Thursday, January 12, 2006
The Memoirs In NY-The Fellowship of 04S3A (Part ll)
Chapter 3 - Teachers
During my sec. school years, most of the teachers said "once you get into JC, you are all on your own cause the teachers would care less about you." However, this doesn't apply to the teachers in NY.[at least the ones that have taught me] Without the teachers, 04S3A will not be able to be what it is.
Our CT [also our Physics tutor], Mr Tan K.Y., can sense that he's not really into the teaching profession but he's trying to be into it. However, sometimes I feel that his way of teaching is not there yet; like missing something. Passion? Or maintaining the relationships with his students? Hope that he'll find some other jobs that he'll like to do after his teaching bond is over. Or maybe he'll continue his teaching career?
Our Chemistry tutor, Mr Jeremy Ng, can be deemed as the epitome of a good teacher. Always eager to teach us new things, ensure that we have learnt something out of every lessons, gave private motivational chats with all his students and finally able to teach well, and at the same time, bond well with his classes. He's serious when tutoring but can be jovial at times.
Our Maths tutor for J1, Ms Tian, is a rather book-by-book teacher. She also teach very fast. "Any more questions? No questions? Okay, take out your foolscape paper. We'll have assignment now." These are her usually phrases during class. Then all of us will like "Huhhhh..."
But she'll not be 'dong4 yao2' by our 'sa jiao-ness'! She had retired this year. So hope she'll lead a good retirement life ahead!~
Our GP tutor for J1, Ms Avril Tay, is very busy with her PW stuffs cause she was the Teacher-In-Charge of PW. That's why she seems not to have enough time to prepare for our GP lessons. So, we only manage to learn some basic stuffs. Although her class may be quite interesting, but it lack some depth and bonding.
Our Chinese tutor for J1, Huang Lao shi, is a very 'shan4 jie3 ren2 yi4' teacher. He really knows the mindset of students. He also interact well with us. We can joke in his class. He'll also talk about topics outside of the lesson for very long. That's why we always take about 1 week to finish 1 Passage. However, he left to another school. Hope that he'll feel better there cause can sense his aversion towards the school administration.
Our PW tutor, Mrs Cynthia Tan [but wanted to be called as Ms Cynthia], is a very kind teacher. Would always approach her to ask about PW stuffs. And each session can last for a couple of hours. Hope she doesn't mind our nagging!~ She's also very nice to talk with. Will not sense any barrier between us when we are holding a conversation. Maybe she'll try for another baby?!~lol.
Our Maths tutor for J2, Mrs Wong L.Y.,[ a.k.a. Merlion...you can infer that~] is also a book-by-book teacher. [same as Ms Tian~] Her pattern also same as Ms tian. Do all Maths teachers have this universal characters? She'll ask you to write letter if you didn't complete the tutorials. Sometimes, she'll joke but it wasn't that funny. Mostly are cold jokes. lol. Nice to be a Maths rep. anyway. Wrote me a thank you card as well.[together with a pink badge~] lol. But I didn't reciprocate it. Think I'll write to all tutors when taking back the results.
Last but not least, our GP tutor for J2, Ms Chiew, is a very cheerful teacher. Also interacts with us well. She also have the mentality of a student. That's why she always say "I know how you all feel." Sometimes, we'll visit her house for mahjong sessions.[ but not for me~] Think this year also no exceptions, ya? She even treated us 'tze cha' after our A's. Thanks a million!~
DSZeng scribbled this at 4:32 PM
