2nd JULY. (2 more days to USA's national day. :D)
JULY ALR. TIME FLIES FREAKING FAST. @.@
TODAY WE ALL WENT! 4.30 to 6.20. :DD
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HOHO! bought An chocolates to say sorry over the stupid question last week.
incompetent tutor D:
he was very 'man' and said "i dont need chocolates. i will listen to you one."
aww! =3
so anyway, we did the questions fast today! super productive, finished 8 questions in slightly more than an hour! :DD
he was in a happy happy mood, and plus i think it was cause he told me that he would listen to me even without the chocolates. he just say, cannot possibly retract his statement so quick :DD
i realised that they all have a bad habit.
when they dont know something, they'll go
them: "this x that x this x this! right?" *jabs randomly at paper*
me: noo.. why do you think so?
them "dunno leh. OHOH! how about this x that x that! *jabs somemore*
me: nooo!! dont anyhow guess leh!
them: "oh. okay. SO, it's this x this x that right?"
me: *faints*
and some of them also have this bad habit, thinking that we'll tell them the answers, and so they're too lazy to think!
i think, for both the problems, we have to clarify (and kill any hopes) that we'll not let them anyhow guess and tell them answers!
how about saying this
" young jedi, before we start on this horrible programme, please sign this contract. by signing, you promise on your pencilcase that you will Not anyhow guess answers, Will listen to us explain, *inserts simple instructions here*"
anyway, that session with An was :DDD!
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That day Sarah was having a terrible time. What was wrong?
C's attitude. it was super horrible.
She was just sitting there, totally ignoring Sarah.
And that continued for god knows how long. actually i know. about the entire session.
Sarah had a hell lot of patience, and was still trying to convince and persuade her to concentrate.
Even i got angry watching C, AND I WASNT EVEN TEACHNG HER. OMG.
*salutes Sarah for your unrivaled patience! :D*
i wanted to march over, and yank the little ap kid till she pays attention to me, and tell her that if she doesnt want to learn, don't waste sarah's time and energy.
she has 2 options:
either improve until the teachers feel she's too good to be tutored.
or listen to sarah and improve.
If Sarah taught any other kids, i tell you, they'll all be loving her to bits. Which tutor would go compile a cute mini working book for you, buy erasers for you, sit there and persuade you to do your work for 2 hrs?! and sarah didnt lose her temper, and just endured C's blacky face.
what the hell?! Whose the one benefitting from this tutoring, huh? whose the one shelling out time and energy to tutor, huh? Sarah isn't obliged to sit there and take your shit, little missy.
This kid has a serious attitude problem.
Hmm. Scolding her probably wont have any effect. Maybe a talk? but sarah can't be the one doing it.. cause it'll be odd.
eg:
sarah: C, i am not obliged to teach you. sometimes you may feel bored and you might not want to do, and start to ignore me and day dream. you feel that its okay for you, since you prefer to day dream instead of using your brains and doing your work. but dont forget that i'm here to teach you. and you're wasting my time and energy. i can leave any time i want to teach someone else, but because im committed to helping you, i'm still here teaching you. The teachers asked you to be taught by me because you're weaker in your maths. Do you want to be stuck with me for forever? Pay attention to me, and let's work together to improve your maths. you're smart enough, just not enough will and determination to make an effort.
on the other hand, i think can leh XD
on the other other hand, i think it's a bit odd for such words to be leaving Sarah's mouth. doesnt fit her Mother Theresa image O.O
maybe get someone else to "counsel" C?
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to defuse sianness, maybe do a little activity before starting, like the simon says thingy mentioned earlier. :DD
im pretty sure the kids like moving about when they're bored, like jumping randomly and flapping like an obese bird. cause i like to do that sometimes too XDD
move your body! :DD
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lotsa stuff to discuss on monday!
- C's problem
- Filler = jumping around? simon says? 哎呀，总而言之就是要动就对了拉。
- student file update! :D
- (if you all wanna add anything here, just edit this post :D)
Labels: 7.02.08, beryl
Jelly! wobbled @ Saturday, July 5, 2008
