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Transit Thoughts: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. Teacher, berapa markah saya? Hi, W, you got 64% for your English paper. Congratulations, it's a 'B'. Let's work hard to get you an "A" in the next exam.". Will work hard.". And I hope this fire catches on. Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Bolehkah sir membantu saya? Thank you, class". Thank you, sir! N, the class monitor, seems to linger at the back of the class while I bid goodbye to his classmates. As the last of the students leaves the room, he walks up to me and speaks softly, "Sir...
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Transit Thoughts: "I want, I can, I will"
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012. I want, I can, I will". 1 A kid walks over from her home to attend my extra class and competes enthusiastically to answer questions, despite being sick. 2 Three new students hear about the same extra class, but wait at the wrong place. They then walk over to my house to ask why it was cancelled, and ask for another class to be scheduled. I'm inspired by underprivileged kids who want to learn! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I want, I can, I will. National Unity with 3B.
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Transit Thoughts: November 2011
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Sunday, November 13, 2011. Today represents the transition between two distinct phases of my life. Yesterday I bade my student life farewell. Tomorrow I'll stand before my class, a teacher. There are many things that remain the same - family, friends, values, faith, goals - but with the other things, life rarely stops to let us catch up. Let tomorrow come! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Transit Thoughts: October 2011
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Many here do not have the basics in academics as most were never. The mainstream education system. Even able to write their names. Could you teach some to write their names. So they can sign their monthly wage slips? I wish I could say we finally got it right, but we didn't. This sort of task would take months to master and requires a teacher who would sit with him every day for the next 6 months, drilling into him those 3 strokes: "straight line…down…up! Monday, October 3, 2011.
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Transit Thoughts: November 2013
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Monday, November 18, 2013. TFM Alumni Induction Speech. Yang Amat Mulia Tengku Ali, Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dr Jemilah, Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Noor Rezan, Yang Berusaha Encik Chen Li Kai, Board of Trustees, guests of honour, Teach For Malaysia staff, 2013 Fellows, 2014 Fellows and my brothers and sisters from the 1. Cohort of Teach For Malaysia Alumni. How does one move on, at the end of a journey both so heart-breaking and inspiring? Today, I recognise that, at the end of a great journey, one may be too ...
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Transit Thoughts: June 2012
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Thursday, June 21, 2012. The most in the classroom. I'm still trying to find the best ways to engage with my students, figure out the best methods to spur their learning and test out new classroom management techniques. I am consistently humbled by the kids that I teach, and by the other Fellows who work so hard for their students. In an ever-demanding, exhausting and emotionally draining profession, it’s easy to resign to the fact that it is all too difficult, and succumb to the belief that some. At thi...
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Transit Thoughts: January 2012
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012. How on earth did I end up here? A quick pictorial update). Was my question to myself at 5:30 am on a Tuesday morning, as I drove to Gemas from the only city I've known, Petaling Jaya. Here's a quick update of the last few months:. My awesome students from class "A4". My proudest moment was when we got them to participate in an actual debate with another class - a feat they would have otherwise shrugged off for being "too difficult" (and they won! Dusty electrical shops decorat...
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Transit Thoughts: September 2012
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Saturday, September 1, 2012. Pacing around the classroom to check on my students' guided essays, my eyes caught J staring into space, with his pen placed on his opened book. Have you finished, J? He smiled nervously as I inspected his work, immediately finding scores of mistakes in his 2 paragraphs. "If you're talking about one. Building, it's 'a building', not 'a buildings'. Take out the 's' here, because we only use 's' for plural nouns, remember? He said, barely audibly. This was what it said:. He has...
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Thoughts & Things: November 2011
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Thursday, November 17, 2011. Unchartered by Sara Bareilles. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Dude Craft: Fresh Hand-made Content. Awesome Inc. template. Template images by gaffera.
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Transit Thoughts: April 2012
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Friday, April 13, 2012. The many students I teach who failed their recent Monthly Test, and. Sadly used to it. KS, who sleeps through my lessons despite countless warnings, consequences and one-to-one (or ‘man-to-man’) conversations, up till today. I'm at my wits' end with him and will be visiting his mother soon. T, who washes cars for 5 hours after school, and whose mother works 2 jobs - every day - to put food on the table. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
