Friday, January 18, 2008
work!
been full of ups and downs. the thing about being a relief teacher is that you don't really get any training and you have to start teaching on day 1. and you'll only be given the topic to teach, the lessons you'll have to plan yourself. (you'll probably be wondering why am i able to handle it but yea i somehow managed to).
another point to note about relief teaching is that you'll never know when you might have "extra" classes popping out. every day as i step into the staff room, i would tend to be careful not to bump into the admin manager. because if i do that would mean extra work because certain teachers reported sick. somehow they think that relief teachers are super versatile and can teach anything. read on.
a classic example would be today. i was suppose to have only 3 timetable lessons but i almost ended up have 6 classes in the end. to make matters worse, one of the lesson i was asked to take over was a lit lesson! i tried to rescue myself by desperately trying to tell the AM that my lit sucks to the core (like for example, telling him my o lvl lit score) by somehow it didn't work. but fortunately i managed to find another relief teacher (who's lit is probably 1000 times better than mine) to take over for me. but 5 lessons per day is still very draining. note that energy consumed in 1 lesson for a teacher = 2-3 lessons for a student
so for those who're reading this now and are still studying, please give your teacher less trouble. haha, kinda ironic since i'm partly guilty for that too since i belonged to a class that wrecked havoc back in rv.
on the flipside, working in rv isn't that bad for me because:
1) the canteen food is dirt cheap
2) my table is in a secluded corner in the staff room (private space)
3) near my mum's workplace, meaning free ride to and fro so no need to pay adult fare
4) i get to see my juniors often (though i only know sec4s and some sec3s)
AND LAST BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY!
5) the staffroom has quite a number of tennis pros!
aaron | 9:48 PM
