yes, i am a sensei now....feels weird...but yeah...
first day was hmmmm....haha...
well...let's just say, it's mixed feelings...
haha, and guess what, one of my worries came through...
so used to shouting in class that the kids really thought tt i was shouting and screaming at them the moment i step in...
wakaka...it's damn funny, they complain to another colleague of mine abt how i came in and screamed at them....
well, dunno ar...do i tone down a bit or do i remain the way i am first and slowly let go....
it's just hmmmm, i dunno really...
but what one of the kids said was true...(yes, i stalked their blog...wakaka...they dunno ar their teacher blogger stalker....)
they were kind of shocked tt i was their form teacher when i had just been intro-ed to them as one of the new teachers...
well, they shock...den wat abt me...haha...i am more shocked than them...considering I am doing solo...
everyone is still surprised tt I am their form teacher and not co-form.....
like weird right, just come in and i am their form teacher...in the middle of the year some more....
how do the kids react to me?
well, i can sense they are like wat the hell? who the hell are u kind of thg...
and it seems like the previous teacher has a good rapport with them...so it's hard to take over...esp when u are a stranger....
def, indv, they are fine...but as a pack...all the horns start to come out...
they are def a cheeky bunch...
which makes my dilemma worse....i mean they are cheeky, which means tt they need to be disciplined....
but they need trust....which i am willing to give and be their friend.....
but tt means letting go a bit..
but is it the time yet?
the express classes....let's just say tt they seem very quiet.....for now...
haha, something is up...neva know....will find out in the days to come i guess....
now is 330pm....
feeling damn shagged....
tml another day.....
oh...and i have another prob..
this sch is still old sch...which means tt there is no computer in the room.....
which means tt i have to figure out how to set up my IT stuff soon....sheesh!
personally i dink it's better to be fierce at first then let go slowly ( when they show themselves to be of better behaviour). it's just easier lah later on....... one of my colleagues told me that there is such a thing as an " unhealthy rapport", where the kid sees the teacher as a friend and not as a teacher. it can get damn problematic too so i'd definitely go for being fierce first and relec slowly later.
easier said than done of course, hope i can pull off a fierce mug for at least a mth before i let go.
as for the kids doubting you and all, hell it's the worst for us teachers who join in the middle of nowhere. im also wondering how they will take to me but oh well, it will get better over time as long we keep on trying i guess. : P
Posted by: ah_lien | 06/23/2008 at 07:28 PM
well, I wouldn't know what to suggest since I was never a teacher, never will be and wasn't one of the loud students in school... not even towards the end of the high school career
if they're a rowdy bunch... then... hmm be Yankumi ... ne ^__________^
Fighto-Oh!
Posted by: Chai | 06/23/2008 at 08:49 PM