Term started and i dont know where 10 days have gone - almost in whoosh. From getting adjusted to a new timetable to 2 new classes to getting ready for prelims its back to running around. The Canadian in my department got fired as he didnt turn up for work for 3 days and didnt inform anybody. That created a split in views with some saying that he should be given another chance and others saying he shouldnt be. When he finally came to school it was like no big deal - he had broken off with his girlfriend and was undergoing depression so he just decided not to show up. Meanwhile there were parents on that last day of school waiting to talk to the teacher and he was nowhere!
Well anyway because of all that i got one new s2 geog class - one of the classes i taught in sec1. So when i walked in they were very happy. It was the next day that i was ambushed by another class outside the door to ask why i didnt take their class too - hai what to do - i only have so many periods.
The school has moved the teacher's room to a floor below so it was a bit chaotic with us packing and teaching at the same time. We finally moved down and I really like my place - a nice corner. Today the photocopier was moved away to the teacher's resource room and 5 min later it came back. Its one of these huge industrial type machines and they wheeled it to the other room and then realised that it couldnt go through the doorway so its here to stay at the teacher's room.
Today in class I made the class do a chinese lantern or what was supposed to be one but it turned out to be a round ball - well they enjoyed themselves so that was good. ( i think!)
I finally got to see "School of Rock". I thought it was a good film but didnt always agree with what he was doing as a teacher in the class - eg getting the kids to talk back/ That led to a debate with my husband who felt that the kids in that class had zero learning - which I disagreed with - they did learn something - some life skills like organising and coming up with a programme and stuff - but to do that in isolation was wrong.