Friday, November 10, 2006
1st time during holiday lessons i didn't feel tired!
maybe the coffee helped... or was it sleeping at 930pm?
past few days, been turning in as early as possible.
trying to get as much sleep as possible.
there's physics, maths, chemistry homework.
and of course, the chinese & maths holiday work.
and also, all the newspaper articles & the resource file stuffs.
i'm happy we're getting back mrs loh for maths next year.
=]
we're also having latimer for english next year.
i hope we get back ms liao for chemistry next year too.
someday, i must go read up the geography text on my own!
because i'm not following during lessons, wayyy too boring.
irene lim was angry with us today. because of some people who were late for lessons. it's so irritating that lessons always have to be dragged. if it's after recess, then the soccer players will be late. if it's in between lessons, the girls will be late. ALL THE REGULARS! it doesn't matter if you're late for lesson for a few times, but definitely not every other day! on your part, it's only 1 minute perhaps? but for the rest of the class, it's 40 minutes wasted. i rather maths wasn't this useful, if not i wouldn't know realised how much of our precious time have gone to waste. then later, she was angry because we couldn't name the insoluble gases. i think the class behaves so well in her lessons that now, she gets angry so easily. whereas ms liao, she only fumes when the class doesn't hand in work even though the deadline is wayyy past. probably because of the very different ways the class treat the 2 teachers.
think some people feel irene lim's wayyy better than ms liao. but anyway, to me, both are just about the same. just that for irene lim, she prints notes so that we don't have to copy down notes whereas for liao, we'll be taking down notes the whole lesson. but whatever it is, we'll still have the notes at the end of each lesson. besides that, it's just attitude. the different attitudes we give the different teachers that makes our results different. or maybe it also depends on whether you fully utilise your chemistry tys. the paper 1 was so giveaway if you understand the concepts, but not if you memorised tys answer. and it's like weird too. last time when liao wants us to hand in assignments, people starts throwing questions at her, expecting her to give us the answer. as for irene lim, seems like people are so willing to volunteer their answers. the worst was actually when someone that wasn't present for lesson the other day was able to give the correct answers. so does it actually matter which teacher it was? it shows that if that person wasn't here and he can get the correct answers, i suppose he read up on his own or maybe irene lim just hypnotised the class. it's so different right? last time liao was around, she had to wait for days to collect a single worksheet. even days after deadline, she still have to single out the students after she completed marking the work by the rest of the class. somemore, she even went to the extent of calling up students and parents. for irene lim, it certainly isn't so. it's the ATTITUDE! stop targetting at teachers' weak point lah...
and i'm also not sure if i want ms liao back. for one, if she's back to teach us chemistry, maybe the class will give her the attitude again. and then, people who dislike her will suffer in silence, which should be majority of the class?? she will have to suffer in silence too, if we give her attitude. then how can we possibly progress if everyone's suffering?
actually, ms liao isn't that bad. we shouldn't blame the teacher for failing any examinations or tests lah. it's injustice! i mean, so what if majority of the class failed chemistry? it doesn't prove that ms liao's lousy. like there was someone who scored A2? okay, i'll just admit it's me. and i think she helped quite alot. especially today during chemistry lesson, people were saying 'oxides, carbonates, carbon' are insoluble gases. yes, initially i have this major problem with state symbols too. but after struggling with ms liao, i got it clear and it's no longer a problem. and she also sort of made me memorise the solubility table, which was of a great help. btw, for those wondering, i don't have tuition for chemistry, so definitely, it isn't some external help. actually, i also had great problems with mole concept initially. and i was panicking that time before the common test. and i went to find ms liao, and this and that, and she made me do tys and explained this and that, i finally got it. so, it's just ATTITUDE.
for example, i failed combined humanities isn't enough to prove that ms kokila's lousy. it's all because i refuse to do her work and everytime i get away with it. also, i don't pay attention during her lesson at all. i dare say i failed because i had no interest at all!
and i used to hate physics, because i thought it was difficult and i almost wanted to give up the end of year examination for physics. but because i don't want to disappoint mdm quek further, i decided to study for it. i'm glad i passed but i know i can do better. it's because of the attitude i give her. i don't try doing her worksheets at all. i just take her for advantage, find her and ask her how to do. i slept during her lessons and i don't understand her at all. but now, when i try, i do realise i can understand her sometimes.
so... it's ATTITUDE!
i failed once again @ 1:43:00 pm
