After about 6 months of admin duties and zero teaching load, I now enter the teaching force again.  Thanks to a teacher who resigned from her post just a week ago.  Nobody was qualified enough to handle her class. Even my qualifications (which include a 7 year teaching experience) were questioned. Why? simply because this class was no ordinary class- It was a baby’s class.  Yes, I was rigidly trained to be a teacher- like an old teacher’s joke says- oldtime teachers can teach even while sleeping.  However, I knew that regardless of my education, training, seminars, and experience, I am to face another battle in my life- another arena where the participants, the rules, and the goals are different.  And of course, the cautious and paranoid individual in me prompted me to be ready and fully geared for the battle ahead. Read More…. »

A reader recently requested for remarks in paragraph form.  In my school, we usually give out narrative reports like the ones below for children with special cases.  These children are under our Learning Assistance Program- they usually have special needs, hence, it would be unfair to evaluate them using the same instruments for children in mainstream classes.  To gauge their developmental progress over a period of time, we construct progress reports indicating their degree of achievement, learning styles, and some other behavioral manifestations.  We also supplement this report with a developmental checklist.
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A friend once asked me this question: What do you really want in life?  This seemingly simple question proved to be so difficult to answer.  However, Oprah posits that to answer this question, we have to first determine what makes us the happiest every day.  I can only think of one thing- everytime I go home after an exhausting day at work and find my family’s welcoming embrace and happy smiles, then I am truly happy.
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