ThE rOaD nOt TaKeN.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Finally went back to LPS today for the practicum briefing. Nothing much has changed since I was last here (Teachers' Day 2007?) and it felt great to be back in the school compound again. Lots of wonderful memories during my last stint here.
Being Thursday, many students were staying back for supplementary/remedial lessons. It was great to see so many familiar faces (teachers AND students), to say, "Hi, how are you doing?" Where else can you go and be greeted by so many smiles? One week before CA, so the teachers are understandably stressed. Yes, teachers are usually more stressed than the students as the exams draw nearer. Who doesn't want their students to be well prepared?
Found out that Mrs. Sin and Ms Pek are going to be my Cooperating Teachers(CTs) which is actually quite good because they are really fun and great teachers.
Can you imagine how busy I was over the last 2 days? I wrote the portion above on Thursday and I couldn't even post it up until today(Sat). I think as things speed up again in school, it is going to be 'challenging' (teachers never use the word difficult) to have time to reflect on the events of the day. That is why I hope that I can get get Internet access when I bring SnApPy to school. Quite silly to have to walk all the way to MacDonald's just for an internet connection, right?
I finally have a chance to breathe yesterday when I handed in my EL assignment. Not confident of doing well, but at least I tried to apply what I learnt.
After handing in the assignment, I went over to help out at the booth that my service learning group is in charge of for Service Learning Day(Friday). I wasn't very satisfied with the display as there were no photographs at all! However, it was much too late to do anything about it. I just wished that the people I put in charge of the set-up had told me that they needed help. When the group coordinator came over, I didn't know what to say. I am just happy that Mr. Chua PH is quite an understanding guy. Later the dean came over to explore the booths, at least we could share a bit of our experiences with him. Oh, well.
The good thing is, after the event, I was able to join some of my friends at Kbox Clementi for a round of karaoke which was very enjoyable. Tried to sing lots of songs but my voice wasn't up to scratch. However, I think the spirit of karaoke is not so much about being perfect vocally but about being yourself and accepting your weaknesses as part of your character. And just having fun with it! Woohoo!
Might spend some time working on changing my blogskin, though. It's been a while and I am lagging behind the times.
Looking forward to a restful weekend!
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