a teacher...
Never imagine being a teacher before but I do love children alot. Always thought children are very cute and innocent just like bei ji xue(white and pure). Quite a foolish idea but I always dream of myself having two children. One boy and one girl then I will name them Jiaqi and Jiaxi respectively. Haha but much as I like children, I don't like the pain of being pregnant. Yeah always have the silly idea that maybe one day can transplant wombs into guys then girls don't have to bear the pain. Stupid right? Yeah okie.
So after my "A"s, I went to MOE to apply for the post of relief teacher. Had to wait for 3 weeks for my application to be approved then I started calling schools. That wasn't really successful so I started sending e-mails. Yeah then one day a school called me. Haha cannot tell the school's name. Later my students know who I am.
My first day of work was in February, probably 1 week before Chinese New Year. Went to this school in Yishun with excitement. Couldn't contain it but I told myself that I wanted to do my best. But when I stepped in a pri 4 class that day, wows, they were so noisy and I couldn't keep them quiet. Found myself shouting like mad. From then on, I know that children can be little devils too. Started learning some techniques from a fellow relief teacher. He is more experienced than me and he always "Hao lian" to me that he's self-trained. He's very famous for telling me "Hey, me hor very style one okie? One shout no noise liao." Yeah but indeed his methods are very useful. The next time I went back to that class, the first thing I did was to say very fiercely and loudly "Shut your mouths!"haha the class became silent. Wah, this kind is called jue zhao. That was the first time I managed to command total obedience from a class. Felt so satisfied that day but lost my voice liao le...
From then on, I have been using this jue zhao for my classes. I enjoyed teaching the Primary 1s the most. They are always so cute. I remembered this boy in pri 1, he didn't like to study and I scolded him the whole day but at the end of the day, he drew a portrait of me. His drawing was marvellous for his age. Also the primary 1s are always full of funny comments like "Teacher, my father's surname is chen, same as me leh!"oohhh then I would go "Oh yeah,correct!"Haha they are always so tian zhen and they do not bear grudges. But I realised as children grow bigger, they become less cute liao le. They become like little devils out to make trouble for u. Like those pri 5s and 6s I teached. Once you scold them, they will like hate u forever. But overall I still think that teaching kids have enabled me to know more things. I know more about handling children but I guess I liked playing with kids more than teaching them. I always thought teaching kids will mean that one have a heavy burden 'cos u must always think about the things u teach them. U must make sure they take the correct path in life. This, to me is a big responsibility. Whereas when u play with them, u can be yourself.
However on the whole, teaching in the primary school has made me a very satisfied person. Each day when I get home and think of how I have helped these kids, I feel relieved and happy. "At least I have done something today." The thought of going back to school and having the kids calling me "Miss Sun" or "Sun Lao Shi" encourages me. Never have I had such an enriching experience as this one...
Bei Ji Xue(Kelly Chen & Stephen Feng)