To my 5E kids
A year went by in the blink of an eye.
You'll be sitting for your SPM in 3 days' time and all the hugging from today's Majlis Mohon Restu has made me nostalgic.
I want you guys to know that I've enjoyed being your class teacher tremendously. We always had so much fun during English lessons and I'll definitely miss all your jokes and antics.
Forgive my shortcomings; I think I should have been an adultier adult and not let you guys get away with soo many things tsk tsk. (2017 resolution: Run a tighter ship!)
My hope is that all of you achieve true success, in this life and in the hereafter. And that you'll make a positive contribution to the world, in small or big ways.
I love you guys.
Take care & all the best!
Here are some recaps of the fun times we had had (combed from my fb timeline):
This group did 2 chemistry
experiments for their English presentation: Chemical Garden &
Elephant's Toothpaste.
Ammar prefaced their presentation with the
weirdest and most memorable opening line ever:
"Kids, watch where you're stepping...
Because Papa is going to drop some
knowledge."
He delivered the line with such panache (i.e. Ted Mosby-like) that it was greeted with loud cheers and laughter.
I don't usually blow a gasket in
class.
And technically I didn't but when my students didn't do the work I had asked them to, I just expressed how
*disappointed* I was.
Kirtina said that I
was very good at that (guilt tripping students).
Anyway, afterwards, I found this letter on
my table and subsequent lessons had a different feel to it.
The kids have been extra nice to me (it feels like they're walking on eggshells
so as to not upset me again) and they have been producing above average work.
It's clear that they've been putting in extra effort in the ongoing ULBS
presentation and I'm very impressed by what they have come up so far.
So maybe I need to employ this God-given guilt-tripping ability more
often?
A: Teacher, I just saw an angel
Me: What are you talking about?
E: He's talking about his crush teacher
Me: Ohhhh
A: Yes, the angel just walked through the
gates of hell
Me: What??
A: She just entered the school compound...
Pandai guna metaphor ehhh
Some of my 5E kids were trying very hard to
increase their marks for English.
They tried every possible tactic to get me
to change my mind.
I didn't relent and told them; "You
know, in 5 years' time, it won't matter if you got 2 extra marks for a monthly
test. You won't even remember whether you got 86 or 88 for English."
The students responded with, "But
teacher, we'll remember you *kindness* and *generosity* in awarding extra marks
to your students."
Good try kids but no, flattery will not
work either.
The students were brainstorming ideas for
their section of the school yearbook.
Several themes were suggested:
Star Wars
Gatsby
Ambition
Hipster
Syafiq asked the girl next to him,
"Theme Ambition tu macam mana?"
The girl replied, "Kena pose jadi your
ambition. Macam, what do you want to be?"
Syafiq, without skipping a beat, replied,
"I want to be with you."
Smooth Syafiq, very smooth...
For our class photoshoot, the kids have
really gone all out dressing up as flight attendants, doctors, veterinarians
(Iffa even brought her cat as a prop), lawyers, imam, film directors, etc.
Khairul, our in-house photographer, has
done a very good job of taking the pictures. They turn out real nice.
Today the students asked me what I would be
posing as.
"Do I have to?"
"Eh, mesti la Teacher. Tapi Teacher
tak boleh jadi teacher. Kena jadi benda lain."
"Okay, give me some ideas."
"Imran dressed up as a Prime Minister
yesterday (complete with the Jalur Gemilang & I Love PM banner). Why don't you be Rosmah?"
Imran was absent on Monday because he had a
fever. When I saw him today, I asked him how he was feeling.
"I'm okay Teacher, it's just that now
I have a sexy voice."
"Sexy? Says who?"
"Says me"
"Hurm okay"
I started to walk away but he was
insistent:
"It's sexy kan Teacher? Am I
right?"
Some of my students took part in a Solar
Car Competition today.
One of them had this as his whatsapp
status:
'Come home victorious or don't come home at
all'.
"So menang tak?" I asked
"Might have to find a new home
today" came the sheepish reply.
R: Teacher, cover your ears, we're about to
begin our council.
Me: What council?
R: (in an officious voice) It's the Council
of Men
Me: Am I not an honorary member of your council?
R: Are you a man?
Me: Urm, no.
R: Then you're not... as this is The
Council of Men.
Me: Fair enough, may I know what does this
council do?
R: It discusses, you know, MANLY stuff.
An example of students seeking divine
intervention for their SPM Trials:
H: Teacher, I wanted you to pray for our
Physics paper, but I would rather you pray that we'll win the gold medal
tonight.
Me: Why? Is there a quota or something? Am
I allowed only one prayer per day?
H: No Teacher, if we win the gold medal,
we'll have a public holiday tomorrow!
#Rio2016
Today, my students sat for, yet another,
mock exam.
When I entered the class to start the
English paper, the students looked weary and tense.
Some were frowning, some had furrowed
brows, bulging veins on their foreheads, etc.
I tried to get them to relax:
"Just think of it as another practice session. Don't worry too much about
it.
No exam is worth risking your mental health."
"Well it's a little too late for that
Teacher," came the wry reply.
I examined the Panadol, tissue, Brands
chicken essence & minyak angin on a student's desk during examination.
Me: What's all these?
Hong: Things a stressed student needs.
Another student brought a big box of
tissue.
"What's with the tissue?" I
asked.
"To cry," the boy answered
succinctly.
#sambiljawabsambilmenangis
A: Teacher, after SPM, could you text me
every day and remind me to exercise?
Me: Every day? What's in it for me?
A: You'll get one hot student.
Thanks for the memories :)
