In Motion

So my first paper (Culture and Learning) is over, and I don't think I did too well for it. Till today, I think it's absurd to test us on something we did not learn, and that it's unfair to change exam formats without notice.  ...Well everyone's probably in the same boat, so no biggie. =P That's how I usually comfort myself. ...Hmm I seem to be saying the same thing about every exam. That's not the main point of my post today. It's related, though. To culture. Humour me, I like to apply what I've learnt in my books. If the exam won't ask questions about what I've learnt, then I shall just have to show off my knowledge in other ways. =P The situation :   Recently, I was frustrated with the way some friends were carrying out certain things, and I confronted them publicly about it, and someone said I shouldn't have - mainly so that the other person could save face. In the end, I got my way, which I probably would not have gotten ...

It's the 3rd day back in college, and I'm already having a splitting headache. Well, the headache actually started yesterday. No idea what caused it, but I'm blaming it on the stress and workload. =P I miss my kids. Not a day goes past without my thinking of them. It might be the fault of that great yellow USB fan sitting next to my laptop (a gift from one of them). Teaching is really addictive and you can get so much satisfaction out of it when your kids can spell and understand new words days or weeks after you had taught them. Of course, one can't do much in a month, but kids are really sponges that can soak up new information. The only frustrating thing is that sometimes it's so much easier to just give instructions or translate new vocabulary for them in Bahasa Melayu...that cuts the delivery time in half. But it's not encouraged. I mean, I understand that we want the pupils to be exposed to as much English as possible, and not be conditioned to wait ...