The first week is over. Phew never knew that a school that is just establishing itself would be so much work. Started off by just giving the SOW template for the teachers in my dept to do and before i knew the whole school is adopting it. And we did the school calendar today - haiya christmas break is only 2 weeks but we get 1 week for Hari Raya so thats quite good. Prelims for the sec 4s are so near and the syllabus is not finished. We are having extra classes this and next week for the sec 4s to catch and they are not at all in the mood. I was a little pissed off today. I had tonnes of work to do - namely the SOW and the organising of the dept and here i was trying to get something in and they switch off. I m going real real slow to make them understand. I gave notes on the three types of plate movement - went through, did a powerpoint presentation and explained. After that told them I would give a quiz today. Today three boys were absent and the rest didnt even look through the paper. All they told me was " I don't understand" . I lamented aloud that they could not get one page inside in one day - how are they going to put 2 books worth in 2 months? And this boy tells me " Help us, Miss" Well short of doing surgery and inserting the notes into their brain I am at a loss.