Thursday, August 28, 2008

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

-Laughs out loud-
I've got a friend, he's a second year student.
He can't remember my name so he calls me "twinkle twinkle little star" cos I always wear my starry jacket.
He finds me cute!
Can you believe it? Amanda Tan is cute!
I mean, I never expect guys to find me cute cos I'm never those cute porcelain dolls kinda girl, you see.
So, thank you boy, for finding me cute.
'Cause that's a revelation to me, and it made my day.
;)

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Making A Difference

I went for tutoring this evening at 5pm.
'Cause my student is having her mock exam on wednesday, so she wants extra tutoring.
My student super cute, she passed me a box and she said,"Don't tell my mother I gave you kay."
And I nodded my head, then I asked her,"What's this ah?"
She grinned and replied,"Your teacher's day present."
Although it was a simple chocolate and bookmark, together with a self-made card, but I really love it.
It's not the gift that made me happy, it was the fact that she made the effort to get me a gift.
I LOVE the card she made!
She wrote "Ms Chen", hahaha, 'cause normally she calls me 陈老师.
This is the content of the card, so sweet of her right......This is what propels me in teaching, the sense of achievement that I get from students and knowing for a fact that I did impact their lives and made a difference.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

我亲爱的

最近真的很忙,几乎连睡觉的时间都不足。
突然,发现和家人朋友相处的时间越来越少。
似乎,有很多东西要完成,但是,时间好像不够。
虽然,我很想念家人和朋友,但是我也很喜欢这样忙碌的生活。
它让我感到生命没有白活。

你们知道吗,我有两个学生,一个小学五年级(11岁)、另一个小学一年级(7岁)。
七岁的学生;我下个星期六才开始教他。其实,他母亲开的价钱并不是很高,而且住处又难找,但是,我决定教他的理由是因为他的家庭背景很有趣。他的爸爸是洋人,妈妈是马来人(但是英语讲得比母语好很多!),有趣的是双亲坚持要孩子们学华语。他的母亲还说如果能够的话,要一家人一起学华语。我想:新加坡已经开始有很多外族学生选择修华文了,以后我一定会遇到更多这类的学生,干脆就早一点开始累积经验吧!
十一岁的学生:她是个很文静的女生,很喜欢宠物。她的家庭几乎不讲华语,都讲英语。在学校,她也很少有机会讲华语,因为朋友之间都是以英语沟通。但是,她却喜欢上我的华文补习课。因为,我让她看到“不会就要学”的道理。我一直相信:不会并不羞耻,只要我们肯学,没有什么是不可能的。她告诉我;我不像她学校的华文老师,我不会让她觉得自己很差经。我回家反思过,我想;可能对我来说,学生就是我的朋友,而朋友之间就是应该互相鼓励,互相学习吧,所以,制造了一个很舒服的学习环境。

本来以为,教书会令我感到厌烦。但是,开始教书过后,我发现我真的很爱年轻人和小朋友们。似乎,和他们沟通时,我们都达到一种共鸣,一种相互的了解。喜欢听到他们叫我“老师”,喜欢看到他们因为我简单的鼓励而感动,喜欢看到他们因为我“特别”的想法而觉得诧异的表情,喜欢听他们古怪又新颖的想法,喜欢看到他们在我的教导下敞开心房而改变,喜欢他们的一切一切。或许,教书并不是那么的可怕。我打算在五年后,要不去修个“special needs education”的文凭,要不就像阿亮那样,当个戏剧老师。

其实,本人还有很多要说的,但是一时想不起。
所以,各位就等到我想起时再说吧!
各位,告辞了!
哈哈!