Maybe this is how being a mother feels like.
WORRYING.
I'm worried crazy over my two kids. If I don't express it now I think I'll burst like a bubble gum that's blown too huge.
I'm tutoring two kids now.
(1) One is a Sec 1 kid who is really sweet. Very polite but lazy. He'll do the homework I assign him one hour before tuition. HOW TO SUBMIT DECENT WORK IF YOU DO LAST MINUTE! ):
So for the past six months I've been receiving last-minute scribblings.
(2) Two is a Pri 5 kid. She is very mischeivous. And she's refuses to put in her best. (At least One will try his hardest to think of the answer when I ask him a question.) I don't know how to motivate her.
What I'm doing now:
(1) For One, although the half-baked work does bother me, it is not at the top of my concerns. He answers questions that I ask and actively participates in the lessons, clarifying his doubts and such. BUT he's learning Acids and Alkalis (science) and Angles (maths) now and he's having trouble for the first time this year.
I remember how in Secondary 1 I had the same problem. The teacher would shove equations down my throat, asking me to memorize them. And I don't want to do that to One.
A: Sulfuric acid + carbonate --> Salt + water + carbon dioxide
B: Sulfuric acid + metal --> Salt + hydrogen
My dearest One asked me yesterday why can't water be produced as well for B. I have no idea how to explain it to him sufficiently succint without going in dept into the chemistry. Keep in mind that poor sec ones do not know our friendly neighbours electrons, protons and neutrons yet. So they wouldn't know the chemical formulae of sulphate and his multi-atomic friends.
Anyway I found a way of explaning it to him somehow yesterday. I was literally squeezing his brain dry.
"So carbonate with acid will always produce carbon dioxide" *squeeze*
"How can acid with metal produce carbon dioxide??" *squeeze*
"Tell me what elements sulfuric acid contains." *squeeze*
"You forgot what are elements??????" *squeeze*
Poor One.
(2) Two doesn't complete the homework I give. Oops. I should say H.W. because she hates the word "homework" (and will say, "Don't say it!!" when I'm about to say "Homework"). When I'm teaching she'll lay her head on the table. I ask her a question, she'll shrug her shoulders. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
The thing is if I prompt her, she knows the answer. She just refuses to think.
Do you know I got a C for maths in PSLE? Before every lesson, I'd plan first. Then complete the maths questions before I head for tuition. And when your dear student mischievously refuses to think, it gets really disheartening.
Two didn't complete her H.W. again yesterday. So in addition to the new H.W. I assigned her yesterday, she must complete the ones from previous lesson. I want her to learn that she should not delay doing her H.W. and she should complete it on time. I'm predicting when I visit her on Satuday she wouldn't have completed much either.
I'm lost. Can anyone suggest an effective method for me to employ?
I don't want to punish my students. I don't want them to dread tuition lesson. I want them to think it is a lesson where they can learn yet interact actively with a tutor. So I go by reward system. It doesn't seem to be working well though!
(If you want to get tutor, remember: your tuition rate is proportional to the results your student must receive. So if it pays well, you can be sure as pie that the parents expect results to be rising as fast as your stress level!)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
"Hi, I like children but I'm not a paedophile."
When your friend sees a child who is stumbling on his stout little legs and he/she goes, "Look at that baby! He's cute!"
When your friend sees a child who is stumbling on his stout little legs and he/she goes, "Look at that baby! He's cute!"
Do you go
"Paedophile."
and turn away?
If yes,
the term "Paedophile" is loosely defined by you as anyone who likes pre-pubescent children.
If yes,
the term "Paedophile" is loosely defined by you as anyone who likes pre-pubescent children.
Heh heh if you like Justin Bieber, you're a paedophile. There are more than 7 million paedophiles in the world.
Oh, might as well, a murderer is defined as anyone who holds a knife.
Thief is defined as anyone who borrows your possessions.
It is so irksome whenever someone calls me a paedophile.
A paedophile is "an adult who is sexually attracted to children" (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paedophile)
This guy is a paedophile. I am not.
I have absolutely no sexual designs on children. Never ever do I have a flicker of sexual interest in them.
