2.4.08 reflections!
Today we reached the centre at 4.00pm exactly! on the dot! XDD
tuyan and sarah didn't join us, cause sarah's attached to a university for BIO! DAMN PRO! tuyan's had lotsa tests coming up!
this time, An was still having band lessons from the other grp of student volunteers! so i went to help another girl who was having difficulties learning her spelling~
hmm, lets see what techniques i used from the last time we discussed!
used colours! to highlight the different parts of the word, so that she'll know that when certain parts of the word have the certain type of sound, it's spelt in that certain why.
shrink, shrank, shrunk
yeah! so as you see, the black vowels are the only difference in the spelling and pronunciation!
she initially just hardcore-ly memorised all 60 words @.@
but she kept forgetting words, like remembering "shrink" but forgetting how to spell "shrank, shrunk"
and she was getting quite bored too (who wouldn't be, when you have to memorise all the words ONLY USING YOUR MEMORY?!)
so even though i was kinda sian-ed that day, i was super loud and everything! and i had to exaggerate the way i pronounced the word!
shoot, shot, shot
haha! like that! i was going "oooo" and "o" to show her, and the girl started laughing her head off -.-
but i also started laughing after i forced her to repeat after me, to get the hang of it HAHAXD
but anyway, she memorised everything by the end of it! XDDD
and she had no problem memorising a few other words, using this method!
hopefully she finds this method useful, as i find it, when i was in primary sch till now XD
feel a sense of achievement! heh heh!
anyways, after that An was released! and he didnt have any problems! he has finished his work and all the corrections! i was O.O
he said it was cause there was a new "teacher" (adult volunteer) there, and that guy taught him. An also remarked he did his work super fast, BECAUSE THE TEACHER JUST TOLD HIM ALL THE ANSWERS STRAIGHT.
oh man -.-, i hope this teacher doesn't make An reliant on having answers supplied. and he wont be serious in learning at all, if he knows that he's gonna have answers supplied to him anyway!
grr. i hope the adult volunteer knows what hes doing. we'll see when i tutor An next week ;D
(that's if the guy doesn't finish telling An all the answers first. =.=)
(then again, maybe i'll just test An using the questions that guy gave An answers for, to see if An really knows how to do it xDD)
played with the children after that! realised that a child was spoilt, several are super shy. like they wanted to play but don't dare to ask.
haha! fenghan's super good at including shy children ;D
but the spoilt one likes fenghan alot! i don't know how fenghan's gonna handle her.. if i were the tutor of the spoilt one, i think the kid will hate me for forever more cause i'll be super strict with her.
eh, actually i think fenghan has the ability to make the child less spoilt! she keeps nudging the girl towards the less spoilt direction, like going
noo, 不可以这样，要。。。
eh. i think i would have liked fenghan to bits too, if i was the girl ;D
i must learn from fenghan to be kinder towards children, so that they'll be more willing to change and listen!
Farah's lil buddy seemed to like farah alot!
Jean's buddy was more interactive with her this week, i guess!
they were kept busy tutoring up till the last second, so i didnt really see, just heard little snippets here and there..
hoping we can discuss this weekend!
sounding accusatory and frustrated isnt the way to go! @.@
and then, i played with An and his friend! they both are going to like physics alot! CAUSE THEY WERE PLAYING WITH DOMINOES! I LOVED THAT WHEN I WAS YOUNG TOO!
then they were experimenting with how far the lil bricks need to be placed to make it fall, how heavy (bricks placed on top of each other) the bricks need to be, for them to withstand the hit from the previous domino, but still not fall. i kept thinking of stability when i was watching of them! XDD
the outing should be orientated towards science! i think they'll be interested!
but when i was on the bus ride home, i started wondering.. what role do we play, exactly?
this is what i think..
We're like a group of mini teachers! we teach across every subject, but only for primary 3-4!
we're their confidantes, the seniors who impart to them how to learn and study, who gently nudge them to be better in their characters! and of course, PLAYMATES! HAHA ^^
of course, we cant be perfect also, so we also try to mould ourselves to became these patient beings from heaven *halo appears*
and of course, we also see ourselves in them, the problems they face that we faced and are facing, and when we see others having our problems, it's easier to find a solution that we both have, when we're seeing the problem from the 3rd POV.
i hate chinese! i dont wanna read it, i dont want to learn it!
that guy has no idea how much i wanted to say "i agree man!" but yeah, ive begun to be more serious and more committed and lessen the dislike of my subject.. the reason for my change in thinking? my mummy and zhanglaoshi!
mummy: "读华文很重要！华人一定要会读华文！"
zhanglaoshi never forced me to do chinese, and i dont know, i just.. it's like she's trusting me to do my work, even if i hand it in SUUPER LATE! but she nvr scolds me.. i dont know, but i just feel like doing my chinese cause she trusts me or something. XDD I LOVE HER TO BITS!
and of course, the biggest factor came when.. my aunt's malay friend, dosent watch malay shows, but watches mandarin shows instead! reason? cause mandarin shows have english subtitles, and she cant understand malay!! i felt damn shocked, and i was like "OMG.. I DONT WANT TO BE LIKE HER!"
im gonna relate my experiences to the little guy hopefully he gets the paradigm shift, like i did! and start working hard for his mother tongue!
yeah. i feel so 心痛 when i see the children struggle with the same problems i did, and the frustration and sadness and the whole emotional drama. I SHALL BE THERE TO OVERCOME IT WITH THEM! HEH HEH!
and all of a sudden, i feel so renewed with passion for this service learning!
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