More homework, please! There was a notification for teacher staffs recently, asking for the teachers to give 5-questions homework per meeting. Apparently, there was some talk from parents that their children look too-relaxed, said they don't have homework and no tests. While I agree on […]
I just managed to make a blog for my teaching purpose. It's up since this July, provided by Edublogs.org. They manage to gather educators and students for having a blog with educational topic (or else). There's an option for 'teacher' and 'student' though I don't […]
I think I MUST post this here. For my gratitude of having such very grateful students that had brought us ups and downs for almost 2 years. My friend strongly advised me to get another job, actually. "Not high school. High school students are the […]
I began my teaching journey as a complete blank, knowing nothing about teaching. I didn't take any teaching course, I didn't go to teaching academy, I didn't undergo any teaching workshop. None. I walk in the path of 'giving', knowing that teaching is mostly to […]
Saya masuk ke perpustakaan kelas internasional ketika ada beberapa murid perempuan sedang duduk-duduk di situ. Saat melintas, sempat terdengar "Oh iya" berbarengan dengan lirikan ke arah (saya kira) sepatu saya. "Hayo, ngomongin apa tadi tentang saya?", saya menodong, "Sepatu, ya?". Mereka terkekeh. "Iya, Ms. Fashionista." […]
Mengingat Pesta Blogger perdana tahun lalu, satu yang terkesan bagi saya ketika keterlibatan dalam acara ini 'menginterupsi' hari-hari mengajar saya. Tidak, saya tidak bolos. Nyaris :p Pulang terlalu malam, terlalu lelah, dan agak-agak blank ketika mengajar keesokan harinya. Kecerobohan yang tidak mau saya ulangi lagi, […]
At the end of a semester, I know parents will look for me due to their children's chemistry result. I know, because I gave them those marks. Not a beautiful ones, I can tell you, therefore I can predict there will be unsatisfied parents. No […]