Wednesday, November 27, 2002
so mad with my student today! she's the one with kidney pblms. i udnerstand that she has a phobia for maths and that she is weaker than normal students. all these while, i've been patient with her. today, my patience gave way and she knew that i was mad with her.
she did not touch her maths at all for 12 days and did the homework i gave to her on nov 13 two days ago. ok, u're already so weak in maths and u still wanna play games with me. shit!
eh i didn't use the shit word on her. u know i've been teaching her fractions since the beginning of this mth!!!! it's not that she didn't understand, she refused to do her work after umpteen times of advice from me.
i told her to be laurel and imagine that i was her. then asked her if she likes to scold me, if she wants to teach a topic for one mth and she said no.
expected ans. in the end i told her that i'll not give her any work for maths as of today. i'll juz go through the textbook with her. i elft without even saying goodbye to her.
i can understand why she doesn't like maths coz when iw as young, i didn't like maths too. yes, she is weak and i know when she gets tired so i'll talk to her, make her feel relaxed, crack a joke or two. i give her maths homework from the textbook, which she told me were far easier than assessment books.
tell me wat i can do? never beleived that i can teach but the last few mths, i admire myself for cultivating my patience. i learnt not to scold but to talk rationally to these kids. kids always yearn to be adults. treat them like one and they somehow act less chidlish and listen to u instead.
this incident shows that i'm human afterall.
she did not touch her maths at all for 12 days and did the homework i gave to her on nov 13 two days ago. ok, u're already so weak in maths and u still wanna play games with me. shit!
eh i didn't use the shit word on her. u know i've been teaching her fractions since the beginning of this mth!!!! it's not that she didn't understand, she refused to do her work after umpteen times of advice from me.
i told her to be laurel and imagine that i was her. then asked her if she likes to scold me, if she wants to teach a topic for one mth and she said no.
expected ans. in the end i told her that i'll not give her any work for maths as of today. i'll juz go through the textbook with her. i elft without even saying goodbye to her.
i can understand why she doesn't like maths coz when iw as young, i didn't like maths too. yes, she is weak and i know when she gets tired so i'll talk to her, make her feel relaxed, crack a joke or two. i give her maths homework from the textbook, which she told me were far easier than assessment books.
tell me wat i can do? never beleived that i can teach but the last few mths, i admire myself for cultivating my patience. i learnt not to scold but to talk rationally to these kids. kids always yearn to be adults. treat them like one and they somehow act less chidlish and listen to u instead.
this incident shows that i'm human afterall.
