20191231 Tuesday
End of 2019 • Start of 2020
In this Year of the Latter Rain (the theme of the year in my local church), there were various ups and downs. This post is meant to recount the blessings given to me.
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- 20190613 Thursday
Equal Share of Misery
Suppose there are two teachers. One lives in the east, and one lives in the central area. Now there are demands for a new teacher in the west and the central area. The teacher residing in the east will be deployed to the school in the central area, and the teacher residing in the central area will be deployed to the west.
- 20190611 Tuesday
Brief Thoughts on Classroom Management
You step into a classroom of 40 rowdy Primary Five’s in an all-boys school. You met for the first time. How do you get their attention to follow your instructions?
- 20190610 Monday
Career Tracks of Education Officers
One of the questions a man was asked by his interviewers is, “Where do you see yourself in the career track as teacher?” At that time, he had not known of the established system of three tracks in the Ministry of Education. After that experience, he asked his teaching associates and learnt more about the […]
- 20190609 Sunday
Rest: The Best Gift of a Teacher to the Students
What is your kind of ideal rest before you teach? Even if you are not a teacher, when do you find yourself to be able to deliver your messages clearest when in person? If you are on the receiving end of a lesson or workshop, would you not appreciate the lesson provider, i.e. the trainer or teacher, to communicate in the best condition possible?
- 20190608 Saturday
Moolah for Education Officers
“What is one thing you hope you knew before you started teaching?” Her response? “How much my pay would be. I didn’t know my pay when I first signed up. It’s okay but quite stagnant over the years. Haha.”
- 20190607 Friday
Wisdom for New Teachers
“What is one thing you hope you knew before you started teaching?” Following is a compilation list of their replies, without revealing their identities, and in no sequence of importance.