Comments for Topic 3

Hey hey how are you guys doing? Hope you are enjoying your one week break!
I'm in school everyday, doing work...holidays are non-existent for teachers haha...But it's good in the sense that I can wake up late, come to school at my own sweet time, and have no students knocking at the door every few minutes asking to see teachers (that's the peril of sitting near the door...I have to answer the door!)

First of all I'd like to thank all you sweeties for your gifts and cards. I've never received so many gifts before! It really warms my heart to read the words you wrote, to see the effort put in in making the cards and selecting the gifts. Even every 'Happy Teachers' Day!' wished when you see me is an encouragement for me.

I'm so touched! Thank you people!

Your entries for this topic serve as an inspiration for me too! Reminds me of what kind of teacher I am now and how I can improve myself. Oh btw, many of you told me in your cards that you enjoyed my lessons. My eyes nearly popped out, because judging from your facial expressions (dazzzzzzzed) and the number of people sleeping or not paying attention during my lesson (many many many), I would have thought my lessons were the most boring ever! Thanks for the comfort, even if it's just out of politeness (ha!) or just to appease me (hoho!), I appreciate it anyhow :) This will be my motivation, at least till the next Teachers' Day! :p

I realise that for most of us, the teachers that impacted us most are our primary school teachers. Maybe for you guys, it's because you are only in Sec 2 and have not had particularly memorable experiences with a teacher. But after asking my peers the same question, the trend is rather apparent - primary school teachers do make a more lasting impression on students.

For me my favourite teacher is my Chinese teacher who taught me in P4 and 5. His name is Mr Kho. He was already rather old when he taught me, and for some time I've wondered if he's still alive. Imagine how pleased, not to say relieved, I was when I saw him recently. It turned out that he lives in the same block as my boyfriend haha! Anyway I can still remember his lessons. Always very interesting, gets me all psyched up for Chinese! With this kind of learning environment, it's no surprise that I became very good at the subject. So good that I could take Higher Chinese as a subject! But things took a down turn when we had a change of teacher in P6. Man, how I disliked the teacher! To be fair I think she was a rather good one, just that with such fond attachments to Mr Kho, I couldn't relate to her at all. So my Chinese went downhill from then on, eventually got forced to drop Higher Chinese in Sec 2 when I failed to perform in the examinations. Sad... But I'm glad that my English improved and hey now I'm an English teacher!
Well it's disheartening to read about the existence of abusive teachers in our schools. I really hope someone will put an end to this. Another kind of teachers, the oppressive kind, are also every student's nightmare. I had my fair share of experience with these, but now that I'm a teacher myself, I see where they are coming from. I don't pretend to speak for them, but I'm quite sure every teacher would want the best for our students. We have different ways of dealing with students based on our personalities and convictions, some effective, some not. But one thing for sure, everybody works hard for our students. If only all students can appreciate that. It's not a good feeling to slog yet get dissed, scolded, or blatantly booed by students!

In that light, I would say that Teachers' Day is a good day for students and teachers alike. Students would reflect and hopefully realise the effort teachers put in for them, and teachers may get huge doses of encouragement and satisfaction when their students express their appreciation for them!

Ahh...Teacher's Day would go down as one of my favourite days of the year from now on! :)

Happy Holidays people! See you in a few days' time!

Love,
Miss Goh

Journal Writing 3 - Lee Pin Hui :D

What are the qualities of a good teacher?

Well , actually it is really simple.Firstly,they must be caring towards students amd be patient to them as different students have their different level of understandings.They should be able to teach the students well and make sure that each and every one of them understand what the topic is all about.teaching at a pace which everyone can absorb it is also very important to students.When a student need help ,they will help and teach them without hesitation.Teachers could also come up with some interesting games which enable us to learn a lesson after it.A teacher should also be humorous and friendly towards their students.Students will be able to enjoy the class and have some fun instead of boring lessons.Besides these,students must also coorperate with the teachers to make lessons much interesting and enjoyable.

Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

I have two favourite teachers in my primary school life.They are Mdm Xu and Mr Beh.Mdm Xu is my chinese teacher for Primary 6.She was really a good teacher.Why did I say so?Evidence?As many agrees,chinese is really a difficult subject to learn.It requires alot of effort to be able to score well in this subject.When I was in primary 5,my chinese results was really bad.I could hardly pass the subject.She was the one who showed me that actually it is not so difficult.She make the effort to find us information and research that was related to the topics.She would tried to explain each and every word clearly to us and make sure we really understand it well.She would also try to joke at times to fill the lessons with some colours.Even if she was really busy,she would still find time to give us extra lessons.The effort she had put in was really unable to describle.She was really a wonderful teacher and I will always remember her.Another teacher who I mentioned previously was my form teacher during primary 6.He was Mr Beh.Althought he was a male teacher,he was really caring and friendly towards students.He likes to joke with us and also to tell us stories as it was really stressful that year.He teaches us techniques to relieve stress and give us toilet break every now and then.His lessons is always lively and fun.He also taught us things that was out of the textbooks and explained things very clearly.He would also reward us with a small token if we show improvement in our results.I think this is what makes a wonderful and great teacher.

HAPPY BELATED TEACHER'S DAY!
A big thank you to all the teachers out there!:)