Sunday, February 21, 2010
My babies!!!
It has been almost a year since I last posted. Many things happened, good and bad but i shan't dwell much into it.
I'm now entering the eighth week of my teaching career. It hasn't been easy I must say. Struggling every step of the way, learning to compromise on things I love to do, and having to make decisions every now and then.
I'm the class mentor of 3A - my very first batch of babies. Yupz, that's what I call them - my babies, all 41 of them. I look forward to the day they graduate from JVSS, and hopefully by then, they've grown to be young men and women.
We had our very first quarterly birthday celebration on 12 February 2010, the last day of school before the CNY. I was looking forward to the event the entire week, looking forward to have our first class photo taken. Well, that didn't happen after all. The celebration proceeded but I was only present at the later part. By then, some of them had left school.
Frankly, I was extremely upset that day. A last minute meeting cropped up and I needed to attend it. When I found out, I had every intention to speak my mind, that my class comes first and I don't care if I will be viewed as uncooperative. Maybe it's just a celebration to some, but to me, it was an opportunity for my class to let loose and chill - our family time. It took a lot out of me to swallow my anger and accede to the meeting but even then, my disgruntled expression was emminent according to YK.
How well, the meeting ended and I caught up with my class. Some left, but at least I got to enjoy the cakes with my babies. A consolation I guess, better than nothing.
When I reflected on it, I guess this is the realism of working life. I wish I could spend more time with my kids but the never-ending work makes things difficult. What will I do then?
hmm...
Posted by jOzACh at 9:07 PM