Induction

Now that the practicuum is over, it's the last 2 weeks for NIe to stuff whatever they want left into us before we leave. Well basically it's the induction period. No lessons or stuff, just attending talk after talk after talk.

Granted this is a GREAT improvement from either lessons or practicuum. After all, all we have to do is sit there and listen. The only thing is that I wish that the talks were a wee bit more interesting to listen to?

The first one, for instance, was a forum on Speak Good English. Basic lessons from talk: Teachers should Speak Good English in order to show a good example to their students. :s OMG. Is that something they thought we didn't know??? Why are they spending 2 hours preaching to the already-converted-for-very-long?

The other interesting thing was the ITE visit. ITE at EXPO of all places....... :S If we thought the location of NIE was bad, this was almost worse. The upshot though was that the campus was very sleek looking and very up to date. Definitely did not look like a stereotypical 'dumping ground'. We were brought around a couple of the facilities by the students, and definitely, the equipment and facilities looked just as good as any poly or uni.

The irony was, halfway through the tour, while we were still rather impressed with the place, we were brought past a toilet, with an unmistakeable nicotine-ish odour wafting from the inside that left no doubt about wat the people inside were doing. :s Oops........ Hey, the beauty therapy school looked great though. :D

Haiz, well at least as I said, there isn't much need for work or brainpower on our part. Just show up, keep quiet, and then that's it.