~Jac, Jia and i..a gleeful smile after hours tinkering over the 22-pages Q'stionnaire~
~Some people told me that Firefly was a scary ride, but i find it cool...alike Flybe,UK~It has been months ago since my former headmaster passed an-A4-sized letter that contains pages of questionnaire by USM's School of Educational Studies. He didn't brief me much about it, just an order to get it done and over with. I skipped the morning break to fill in the papers, putting as much though as possible because it was Monday and my schedule was gravely packed until end of the day. Yet, it took me until late afternoon because i ended up fascinated with the series of questions, which are carefully divided into certain chapters related to ELT's training and professional development.
Ermm..this might be a generalisation view of mine but in Malaysia, people hardly see us as professionals. Teachers, by right, undergo years of training, which many perceive as a piece-of-cake yet later find themselves drowned in a great dilemma and despair on many so-called little things: misbehaviour, discipline, filling system, data updates and etc!To balance all these at once, with endless worry and concern over our own teaching and learning, the students dilly-dallying performance is not easy. Especially the NQT's (Newly Qualified Teachers) alike me, we tend to frame certain 'ideals' in our teaching style, letting the children love the language and learn it with a genuine interest.Yet, the harsh reality overshadows this much-appraise approach as the school pushes us for MORE A's, in just a few months without supporting us much and pining for a miracle to happen, which is utterly ridiculous!It is a no-joke matter, for i am in the critical boat since early last year...but alhamdulillah,i still survive...but the determination seems to drain out each day.Houwww...
CPD's courses(Continuing Professional Development) courses, i believe, are one of the effective ways to get teachers; both veterans and NQT's to hone their professional skills. It is a golden opportunity to share your critical thoughts with the people who has a mastery knowledge, a wide experience on teaching for they could picture your thoughts and offer a sound advice. The lucky me, who spent a few hours pondering over the given questionnaire, was selected for the final interview by USM's School of Edu. Studies!The effort spent was not in vain,i guess.
I must first thanked Mr. Syahrin, the very helpful and warm-personality RA of the School for the concern in aiding Jia and i to participate actively in this research. Not to forget Mr.Muhammad, for assisting us step by step, with GREAT patience about filling up the claim form in meticulous detail. Hontoni arigatou, o-futari san!:)
To Jac, who flied all over from Seri Aman, Sarawak...houwww..we definitely gonna miss u!Hugs and bunches of love for your lovely kids yeah, who i believe, are lucky to have such an inspiring mummy!!hehe...
And finally, Jia..let's strive together, yeah!!Ishhoni gambarou!!:)
Ermm..this might be a generalisation view of mine but in Malaysia, people hardly see us as professionals. Teachers, by right, undergo years of training, which many perceive as a piece-of-cake yet later find themselves drowned in a great dilemma and despair on many so-called little things: misbehaviour, discipline, filling system, data updates and etc!To balance all these at once, with endless worry and concern over our own teaching and learning, the students dilly-dallying performance is not easy. Especially the NQT's (Newly Qualified Teachers) alike me, we tend to frame certain 'ideals' in our teaching style, letting the children love the language and learn it with a genuine interest.Yet, the harsh reality overshadows this much-appraise approach as the school pushes us for MORE A's, in just a few months without supporting us much and pining for a miracle to happen, which is utterly ridiculous!It is a no-joke matter, for i am in the critical boat since early last year...but alhamdulillah,i still survive...but the determination seems to drain out each day.Houwww...
CPD's courses(Continuing Professional Development) courses, i believe, are one of the effective ways to get teachers; both veterans and NQT's to hone their professional skills. It is a golden opportunity to share your critical thoughts with the people who has a mastery knowledge, a wide experience on teaching for they could picture your thoughts and offer a sound advice. The lucky me, who spent a few hours pondering over the given questionnaire, was selected for the final interview by USM's School of Edu. Studies!The effort spent was not in vain,i guess.
I must first thanked Mr. Syahrin, the very helpful and warm-personality RA of the School for the concern in aiding Jia and i to participate actively in this research. Not to forget Mr.Muhammad, for assisting us step by step, with GREAT patience about filling up the claim form in meticulous detail. Hontoni arigatou, o-futari san!:)
To Jac, who flied all over from Seri Aman, Sarawak...houwww..we definitely gonna miss u!Hugs and bunches of love for your lovely kids yeah, who i believe, are lucky to have such an inspiring mummy!!hehe...
And finally, Jia..let's strive together, yeah!!Ishhoni gambarou!!:)
2 comments:
yeah..honestly,after two years of teaching, i've come to a conclusion that my brain has 'deteriorated' somehow...my language suffers all the same.how i miss our over-the-dinner 'masalah negara' discourse:)
yup..yup...hovering over the ''masalah negara'' at dinner is a like a custom ain't it?i think dats how our critical-n-reflective thinking blooms..nyway,it does shape us into good,faithful and resourceful citizen thou..haha:)
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