Well,I was too busy to type a post ever since I've touched down Penang's International Airport.
Yup,first,I celebrated Christmas 2010 in church! It has been almost 10 years since the last time I spend my Christmas night in church worship God.
And New Year countdown,it has been a blessing and new way of celebrating it. Yea,I chose to countdown in church,giving thanks to God for last year. It was my first time. I waved goodbye to 2010 with a grateful heart; And I welcome 2011 with a blessed heart!
And now,it's 2011. I started my year as a practical teaching in CLHS. The school culture freaked me out during the first week (which was last week). Their discipline system though is strict (I mean extremely tight with no loose end),yet I must say,it is very systematic as well. Students wouldn't dare to talk even in medium-pitch voice with their teachers. I pity them sometimes. They have no freedom in school. They must follow the one thousand and one school rules inside and outside their classroom. Students are like prisoners in this school.
Apart from that, the teachers were very unfriendly to us, trainees. They looked at us as though we came from Mars. They would not even smile to us although we smiled and greeted all of them. I didn't like the way I was treated that time. We were not given even a proper table or chair in the staffroom. All we had were 4 wooden tables used by students in the classroom, situated in an unwanted corner in the room. I was kinda upset for being treated so. But now,I'm loving our private corner as we had so much fun and companionship during the hours we do not have to enter the class.
NOW.......
Things got better as we shifted into the second week (this week)! Most of the teachers started to smile back as we gave them our best-est smile every day! Though some still ignored us, I won't give a damn care about them =P Some of them even approached us and talked to us. They gave us some encouragement and support from time to time.
Finally, angels are sent to us!
I'm loving this profession! Though I still gotta brush up my skills, I'm enjoying my internship as a trainee teacher! I love teaching the kids,even though some of them really pissed me off. Still,I think I've fallen in love with my profession =DComing soon: I'll blog about my students NEXT! =D
That's all for tonight. Time to get back to work. A teacher's life is mostly dedicated to school and students. I have to plan for next week's activities! Till then, tata~~~~
