Birthday: 14th October Occupation: Cultivator; Moulder; Nurturer Currently I am inspired: To renovate my blog
To start on my next phase of new life in 2007
Today was the choir camp and even though I was only there for 3 hours, it was great joy seeing my students having fun singing. I guess it was a good decision to make them sing outside of an enclosed area for it made them open up their boundaries and get used to singing to strangers. I'm proud of them for this.
I think they will never forget how it was raining today and they had to squeeze into a shelter at Pasir Ris Park. And when there were some other people sharing the shelter with us, they broke away from their inhibitions and sang infront of them. I'm really proud of them!
I'm happy in Choir. Though I can't sing, though I don't understand how they can detect off tone or the right notes to sing, I'm happy that I'm part of this family. And I'm happy that we initiated this Choir Year End Camp. It was a good decision. Go Choir Go! ROAR!
I pray that it will be a perfect weather for them to play games and have a good BBQ tomorrow. Lord, please hear my prayer!
A Child of God blogged @ | 10:52 pm
Sunday, November 12, 2006
*.* Confirmation *.*
I attended a Confirmation mass yesterday and I got reminded that it's more than a year since I left CTK RCIY. That's fast. A year of so many changes. One day, I should spend some time blogging the changes I experienced in the year.
Anyway, the Gospel passage was about the parable of the sower. And the Archbishop said soemthing interesting. You know, all along, I thought I should be a planter of seeds in fertile soil. I should carefully grow my seeds to seedlings and to beautiful plants. But His Grace said something like "We should be that fertile ground."
Now... that's interesting. A fertile ground is better than a planter. A fertile ground holds more seeds. A fertile ground lays the foundation but a planter doesn't lay the foundation. A fertile ground usually stays fertile unless something happens (which I don't really know). But the key idea is, the likelihood of it becoming unfertile is slim but a planter being bad has a high likelihood.
So His Grace changed my perception of teaching. I always thought I was the planter. But I'm more than that. I'm the foundation now. And I'm supposed to create a fertile ground for my students to grow. I've to provide a healthy and conducive environment for my kids to grow as much as they can.
Yups... that's my insight on the whole lot of what His Grace was talking about.
A Child of God blogged @ | 11:13 pm
Saturday, November 11, 2006
*.* Oh my gosh! *.*
I realized that I had spent 2 solid years blogging! And still going on strong! I'm pretty amazed. Hah... I think it's time to give this blog a revamp.
But you know... procrastination?
A Child of God blogged @ | 12:08 am
Friday, November 10, 2006
*.* Getting back together *.*
I went to my student's birthday party today. It's my first student's birthday party and I look forward to many more of such parties. I feel it's a privilege for the student to actually remember you and invite you to her party. I mean, of all the dozens of teachers she has, why did she choose a selected few?
It's good to see my old students again and they were sharing with me about their fears in adapting to their new Econs teacher next year. One girl from another class actually said that the whole class wrote a petition to the HOD Arts. And in my mind, I was like... "Hah.. He should be getting sian of receiving such petitions again." And when I met the birthday girl's mother, her mother actually offered to write into the principal to request that I should teach her child! Could you have imagined how anxious I felt? I'm so afraid that it would create an uproar or something.
I'm blogging this so that I'm always reminded that the role of a teacher is ever so important. I teach but I inspire my kids to love what they are studying as well. I need to look at each student as a child gifted with many talents and my role here is to nurture them and mould them into the best they can be. They will learn how to grow into self-achieving individuals. I must always remember this.
I don't know why but the moment I see my students, I get turned on to help them. I don't know why. It's just innate.
I'm quite amazed at myself at how I can casually talk to my kids. It's as if I'm talking to the RCIY kids. I feel strange that I'm talking to them as individuals not as students and yet, they are also giving me the due respect. They even bothered to say bye to me before they left. Perhaps it's because of the school culture I'm in. Perhaps and for that I should be thankful.
I will always miss my students and though chances are, they might not be reading this but I just want them to know that yes, I'm always available for you. I'm a sms, call or chat away. Feel free to call me out for tea, coffee, a chat. Anytime. I'm here for you.
A Child of God blogged @ | 11:55 pm
Sunday, November 05, 2006
The kind of things my students do while I'm away
I discovered this on Youtube long ago but didn't have time to post it up. This video was taken during the last few Econs supplementary classes with my students. While I was away doing something, these kids deviated from their assigned work to destress. Hah... these kids are just so adorable. Enjoy this video!
Choir Singing In the Rain
Eunice & Myself - The 2 Teachers In-Charge