Wednesday, May 26, 2010
well, i guess this is the end of my relief teaching stint.
i must say it was a really good experience! but what makes a good experiences are the good and bad things that happen.
there is this very unique spirit within the teachers and staff in school. i think they can be best described like a container of hair gel. you can shake it, you can stir it, but they will always still stick together. i know that's not exactly the best analogy, but what i'm trying to say here is that most are willing to help one another. and on top of that, they really thank you from the bottom of their hearts for helping them. and now, that is really unique. this kind of appreciation for a act of kindness is not something you see alot in Singapore. Let's say for instance, a cleaner approaches your table to clear your table. let's not talk about those at posh restaurants and be realistic. the cleaners at our hawker centres. how many people do you see actually thank them for their help? yes, you can say that what they are doing is merely part of their job scope. but to me, i think we need to show appreciation for someone who has fulfilled his/her responsibilities. if not, i dun think we deserve the right to complain someone who has not done her role up to expectations. we can see another daily example at the busstop. as hard as we pray for the bus to wait for us while we chase after it, do we thank the bus drivers for waiting for us when they actually do? or do we just curse and swear at them when they don't. appreciation is really very much in lack in Singapore.
the students here are well, not very much as i had expected. to begin with, i didn't even know what to expect of the student's in a girls' school. i can already feel a huge generation gap between myself and them. not simply because of the difference in the level of maturity. i mean like, my friends and i weren't like what they are when we were still students! but they are still mostly kind at heart. and that's a good thing.
and i really had a good clique of relief staff also. which really made things so much easier each day. :) really thankful for them.
but i guess i still do not like the administrative stuff.. but what to do.. and there's seriously lots of meetings.. and from what i've been seeing, most are really irrelevant. if meetings equate to higher interaction between the leaders and the staff, i think it comes at a heavy price of efficiency, especially when there is no interaction in the meetings. like there's only the "action" part of "inter-action". like a one way deal.
at the end of the day, i still want to teach. :)
my retrospect;
7:58 PM
