A Message Worth Keeping for a Lifetime

Today was really great with my classes though not all of them were really awesome my conversation class this morning was brilliant. After the class, we had parent's meeting for about fifteen minutes and the feedback was great! We were so happy to hear from them that they were satisfied with how the class is being run and I'm so happy to be a part of this team. I love it! This afternoon, I got a message which is so soul-uplifting and right now I feel so honored to have been a part of this team teaching class. Our Superior DOS said thanks for being a part of the success of our conversation class. A message really worth keeping! Smiles.

I Can Sense a Tough Day Coming

From this day onwards, I can sense a tough day coming and I hope it's gonna be fine for all of us. There has been a lot of changes at school so far and I think I am greatly affected with my early learner classes. I know I have to brace myself on this for I have decided to stay a bit longer than I expected. The most beautiful thing that has happened to me here is that I've learned many things about teaching and not only teaching but 'effective teaching'. That is worth noting so far coz I have been having co-teaching a class these past few months and I have been learning so much from our Superior DOS. He is such a wonderful teacher who knows his craft so well. Now, I have been applying his teaching strategies in my classes and I am so grateful to him. We are getting close buddies coz aside from co-teaching a class, we have the same birthday! Whew! What a coincidence? Smiles. Now, I've found a male teacher buddy! Happy.

Now that I Am Well

I have a great chat with my adult students tonight. They were pretty chatty and cooperative in class and I love it! At other times they would just bitch at things they don't understand yet tonight they were just completely wonderful! Whew I couldn't believe it! Smiles. Oh well, as much as I feel alright now so does my level two adult class. Thanks goodness they were in the mood to chat and participate more in class. Grins. And now, I can sleep well and tight tonight.

So Fulfilling Afternoon

As the spring term ends, I feel a sweet tinge in my being that says 'Happy Weekends!!!'. Indeed, I am truly happy and fulfilled today because I have had a great class and I bonded with my students for the last time in our class this term. I would surely miss them. Now, that I have had with them for like two terms already I want to have them given to another teacher this summer and not to me. I want to have another set of students so it would be beneficial for me and my students. Sometimes, I don't like to see them for I found their faces too usual and boring! Hahah! Oh well, those were the times for today has come to a close for us to move on and learn more. Smiles. I want to write more but this picture could tell you more. Smiles. Good night to me and good night to all...I got to hit the bed now,,,smiles.

Finale

Today is the last class of all my Saturday classes and surely I will miss all of my kids. They are so dear to me now since we have been together for like two terms straight. They were actually my students when I first came to school and I have sought them through as they grow taller and brighter. Before, I couldn't talk with them closely but now I can say that we can chat for a while about their favorite things like food and activities. Well, in every season there is an end and this is just one of those perfect and neat examples. My season is about to end with them and I have to give them their certificates after class in the big activity room later. Though I am bit sad but not that much since I've still got more months to go and see them here at school. I would never forget all of them most especially Karen the naughty yet brainy girl in my class as well as Gigi the outstanding and lovely girl who loves to hug me every time she sees me. She is just so sweet and so dear to me. I feel like not her teacher but her dear friend at school. In these ways, I could find more consolation and fulfillment. Smiles.

We Enjoyed Much

Tonight's class is just so enjoyable I didn't want them to go home. Grins. They were such a very good bunch of enthusiastic learners of English. We went on banging some good ideas on different aspects of advertising. Advertising. Yes, that is our topic for tonight. They didn't have any problems on role plays and any other game I played with them. Excellent! I wish they would be the same for always. Really, I enjoyed my class tonight with my level six students. I wish to have them the next term soon. Smiles. Now I feel fulfilled and satisfied as they bid goodbyes and went home. So do I. I'm really excited to watch my favorite TV series. You guess. Grins.

I Made Him Learn the Hard Way

Huhuh! The class began with a cry of our naughtiest boy in class – Ian. As what I’ve shared here before, he is my naughtiest student this term. I came in the class with a parent waiting for me to observe my class. I knew it would be fucked up ‘coz of Ian. However, to my surprise that it wasn’t that easy for me to be strict. In the first place I am a no strict instructor. This is the only class that I need to be strict. Well, I am well aware that my problem for this class is classroom management. I have tried several management strategies and it didn’t work with them. Now, I guess I have to really be stern in my rules. Let’s just say that I have to stick to what I want them to do and all I want from them is to BEHAVE properly in class. So, as the first hour ended, the parent came to me and commented that I pretty well delivered the lesson well though some of the boys aren’t paying more attention to what I’m saying. Yes, it’s true and I said I have to work more on that part. Still, she said no worries you are doing great and I am happy that my son has learned many things from you. She said that we are on the same boat so no worries I sympathize with you. Well, I am just thankful that she was able to relate with me and I am happy to have her in my class today. Nervousness overwhelmed me at first but I was pretty doing well on the most part of the first hour. Smiles.

