so we discussed social issues in writing this week, and turned out more gems and soundbytes from their curious minds. an amusing dialectic emerged when regarding gender politics, how when a man sleeps around he's a lothario / cassanova but when a woman does she's a slut, but conversely when he takes another's without consent he's a sexual offender ( Read more... )

had a blast with my classes as always. this week i thought we'd deal with the proverbial dilemma of work versus leisure and how many writers angst about this existential question since time immemorial ( Read more... )

just spent a good part of my morning mediating (in halting mandarin) between a frantic parent who was half crying and her son in my form class who is seeing an older woman. she's telling me how he sneaks off, lies and once racked up a hp bill amounting to 1000+ texts and hundreds in phone calls ( Read more... )

we did the funnies in classes this week. thought i'd have a mid-term mood-booster, so we discussed varying forms of comedy in writing, where i took the liberty to screen snippets from atkinson's stand-up routine to happy tree friends haha. was also observed by the boss. talk about a risque career move but she liked and i did have fun with the ( Read more... )

another intense week, with pair presentations thrown in between, which turned out to be more exhausting because i found myself having to actively listen, note, and consolidate. i think i make a terrid student haha ( Read more... )

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what a blast i've had this week, sans the upcoming weekend 'burnt' in school for 'family day ( Read more... )

term has once again begun. this one's going to be a real challenge in self-discipline, marking deadlines,admin stacks, meeting parents etc. but you know what? i'm smiling a lot these days for so many furtive reasons ;]


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met up with my ex-hwa chong students. they're both in their early 30s. man where did the time go?

from uniforms to adulthood

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so i survived a 25-period teaching week, which i know seems pale in comparison to some of you working crazy 12-14 hour days. it wasn't the duration so much as the challenge to not sound jaded with each repeat lesson x 5. tuesday was esp trying when i had to see all 7 classes and at some point it was deja vu, not in a good way haha ( Read more... )