Maybe this is what people mean when they say mid-life crisis (although I maintain that 30 is too young for one). It is true that I have generally been coasting along in life, allowing myself to be taken wherever life takes me – and frankly, it hasn’t been bad. I have a job I generally enjoy,… Continue reading »
Aug
22
May
31
No exams for P1 students
If a teacher told us that our daughter did not do well in her show-and-tell, we frankly wouldn’t be the least perturbed and motivated to take remedial action, as we are now about our daughter’s poor mid-year grades. Umm, and whose fault is it that you dismiss it when the teacher tells you your daughter… Continue reading »
May
07
I just … I don’t know
I AM a mother of four children in Secondary 2 and Primary 6, 5 and 2. I have tried my best to inspire my children to love the Chinese language – sending them for extra classes and private tuition, and speaking some simple Mandarin at home. However, these methods have not made them love the… Continue reading »
Apr
07
Parents
Having been teaching for almost 7 years, the one thing I have learnt is that there are a lot of poor parents around. Yeah, yeah. I’m not a parent so I should not judge but when you: lie all the time for your child blame others for your child’s actions make excuses for your child… Continue reading »
Jan
27
I probably shouldn’t have
but I pre-ordered the Merlin S2 DVDs. (cowers and hopes her parents don’t scold her)
Jan
16
Double-barrelled Race, the ST Forum and Me
Instead of allowing a child to be culturalised with a particular race, the policy would make him feel a loss of identity as he is constantly labelled with the characteristics of two races and so must be attuned to the cultures of two races. Friends with mixed parentage have also voiced their concern to me… Continue reading »
May
06
AWARE, parents & sex
While parents should play the primary role of teaching such values, the Ministry of Education should likewise ensure that sexuality programmes in schools do not undermine what parents strive to teach their children. … and how do I do so when I have 40 different kids in my class with 40 different sets of parents,… Continue reading »
May
06
Letter to parents
Note: Obviously, this is only meant for some parents. I do realise that not all parents are like that and there are many, many parents who do a brilliant job at bringing up their children and I applaud them for managing this difficult task so well. Dear (some) parents, I understand that you work very… Continue reading »
Feb
16
Parents
After having to deal with another parent today I realise something. If I ever quit teaching, it will be because of parents. Not the admin crap, not even the sometimes much-to-be-desired leadership and not the heavy workload. But because I simply cannot deal with unreasonable parents who like to threaten us with complaints to MOE… Continue reading »