There have been attempts to blog and I just never managed to finish any entries. I'd tell myself I'd get back to them, but I never did and if I did, I'd never know how to continue because the feeling and aura would not be the same. So they remain as drafts.
I've just been busy with school this couple weeks and yeah, being a class teacher is tough. First, there are the rules. Then, there's a bunch of unwritten rules. It looks as though there's nothing wrong with doing some stuff because there's no rule against it, but actually there is! I guess I just sort of forgot that no matter how innocent and sincere a child is, no matter how enthusiastic she is, her parents will never ever feel the same way. They'll think something is fishy, and that the teacher is just taking advantage of her students.
Don't practise sincerity on parents. They only want equality. If no one else is doing it, then why the heck should they?
I shouldn't be accusing because I have no kids and I don't know what it feels like. *sigh*
But apart from this little tiny - almost nonexistent - dilemma, everything else is just fine and tiring. That's normal, I guess. Teaching is fine. Still adjusting. Trying to change the methods so that both teacher and students can enjoy.
Grammar? I'm getting less obsessed with it. If students still can't understand, that's fine. There's plenty of room for that later. Hopefully. Remembering grammar is like remembering formulas. English shouldn't be all about formulas. Kids have got enough of that from maths. English should be all about being able to understand the language, communicate in it, and writing it.
I hope my methods are right....
I've just been busy with school this couple weeks and yeah, being a class teacher is tough. First, there are the rules. Then, there's a bunch of unwritten rules. It looks as though there's nothing wrong with doing some stuff because there's no rule against it, but actually there is! I guess I just sort of forgot that no matter how innocent and sincere a child is, no matter how enthusiastic she is, her parents will never ever feel the same way. They'll think something is fishy, and that the teacher is just taking advantage of her students.
Don't practise sincerity on parents. They only want equality. If no one else is doing it, then why the heck should they?
I shouldn't be accusing because I have no kids and I don't know what it feels like. *sigh*
But apart from this little tiny - almost nonexistent - dilemma, everything else is just fine and tiring. That's normal, I guess. Teaching is fine. Still adjusting. Trying to change the methods so that both teacher and students can enjoy.
Grammar? I'm getting less obsessed with it. If students still can't understand, that's fine. There's plenty of room for that later. Hopefully. Remembering grammar is like remembering formulas. English shouldn't be all about formulas. Kids have got enough of that from maths. English should be all about being able to understand the language, communicate in it, and writing it.
I hope my methods are right....
