Thursday, August 16, 2007 @ 2:46 PM
Teaching my student today reminded me of my Primary School days..
Today, my tuition boy was showing faces when I asked him to do an English Quiz.
And I asked him, "Is your Dad rich?" He said no, and gave me a curious face. And I asked another question, "then why are you wasting your dad's money now by not using this time wisely?" He finally started trying those questions. I flipped through the maths homework that I gave him during the previous session,
there were alot of blanks.. he just simply said that he dunno how to do..
my only question to him is..
"Did you try?"I was like him.
I had a tutor, his name is Mr Yap.
He taught me when I was Primary 3. (I think so..)
It just recalls those times that I had my tuition with Mr Yap.
He was a full time tutor.
A little old, but not old to that extent that he was having his whole head white then.
I remembered dreading my feet to my bedroom for tuition.
Always slowing down to do things.. or purposely dropping my eraser or pencils on the floor
and taking a long time looking for it.
Whenever he asked for my assessment books, I would purposely pretend to look for it even when I saw it, and knew where it was.
Seriously wasting time.. wasting my parents' money.
Now I look at my students.. haa.
They are doing the same old tricks to me.
It quite memorable.
But I would take Mr Yap as a model for me to follow.
Whenever I teach, I'll recall how he taught me.
The patience, the nice tone that he would use..
That heart of teaching I would say.
I believe that every experience would mark a learning point,
though it might take 10years to learn.
:)
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