Tuesday, September 06, 2005
You tell me. Are you still interested in having tuition?I've never felt so much like a teacher with very high authority as much as just now, at the end of my tuition session with my P4 kid. As usual, he was behaving like a spoilt brat again and giving me rubbish answers which he obviously have not given much thought to. So for the entire lesson I had this boiling heat deep inside of me that's really killing me, and I was so tempted to just storm out of the room and talk to the mother. But I did not la... decided to take matters into my own hands first.
Apparently I gave him a few pieces of homework, and he deliberately did even more, just to make the marking difficult for me. How come I'd say so? Cos when I was marking through his many pieces of homework, he was gloating and said, "too many to mark ar?" I cant be bothered to even answer to that. I ignored him for the entire lesson, cos I was too busy marking and didn't dare to give him more to do cos I cant even finish the current pieces. And got one question when doing corrections I marked him entirely wrong, cos the whole meaning is wrong, altho on paper half of it looks correct, some stupid science question la. So he was saying so I should give him half marks. Usually I'll give it to him, today I coldly said,"I dun care about marks." Haha...
On 8.30pm dot, I closed all the books on the table, even though I still have not marked the maths assessment book. And he said, "You mark finish that one already meh?" I placed both my elbows on the table, holding my red pen in one hand pointing at him in a matter-of-factly manner, and said, "I only have 1 and a half hour with you, and I will only mark those homework I assigned you." Immediately he knew the tables are turned, and suddenly nodded. Then I sorta slammed the pen on the table and lowered my voice tone. "So you tell me, are you still interested in having tuition?" He stare at me blankly and shrugged. I continued, "Everytime I come for tuition you'll give me this attitude like you're not interested in learning. Everytime I ask you to do sums you'll anyhow do and give me rubbish. Everytime I try to explain science to you you'll talk back to me." He interrupted, "I where got talk back?" I raised my voice, “Everytime I explain something to you you'll interrupt and try to argue with me when you dun even understand what the question wants, that's not called talking back?" He kept quiet. "So how? You tell me if you're not interested in having tuition anymore... I'm ok with it."
"So you tell me, what subjects are u lousiest at now?" He said," English." (Who the hell is he trying to bluff, I know he likes to do English assignments best la) "ONLY English? What about Maths?" He nodded. (First time I see him acting like a little lamb, usually like some loud spoilt brat one) Then he bit on his lips, he looked like he's about t0 cry, and luckily he din otherwise I dunno how to explain to the mother...
Then I took one of the assessment books and ticked 3 exercises for him to do for hw. As usual, the haolian him said, "only ar?". I said, "yes, and plus this." And I took out one of his science assessment books. "Have you started on HEAT?" For the past few lessons and even till the beginning of this lesson he told me his teacher haven started science yet. Now he meekly replied, "Ya, I think so." And as I was packing my bag I said, "Listen, for the next time I come, I will only mark those homework I assigned you, if you like to do extra, I'll only mark them when there's time."
"OK?" He nodded.
"Actually u think I like to scold you meh? Make everybody upset only, you think very fun meh? I hope I wun have to scold you again."
And I left the room.
And I felt so good...
Hahahaha!!!
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