Another day in NIE

I'm so amazed tat so many ppl r joining teaching. To me, some may appear to be able to survive in this profession, and some not. Maybe i can tell just by looking at their faces, their expressions, their reaction over the workload and their cliques. There're a lot of fresh grads... but there're even more PRCs... their influence and numbers have spreaded even now, to NIE. I wonder if these r trainee teachers or NTU undergrads (if they're undergrads, then even NTU is not big enough to contain them?) I won't be surprised. But this place is so filled with PRCs that I feel like I'm in China!

I suppose i dun need to visit china with so many china people coming to s'pore. Come to think of it, it's so cool. We go overseas to spend money and relac one corner, but these pple come here to study, to work here and help us in our economy.. next time these pple may just replace me in my job. Heh, so what am I driving at? I don't like them? Yes, I don't like having them around. I don't know why? Must i have a reason? Ha ha, I'm not the Zheng Hu wat, so only the Zheng Hu knows why they're here. Yes I don't like them. But I'll still live with it anyway. As long as the cabinet not all china men can oledi.

Good practices in teaching #1

i'm starting this to help myself pick up good things as well as deter from negative stuff.
to begin with, i met 2 really cool tutors in class today, which somehow really gives me the feeling of a well-spent day at NIE.

Tactic:
- Have fun, be relaxed, be natural
- Model for students (if you wan them to read e notes, u can pretend to be reading)
- Proximity (Go near them to subtlely stop their -ve behavior)
(adapted from raymond tan - CPA)

Tactic:
- 10 - 15min warm up b4 lesson (to cater for late-comers)
- cartoons, magic, videos
- Exaggerate
- Mind reading trick (raise the stake!)
- Story of poor farmer (how to counter the cunning loan shark)
- Magic Trick/Teaching must have value
(adapted from katoh - Physics)

It's hard to find good teachers, even here in NIE. I really appreciate those who make the effort to enhance my learning in this short one yr. 3 cheers to you guys!!