So Fulfilling with Pink in My Class Tonight

I have this amazing and wonderful early learner student in my EL3B class. She came in late for my EL3A class before almost half of the term. And now she is doing more than excellent as I can say. She is really brilliant and has a very witty tongue. She can pronounce the words better than me! Smiles.

Tonight is a night to remember for me since she is just doing great and she motivates others to speak louder. I love her very much. Actually I was the one who gave her the name – Pink. Why? Simply because it is the color of her dress when she came first in one of my Small Stars Fun before she joined our school and since then, she didn’t like to change her name. Whew! It only shows she loves it. Smiles. Indeed, I could say I am proud of her and in behalf of her parents’ support and love of English she is able to the best as she can be. Go Pink! Keep it up always! Smiles.

Real Fun with the Kids

I really enjoyed my classes today for my kids were just so attuned and raring to go bold and they cooperate in all the activities I had. We made our own Olympic torches for we weren’t able to go to Wenzhou and watch the real Olympic torch relayed to our province. Well, it really a fun race indeed it was all documented for good old day’s sake soon when everybody would part ways and have different lives. We made all the kids moving and running around our school’s block waving their own torches feeling really like in the real Olympics event. Whew super! Smiles.

I Had Fun with My Adult English Club

Whew! For the first time and again, I had fun with my adult English club. We played place your bets in 45 minutes. We knew the time wasn’t enough for us to cover up all the word pairs in the game. We stopped on the fifth pair for somebody knocked at the door and said it’s time to go home. So, we just went over and cracked some difficult and queer words before I set them home. Really, if they would stay that way as tonight, then, I and my colleagues won’t have any hard time in every clubbing activity. Well, should I say that I am lucky tonight? Grins.

'Ms. Drop It'

Tonight I had a very interesting and comic adult class. They are just so great to teach English with all the enthusiasm and wit they could carry on the conversation for hours. Well, tonight is a different experience for us aside from the fact that we need to transfer to my assigned classroom, we had a teeth showing experience. It went like this. I gave them pair work to do which they have to ask each other questions and then write about that person after they finished asking each others’ information. While a.k.a. ‘Ms. Drop It’ called me, she was so busy chewing her gum to the point that when I finally turned my back to her the gum went out of her mouth! We all grinned and said uh-ohs,,,then laughed to our hearts’ content. Laughing. My oh my! Then she said sorry guys I didn’t mean it. Grinned and went on to her question as if nothing happened. Well, it wasn’t supposed to be such a comic experience but we all saw it. Can’t help but just laugh. This I hope would always be the same kind of environment in all my class wherein everybody is just happy and gay. Smiles.

Had Pushed Almost to My Limits

This afternoon's class was really terrible with me since I've got the naughtiest stude in the school named Ian. A little boy who doesn't know much about English not even the correct spelling of his name. Gosh! What a pain in the ass. However, still, I try my very best to remain calm and patient with him. This afternoon was anothe incident wherein I was almost pushed to my ultimate limits of my patience with him. Finally, I went silent for almost five minutes and such a time they knew I wasn't kidding anymore. They kept quiet as well and saw me in my worst angry facial expression. I asked them do you want me to be angry or happy? And they said, happy. Then one student who is one of the brainy ones in class said to me sorry for the whole class. It was so sweetly said and heartfelt so I kept my temper down and said nothing then we continued with our activities. That was it. Grins.

I Had Fun with My Students Today

So far not too tiresome today since I had been rejuvenated from the pretty long May holidays and so do my students. I had such a great time with them. For all my classes today, I am so satisfied that we had such a wonderful conversation most especially my trailblazers. They are my high school students. Today they are so lovely and they carried on with topic on festivals for more than two hours. That’s amazing for me! Smiles. I got a parent for my high flyers who watched me for an hour and after that she really waited for me and finally said, ‘You are very good! [Thumbs up and a smile of appreciation.] Thank you so much teacher.’ I felt like I was floating in the air and I had a real pat on my shoulder. Twas a real compliment coming from a parent like Jakes’. Smiles.

