the first day of work was not exactly pleasant. i did nothing for 4 hours plus cos they actually forgot about me. i was waiting in the staff room, bored out of my wits, waiting and waiting to meet my mentor. it was really messy and all cos apparently my assigned my mentor isn't my mentor and whatnot. my mentors were also not briefed or even informed that i would be under their supervision so they kind of didn't know what to do! so on the first day all i did was observe one and a half lesson. it was really disorganised.

the second day was better although i only observed one lesson in the morning and slacked all the way till i went home. but that's cos my mentor only had one history lesson that day so it can't be helped and she didn't have anything else for me to do. and wednesday onwards is when my workload increased. i was told that i would have to relief two sec2 math classes cos one of the teachers would be on reservice till the end of next week. and yup i started teaching one sec2 express and another sec2 normal(acad) class since thursday. it was pretty nerve-wrecking and the first lessons were messy and disorganised. but by the second lessons on friday, i think i kind of got the hang of it. but oh wells, it's a good experience. i have to start actual teaching sooner or later. it's just that i started earlier when i'm supposed to be only observing these first two weeks. and once the teacher comes back from reservice, i'll have to relief a couple of upper sec classes, teaching SS and History. so it's pretty hectic for me now cos i have to follow the timetables of three teachers. if i'm not teaching math, i have to observe the lessons of the teacher i'll be relieving next and if not, i'll have to observe my mentor's lessons. so yeah. my timetable is usually packed but at least i end quite early - i usually leave around 2 plus. and again, the best part is the pay HAHA.

oh and forgot to mention my first relief experience on wednesday. i had to 'babysit' a sec4 normal class cos the teacher wasn't around. i didn't have to do any teaching, just had to ask the students to read some notes the teacher left them. but yeah it was the last lesson of the day, i think it was 3pm to 4pm? but yeah they didn't want to read their notes and i couldn't be bothered either! hah so i just let them talk among themselves and do whatever they want as long as they didn't make too much noise. like seriously who would read notes when the teacher isn't around during the last lesson of the day? i know i wouldn't heh. i even released them early! ok not a good example of good teacher heh.

yup so that about sums up my experience during my first week at school. can't say that i'm really looking forward to next week, but i'm not really dreading it either. so let's see how it goes (:

and yesterday was Kim Junsu of 2PM's birthday. so HAPPY BELATED 22nd BIRTHDAY JUNSU OPPA! i really looooove his voice! :DD