Many things have changed since I last posted about my all time favourite 3 faith class. To date, I was with a P6 class for a week, then a P4 class for two weeks before school closed for full home based learning. It was an uphill and uncomfortable task as I had to scramble and learn how to plan and post lessons online for my students. At the start, I was on screen practically 8hrs a day, then I slowly got the gist of it, and reduced the amount of hours, through many trials and errors and learning from the others. We're mostly on our own, with some help of sharing lessons from the other EL teachers. I was glad that I only had one EL class. It would have been more challenging if I were still with my P3 class.
Being told the week before March hols that I would be discontinued from teaching the P3 class was an awful bitter experience. I couldnt believe that I was so emotional, I almost cried in front of the students when I told them I was not returning to teach them after the March hols. Then, I broke down in front of the form teacher at her desk. Wow, I must have given her a shock, but she was so nice about it, and encouraged me greatly. Working with her has taught me many techniques of classroom management and I enjoyed listening to her speak to the class about being responsible and they should be kind towards one another. She often said 'I love you, children' to the kids, and I wonder what takes place in their minds, but she is one kind of teacher who is interesting and passionate. Even my own daughter who had the priviledge of being taught by her for a year still talks about her, that shows this teacher is impactful. That is awe inspiring.
P6 class was a shock and a great challenge but I survived. No fights no quarrels, just 1 or 2 boys who dared me in the stare. But I was glad I didn't have to confront anyone because of misbehaviour or any sort, and managed to carry out some lessons, with answer sheet in front of me, of course. What a relief when it was only for a week. I simply lack the confidence to teach bigger kids.
Then came my P4 class. I thought they were rather lovable, they can be really quiet when I was teaching. I was firm, yet funny with them sometimes and played 1-2 games with them. I was sad that my time with them was cut short as VP told me thru sms on the last day of HBL I was no longer needed in Sem 2 as more permanent teachers are posted to school. Initially, there was disappointment, then, after some reflection, maybe it's for the better, a time to rest, dig deeper into God's word, catch up with friends, some long lost ones, reading , baking etc. There should be many things I can continue to do besides rushing to report to school everyday. I've only taught in shsps for a good one yr, started in March (after the one wk hol in 2019, then ended in May (effectively end of Sem 1). The experience and exposure had been uplifting, made some good friends, and learnt many lessons from teaching, organising, being more patient and compassionate towards the kids. God is in the house (school) and I'm glad my daughter is stdying there, despite the complains of it being old, and also the fact she doesn't have the best Science teacher, she is independent and I have little to worry.
To end off, I'm encouraged to live a fuller and more spectacular life dwelling on the Joy of the Lord in my heart.
Romans 14:17
The kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and JOY in the Holy Spirit.