Tag Archives: students
I’m proud of you Mable
This afternoon, I attended the award presentation ceremony at PolyU, where Dr Mable Chan, a former PGDE student, received the Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching. At PolyU, they have only one recipient from each Faculty. Mable is working at … Continue reading
Telling my life history
Four final-year undergraduate students have brought me a new experience. There are two things that I would avoid doing in my interactions with young, fulltime, students. I will tell myself: (a) Don’t ramble away. (b) Don’t talk about my past … Continue reading
A strange conversation with Eva
Tonight, I had a strange conversation with Eva, a former student, on Facebook. It was a strange conversation because when it was over, I had no idea what had happened to Eva. Anyway, about 97% of the conversation below is … Continue reading
Make this year one of the most memorable years of your life
The picture below was taken from one of the albums posted on Facebook by the graduates of my last year’s fulltime Primary group. The owner of this particular album, Denise, added the caption: “Can’t believe we only met a year … Continue reading
Listening to our own souls, discerning our own truth
In a previous post, I asked whether school teaching is still a worthwhile job. I received feedback from a few former students. Those who still find teaching a worthwhile job unanimously cited the strong bond that they get to foster … Continue reading
Do they deserve my effort?
J gave up a promising future in the business sector to enter the teaching profession so that she could do something more meaningful. She has taught for two years, and has been frustrated time and again by the many tedious … Continue reading
A lunch, a card, and a most satisfying chat
Icy wrote about her delight in receiving a thank-you card from a student, N: http://foodforthoughtfromicy.blogspot.com/2010/06/best-gift-from-students.html Allow me to brag about it: I was another recipient of the card from N. N had invited Icy and me to a lunch to … Continue reading
Creative teachers, creative students
Today was a hugely happy day for me. Two delightful things happened, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. I’ll talk about the morning one in this post. This morning, four teachers and I spoke at a … Continue reading
Voices from students
Icy ran a teachers’ seminar this morning. As is the usual practice these days, the seminar featured teachers as guest speakers. But there was one thing unusual about the seminar: some of the guest speakers were students. It turned out … Continue reading
The Last Eight Days
Last Monday, I had lunch with a few professional colleagues from a publisher. During the lunch, they remarked that some of the teachers they were working with on a curriculum project did not seem to have a wide enough repertoire … Continue reading
