relief teaching~

highlight of the day: meeting carol in town!

haha. it was a really pleasant surprise which involved a good, warm hug=)

it was quite impactful because I know I miss carol, but I didn't know I miss her so much till I met her. haha. I'm being sentimental here again. but! I'm glad school's out and we'll be meeting soon!

besides that, I said I'll blog about my relief teaching experience, and hence I will.

on wednesday morning, I was finally called down and I surprisingly managed to pick the call up. thank God cause I actually went back to sleep. haha, I jerked back awake only because I didn't let go of the phone in my hand..

second phrase of relief teaching started off with two primary five students asking, "are you the relief teacher for our class 5A? hurry! we have a basketball tournament!"

so we rushed out and..had to stop right in our tracks as the national anthem started playing. haha. and I just stood right in the corridor grinning like a fool as I tried to remember the lyrics of the anthem and trying to sing along. haha. I even stumbled over the words of the national pledge! this shows how long it has been since I last heard or recited the national pledge.

and I really think I've experienced basically everything that can be experienced in a primary school in so short a time.

the national anthem and pledge. an unexpected basketball tournament. games in the music room and the computer lab. the giving out of exam papers. the shouting over the noisy, rowdy bunch of pri. 5 students. having food that costs less than 2 dollars for lunch. recess duty. the teaching of P5 english and math. a sudden fire drill(that had me going, "are you kidding me??). the conversations with the kids. the having to go, "hey people..class, class, CLASS!! 5A!"

surprisingly, it took me a much shorter time to remember their names and faces. and I feel that over the past two days, they have taught me a lot. I've learned that at times, it's okay to just play hard and make as much noise as you want. as they were playing games during the last period of today, I was like, "ssh..please lower down your volume..", I was just afraid that they would disturb the other classes. I was so occupied with the noise that I didn't realise that the other classes were out. and in the end, I just ended up playing in the game and enjoying the looks of happiness and laughter from them.

there is a time for work, but there is also a time for fun.