Perking Up

So the 'down' period is over, n things are finally beginning to look up, thank God.

After a couple more observations, my assessment finally started to reach the 'acceptable' levels. *Phew!* So maybe I won't have to repeat my practicuum just yet. :p

Today's observation was havoc to prepare for though. I had intended to sleep well last nite and wake up early in the morning to finish up the preparations.

Early my foot. I woke up at the ungodly hour of 215am.

I don't even know why. Maybe it was my subconscious brain waking me up to frantically prepare for the lesson, because that was the first thing on my mind when I did wake up. So I decided to just start preparing my materials.

Wah lau. I cut and folded papers till I nearly died. And I still wasn't feeling sleepy.

I went back to bed, tossed and turned, and then woke up later at 6 to finish my lesson plan.

Which nearly made me totally late for school. I ran into the gates with all my barang, praying that assembly hadn't started yet, plonked myself into the staff room computer, glanced at the clock

And realised I was 10 mins early. My watch was 10 mins fast. *faint*

Anyway I managed to print out the LP for my CT and though the lesson could have been better, I saw she had given me all 'acceptables'. So I'm not complaining. :)

So now here I stand: I have 2 more weeks of practicuum left. The other trainees in the school have already left, leaving me all alone here. :( Although my teaching is still not quite 'proficient' enough, at least it's picking up and I'm starting to get into the swing of things. [starting with marking the pile of homework returned to me over the weekend and chasing those who did not hand in homework]

My classroom management is better with the younger class, maybe because they are smaller and easier to intimidate.

I have 2 more CT observations and 1 more sup observation.

I have finished my marking for the day and am listening to music while I blog while I wait for my next class.

Hey, maybe I'll make it after all.