it's been such a long time since the last time i updated this thing. i just want to say thank you to whoever who actually bothers to check this place. life has been pretty mundane. started work at b sot. helping out with the visually handicapped students. It's so heartening to see them work so hard trying to study despite their obvious obstacle. it's really inspiring. It makes me so much more frustrated when i go into a class of perfectly capable and healthy students who really just don't give a thing about studying or getting good grades. it's so infuriating. sigh. anyway, getting hands on practice on teaching has really opened my mind to the whole career. I've learnt so many things about the people i've met and also about myself. for example, in a career such as teaching, without a degree, you're regarded as of a whole lower 'caste' so as to speak. i mean they really do look down on you. I guess it's the same in other careers,but in teaching, it's really like the measure of your capabilities. Considering that you are educating others, you should be the MOST educated. in other careers, you could be of a poly/a levels holder, but with hard work and effort, you have quite a good chance of moving up career ladder. in teaching, no hope for that. i learned quite a few things about myself too. i learnt that maybe i'm not so cut out for teaching. but not in the 'i cant control the class way.' but in the way that i get so emotionally charged up that it keeps e up at night. like i literally think about my students and worry about them and then only manage to get about 2/3 hrs of sleep a night cause of that. and considering that i'm only just a relief and take only a few students, imagine if i was a full fledge teacher taking several classes with so many more students. i'd practically not get any sleep. this job sucks me in and i get so engrossed. omg its like
council but instead of 31 others i'm working with hundreds. die. must think of alternative career paths. but having said that, teaching certainly has its rewards. i get to talk to students and i get paid for it. and having just finished o levels and a levels not too long, i'm able to relate to what they're going through. its like talking to my past. nostalgic.
gonna go catch a movie later and eat japanese :)
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