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reflections for 9th of april!
everyone went today! :DD

hmm! i tutored An for the 9th! everything was tight running.. we managed to get through muliplication successfully, and also taught him basic division.. but when it was time to teach him the longer and more complicated division, he became more interested in bugs and flies and refused to listen to me..

i tried applying all the method's we've discussed before, and eventually resorted to.. threatening him. (this method was actually discussed as a last resort, but i forgot An was especially sensitive)

i told him he'ld better start paying attention or else i'll ask auntie S to tutor him instead.
he instantly clammed up and refused to talk to me at all!!

then i couldnt understand why, i thought he was about to listen, just trying to put on a last defiant stand.. so i continued with the threats (SUPER BIG MISTAKE *scrunches face*)

he started crying.. then i was be bewildered.. i thought he really was lost about the maths or something.. so i tried to revert back to the simple sums, but he ignored me, threw my markers around, and used his pencil to pierce the book repeatedly, intent on mutating it.

then i gave up, and asked him why on earth he wasnt listening. (i was pretty fed up) and he more or less yelled "你吓我！你刚才吓我！为什么每个人都要吓我？吓啦！来啦！你刚刚吓我！”

then i had this overwhelming sense of regret and self reproach.. i was exhibiting the exact type of behaviour i said i wanted to free the children from.. what the hell was i doing?!

then he ran off to the bathroom..

when he came back, i attempted to explain and apologise.. this went on for 45 minutes.. plus the earlier time, 1hr+ was lost in total..

the explaining seemed to have calmed him, but it was still extremely hard to teach him.. so i gave him a break.. luck was on my side, a HUUUGE flying ant appeared and he was jumping around, trying to catch it to fed his tiny spider..

he was getting high over it, and i was standing there helping him, and he finally caught it.. and it cheered him up a whole lot.. after that, he was a-okay again! we manged to do another 1 question, and then i let him off..

so the entire day wasn't productive at all.. it could have been, but i forgot his sensitivities again.. beryl! wake up and stop forgetting your aim! guide them like a friend would, not dictate and theaten like a monster

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