(1) Their innocence is just something that I find extremely adorable. If you compare a hormone-ranging teenager who says "I love you" with a motive VERSUS a little boy/girl who writes down "I love you teacher" because he/she likes you teaching him/her, which one would you find more adorable?
OF COURSE THE CHILD! (If you chose the teenager, please bang your head on the nearest wall.)
(2) Compare a child who hands you a gift (handmade somemore) shyly and then quickly scuttles away VESUS a man/woman who gives you a gift but he/she is actually interested in you and wants something more from you. Which one is more adorable?
You might say: How can you compare these two? One is a child, the other might be your potential partner blah blah blah. By bringing them both together it shows that you have a deeper interest in children yak yak yak.
NO. I am just trying to show that children are very adorable. It's okay to gush about how cute you think they are like how you gush about a cute guy/girl in your course but minus the sexual innuendo.
SO, you're not a paedophile if you think children are cute. Ignore that foul-mouth friend of yours who simply throws that term around!!!
Watch her reaction the second time she eats the lemon.
*shakes head* I don't get it, since when has the term "paedophile" been on the tip of the tongue of so many people. Is it because of the dastardly deeds of the Catholic priests? Is it because of the media, choosing to report the countless cases of paedophiles (reporting white collar crime is no longer in fashion)?
Whatever it is, call me a paedophile, I am going to continue liking children (and planning on having a few when I get married).
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Since the usually-uninterested-in-football WUNYEN AKA MISS CHARLES has blogged about football, (Andsoblatantlyshowedhersupportforateamthatisgoingagainstmine) I will blog about my favourite team also!
This is the team I support:
No, actually. I'm a lousy supporter. Because. I only support the guy at the second row, extreme right.
That's right, Torres. I SUPPORT YOU (and your team). Even though you didn't score any goals but well, my love for you is not depended on the number of goals you score. So...ILY!
I know, he's married with a kid but please!
They both don't look too happy. The bulldog looks even happier.
I would never ever dump you with a baby and go cavoting elsewhere!
Look how grumpy he is.
I will let you wear the pants in the relationship Torres I swear!!
Now you know how deep my love for you is. Please win tonight!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo (ah lian style)
This is the team I support:
No, actually. I'm a lousy supporter. Because. I only support the guy at the second row, extreme right.
That's right, Torres. I SUPPORT YOU (and your team). Even though you didn't score any goals but well, my love for you is not depended on the number of goals you score. So...ILY!
I know, he's married with a kid but please!
They both don't look too happy. The bulldog looks even happier.
I would never ever dump you with a baby and go cavoting elsewhere!
Look how grumpy he is.
I will let you wear the pants in the relationship Torres I swear!!
Now you know how deep my love for you is. Please win tonight!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo (ah lian style)
Why going out is terriblybad:
1. You have to think of what to wear before you head out. (Magnitude of headache varies from person to person.)
2. If you cannot control your spending (me), you end up penniless much sooner than you expect.
3. You feel sleepy but you can't just zonk out anywhere. Esp. after lunch.
4. If you're out with your friends, it's kinda rude to put up a 'sian'(bored) face.
5. You get exposed to the sun's rays = UV rays = freckles/ wrinkles @ terribad speed (again, this varies from individual to another.)
6. Most Singaporean guys are ugly. HEH. But @ home you can look at Justin Bieber (!), Jude Law, Fernando Torres, etc.
7. The wind becomes your enemy, if you have long unmanageable hair.
8. You worry about finding a toliet esp. horrid if your bladder is small.
1. You have to think of what to wear before you head out. (Magnitude of headache varies from person to person.)
2. If you cannot control your spending (me), you end up penniless much sooner than you expect.
3. You feel sleepy but you can't just zonk out anywhere. Esp. after lunch.
4. If you're out with your friends, it's kinda rude to put up a 'sian'(bored) face.
5. You get exposed to the sun's rays = UV rays = freckles/ wrinkles @ terribad speed (again, this varies from individual to another.)
6. Most Singaporean guys are ugly. HEH. But @ home you can look at Justin Bieber (!), Jude Law, Fernando Torres, etc.
7. The wind becomes your enemy, if you have long unmanageable hair.
8. You worry about finding a toliet esp. horrid if your bladder is small.
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