A Nice Chat with My Adult Studes

This night is such a great class with my adult students. They are just there to really speak their minds out and share ideas on various topics. We had such a wonderful time talking about travel and holidays. We did enjoy and I hope they would always be like the enthusiastic and open-minded students I saw tonight. Smiles.

Last but not the Least

Tonight is the last day of my EL3A class with the toddlers. They are just so cute and brainy little girls who are trying to act like an adult. Grins. And now that the class has ended, I could really say that I will surely miss them and I would like to have them in the next level of their English learning at our school. I hope they would be my students next term. They are really worth reminiscing and I do really treasure those moments when all I could do is just whine and moan about their zero English skills. Now I can see that they are really have improved a lot so far with our almost more than half year being together of learning English. From zero they are now halfway to finish level one and I am taking this as sort of big accomplishment in my teaching career so far. As an overall, I really enjoyed my last class with my cute little girls tonight. I will surely miss you guys - Yani the picky, Venus the favorite and sweetest of all, Holly the spoiled little monster, and Pink the one with the smart and wit gifted. Smiles.

Early Learners 3A Final Day

Our class has ended today and I am a bit unhappy for it. I have been teaching with these kids for over six months now and I just really love them. They are just so wonderful to teach with their enthusiasm and funny pronunciation. I have sought them grow up in my class as the months go by. It has been such a great time and I found fulfillment in them just seeing them know some basic words and say few complete sentences now. I am so happy when they can be talked with even just greetings and simple questions and answers. They all started with nothing and now they can talk even just simple greetings and expressions. Smiles.

The Stupidest Thing I've Ever Done in My Life

On my way to home from the trip, I did the most stupid thing in my life. After having my nap on the bus, I got my digicam from my bag and started looking at the pictures I’ve got. Then, I begun to change some pictures and edit the camera settings until I got to the reformat part of it and out of my stupidity [if I am going to name it that way], it just clicked OK and then poof! the camera turned into NO IMAGE page and that’s it! I lost all the data I have in it. I was so totally dumbfounded and felt stupid! Gosh! What have I done!!! Anyway, as I told Anelie about it, she sympathized with me and said just come to think about what happened to my long treasured gift I lost in the hot spring last night. Finally, I felt a little bit fine and said, “Well, some things are done out of stupidity but at least I’ve learned from it and for that, I know what to do next and or never do it again that way.” She just grinned at me and said, “That’s life and it must go on, the show must go on. After all, those are just pictures and you still have your memoirs from the place which nobody can erase nor get from your mind.” Until this time, I am still feeling fatuous but not that much since I have realized many things from the encounter. I hope you guys learn from me and the lesson? “Do not do things out of curiosity nor experiment but think before you act. The mind is put on top of our body so as to make us think first and not the other way around.” Got me? Concurr? Grins.

Quite Funny

This morning I had two classes with toddlers. I was so amazed with my little kids coz they really memorized the lines in the action story about winter that we studied last week. It's really amazing how kids are apt to memorize things easily. The most remarkable thing that happened was this little girl named Venus. She is just so lovely when she starts to speak with her hardly made pronunciation especially when the words got homophone. We would just laugh at her in the end when she would end up mumbling words to me when we play ball games in class. They just love ball games apart from the undying jumping fcs and Kill the Teacher. Though things are tough with them at times but on the most part they are so challenging to deal with and the most fulfilling part of my teaching experience here. They all start with zero vocabulary and now they can go and speak something about basic and simple things around them. They are my sweet accomplishment here. Proud to say that :)

A Little Breather

Here I am right now taking a little breather in my usual spot in the netshop near my place. I haven't gone home yet coz I am spending time with myself here updating my online accounts. Today has been well with my parents' observations and classes especially with my rowdiest students. I could never ever dare to forget the name of the naughtiest boy in my afternoon class - Ian. He almost waned my patience this afternoon but gladly I was able to control myself. I just called my monitor and she scolded them for a few minutes. Dah mirisi jud lagi! heheh, I said to myself. Well, there are challenges along the way in whatever situation you are in your life right now, I could say and always remind myself every time I wake up in the morning.

As there are trials and tests, there are also great things that happen along the way which could boost my confidence. Not to mention the students who liked me as I am in and out of the classroom, the parents who are never tired to give thanks every after observation even they have a hard time saying thank you in English, and most of all the colleagues and my superior who always believes in me and my capabilities.

These are just but few of the honey I tasted here and still I am looking for more while working hard to achieve all my goals for this year and in the long-term. Sooner or later in my life, I could gladly share my experiences to the next generation what I have gone through and how I got through with all these things with full enthusiasm and courage. Grins.