Free Lunch

Today I stayed back at school for extra tuition class, replacing Wei Jie (if I not mistaken his name) while he is occupied for the inter-school badminton competition.

I pleasurably accepted it. Afterall, who would deny for a RM 60 extra incentive by just teaching for TWO hours?

I’m not an idiot, okay?

He pushed me an English Comprehension reference book and asked me to teach by reading along the essays with the students, explain it and do the attached question.

Duh.. how boring.

Before this I’ve been told that today is the last day for the extra tuition class, after this when the November comes, there will be tuition class no more. Moreover, the extra class that I will be teaching is standard 6. So what’s for pushing them to study more when the UPSR is over?

That’s why, before I entered the class, I decided to let them do things that they wanted to.

When I’m walking towards the class on the corridor, these children were chasing around climbing up and down. Well, it isn’t a surprise anyway. What would you expect a 12 years old kid doing when there’s nothing to occupy them?

Sit quietly at each seat and play SUDOKU?

But however, discipline is discipline. After they stood up and greeted me, the first line that I said to the class was: “Stand on the chair, everyone!”

“Stand straight, everyone look at me.”

They might think I was punishing them. In fact I wasn’t. I just wanted to get a momentary attention from the class. And it’s proven effective when everyone is silent and focus on a single person – me.

I did the self introduction, explained why I’m here and make them answer me why they are standing on the chair.

2 golden rules on executing punishment
-Let them understand why they are punished.
-Mean what you said, strictly.

After that I let them sit down and followed by a talk with them so that they won’t lose focus immediately. We talk about their future planning, the school they going to attend for secondary, the places or activities they have been doing since UPSR finish, etc..

Majority of them will be joining Chong Hwa Secondary, where is just a few blocks down the road. Some of them are joining Titiwangsa Secondary - boy school and girl school.

Besides that they joined the school trip to Singapore during the Kongsi Raya holiday, 4 days 3 nights, which cost them RM500++ Quite cheap huh? Haha.. I should have joined the school earlier, as suggested by a child there.

After that, the important part kicks in - whether to teach or not to. And of course, the majority voted *drumroll*

NO.

That’s when Uno card, Chinese chess and others board game becomes my two-hours teaching material :P

As for the English.. whatever book, who cares lah?

I filled up my time by marking books; they have their well deserved rest after final exam. Now we are both happy.

The only person that will be unhappy is more likely the PIBG.

Paying 60 bugs to a teacher who teaches nothing :P