenecity.
to realise that grades never replace the right way in which
to deal with a situation which takes many many forms. to
realise that we can be wiser from our mistakes and we do
not beat ourselves over it. hopefully those are the lessons
which are caught by the students i teach.
so as i begin my second week i realise things have made my
first week eventful and exciting. haha. me railing at the
boss for his perceived buck passing and incompetencies. a
student puking in my class. getting the attention of the
students. as well as understanding and working with my
colleagues whether they be in my department or another.
resolving the issue of my work and pay. yup things have been
interesting. its a challenge to teach 2 subjects but i
am most thankful. because in this situation i realised God
actually knew that i would get bored repeating myself so
many times that he has given me variety. also i appreciate
the challenge. then also i'm starting to have a different
view of my colleagues when i figured that each has their
own stories to tell. thankfully its just not my nature to
prod, things come out naturally.
well hopefully i can post some pictures soon. meet vonne.
and any1 else who wants to hang out with boring me. quite
funny some of my students are quite fast and smart so they
are friendstering me already. i'm flattered but i could do
with less attention, scrutiny unnerves me. haha seriously.
well thanks God for your grace and wisdom, and please give
me more in the weeks to come. i'll need it!
its different
i'm upset. it takes quite some stuff to upset me enough for
me to blog about it so bear with me ya. played badminton
after another slack day today (or so my colleagues tell me,
but i understand coz its human nature to want the option
of least suffering. which is mine since all i do is read
in the office) and that sealed the bad feeling. the boys
just do not have the fire, desired, determination, drive
and discipline to be medal winners. which is so sad. the
complacent situation we are in. man! to have a student
trying to tell a teacher what to do. he was real defiant.
he shouted at me and all. i mean hey, correct me if i'm
wrong but no matter what you dont do that during training!
haha its so funny in the sense that its so easy to offend
the sensitivities of boys these days. goodness! well
all i can say is that i still feel that everyone is never
beyong redemption. but, may God grant me the grace to
last through this. For the Cause!
