Let me begin with the HORRIBLE teacher.
My sweet student, Sharlene, went for a Parents Meeting session and came back to me with a funny yet ridiculous conversation with her Maths Teacher. Sharlene is Secondary 4 this year, and I have been coaching her since mid of 2007, when she was Sec 3. She failed terribly for Maths (F9) and doesn’t pay attention in class. But now, she works hard and is a high flyer for Maths.
So one evening, she came very late for tuition as she went for Parent’s Meeting Session with her school teachers. So when both Sharlene and her mummy met her Maths Teacher, he commented:
S = Sharlene HMT = Horrible Maths Teacher M: Sharlene’s Mummy
HMT: Sharlene failed her current surprise Trigo Ratio Test very badly.
(It’s my fault la, actually. Because I taught her all the difficult Trigo sections (including bearing and 3D-Trigo), but I had forgotten to teach her the simple trigo functions. Anyway, her school teacher has taught her wad! But it shows that she doesn’t pay attention in school..)
M: Oh….
HMT: Did you send her for tuition?
M: Yes, I did.
HMT: Oh then the tuition teacher never teach her this chapter? Can understand la, trigo ratio is difficult to explain. Perhaps the tuition teacher herself don’t know how to do or don’t know how to explain, that’s why never teach her.
(AT THIS POINT, I WAS FUMING! WTH LA, my sweetie student never even listens in your class. If not, how can she fail this simple section! Still dare to shift the blame to me! Trigo ratio is not difficult to explain la, it’s you are lousy!)
S & M: ….
HMT: But Sharlene’s Maths has improved tremendously under me. (feeling contented)
(AT THIS POINT, THE VOLCANO ERUPTED. And I was scolding all the vulgarities in front of Sharlene. Win liao, take all the credits. See how HORRBILE this school teacher is!)
Thankfully, my dear student said smth.
S: No lo, it’s because of my tuition teacher…
AWWW! So sweet. And when they left the room, Sharlene’s mummy said:
“Why your teacher so BHB one!”
I love them totally.
A week later, the sweet girl gave me a packet of strawberries that the Mummy bought. AWWW! HOW SWEET! For that, I will work hard!
*****
Let’s move on to the TERRIBLE student.
Tell me, when you have tuition with a new student for the first time, how does the student behave? You are lucky if you met shy but obedient student. But not for me this time. And this is the FIRST TIME in my whole 6 years that I met this kind spoil brat.
I got an assignment from Florence and since she is such a nice lady, I decided to accept a Chinese tuition assignment at PASIR RIS! Gawd, I think im crazy.
So last Tuesday evening, when it’s pouring, I took a few assessment books and took a cab from AMK to Pasir Ris. I was rather reluctant to go la, partly of the rain, partly of the long journey.
In the end, I was late. But expected la, I left AMK at 715pm, how can not late right?
I consoled myself: “It’s okay! I will meet nice kid that will make my trip worthwhile!”
So I reached at 745pm. The P6 boy is a very sweet and good looking kid. You can say that he is handsome at the young age! At this period, most schools would have reached the last chapter or smth, and he was no exception. So I decided to give him a surprise Spelling for the previous few chapters (第三单元) to see how well he remembered.
But of course, I sat down with him, look through the handbook, read to him all the words for him 3 times! Front to back, Back to Front. And I helped him to recognize some of the tougher words by linking it to stories.
And he studied and read seriously. Really seriously.
So I thought, wah smart boy! Sure hardworking and fun to teach la!
Then I only chose 20 words to give him out of so many words…and he only knew like 4-5 of them!
So I thought, it’s okay! He may be poor but if he is hardworking, he can do well.
So I tried to let him try the most simple 句子选择 among the paper.
YOU KNOW WAD!
He never even read the 4 sentences, took out his rubber, and throw dice to guess the answer.
So when I tell him not to be funny, he still do it.
And time and again, he kept trying to flip back to see answers.
And he proudly shows off his invention that if first 4 MCQ answes are 4, the rest are all 4s.
I dunnoe to think him as stupid or over confident. And when I tried explaining, he just dun bother.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SCREAMED AT STUDENT AT FIRST LESSON.
Usually I only does that after 4th lesson la, I try to be nice to them first. But he kept trying to throw the rubber. I got so pissed off that I threw the rubber to the floor, screamed at him to ask and then he finally sit down and behave.
And when 9pm reached, he just quickly goes to the sofa, take remote controller and watch tv. HELLO? AM I TRANSPARENT!
By right we should end at 915pm but he doesn’t care.
And he inisisted on NO HOMEWORK
Go and die la. PSLE coming, ur Chinese CMI, still no homework.
So one day after the lesson, I fired him.
Wasted 1.5hr by train to go there, see his stupid actions, and travel 1.5 hrs back. Worse, if I take cab, I wont even earn back anything!
First lesson already so mischievous. I cant imagine hw will the subsequent lessons be like!
HORRIBLE! TERRIBLE! RAWWWW!
