Sunday, December 3, 2006 ;
1:22 AM
Need to dedicate something to my students..
01 batch: any of you have class blogs? tried to search on google and blogger but can't find..
03 batch: my dearest CT 03S73, the class who went through thick and thin with me... so glad to still be in contact.. :-)
The 05 batch: there was this written dedication in the Prom booklet, which I used to max (50 words).. then on the 23 of Nov, when I went back to school to do some work and to see the last Bio paper, the students' council org the prom (your juniors) came to the staff room to film whatever we wanted to say to you.
ok this is my confession.. i really think mine must be the silliest dedication of all and i hope you all won't laugh to death. it was a meant to be a serious msg but i think, i was camera-shy (too conscious of the cam), and therefore had funny expressions on my face. i didn't get to view it at all, so it is what i think it would turn out... then, cos they caught me offhand, i wasn't prepared so actually i need to say more.
one of the mistakes: i left out S73!! sorry sorry. pls dun think that just because i only take you for practical i dun miss you... no!!
then i grabbed whatever i had on my desk to symbolise your class, so there's the S75 thing you made for me fore teachers' day and the S78 class photo, very handy. but when it came to S7B, i realised there was nothing on my desk i could find so the whole "props" idea ended up quite silly la.. aiyoh.
anyway so i wanted to say: i hope you leave HC with something you can say you really learnt, and can take away. from Bio classes and lectures, i hope you retain some knowledge, if not, at least i hope you learnt something. it can be intangible, like maybe you learnt the importance of being quiet and attentive during lectures? :-) or you learnt to respect animals while dissecting them? or certain weird methods of repro animals use (even though this was just a class time filler). :-)
This was why I said the 2 yrs in HC is not coming to an end. After prom, it is not end of learning and end of structured school life. It is a beginning... a COMMENCEMEnt. I managed to squeeze "commencement of life" into the video dedication but I don't know if they will screen it. You are beginning a new chapter of your lives, also as important, and you will continue to learn much more, and it can also be together with your current classmates.
And hey I really meant it when i said I will miss you all. I had a great year teaching you all. I was touched to tears reading your comments written in the Student Survey mrs foo and mrs tan handed out in the post-prelim lectures. I don't think I will be a "monumental loss to the college" when I leave, like what one of you said :-), instead, not being able to continue teaching and interacting with you all is indeed a loss to me.
One year was all I had to teach you all. Wish I had more time to get to know each member of each class better... But there are already so many particular incidents, specific moments I can remember clearly, and will never forget. Some memories will always bring a smile or even a tear, haha. When Bernard stood up to say a few words on behalf of the class during the last tutorial (S78), I thought i was going to lose it in front of the class liao... lose self-control, i mean... :-) think if he continued longer, i'd certainly be crying..
think you all are more than students to me... you visit me during CNY, you know so much about my family (mostly cos you all are so kaypoh, always ask so many Qs rite?), you care abt my kids, even give me advice... haha, so yes, i will always remember you all.
ok to respond to some of you on my tagboard...
Huili, Xinyi: I am flying off on 28 dec...
Yahting: T did most of the colouring on the tee, i helped him with the letters only. :-) upon closer inspection it doesn't look v gd la, haha. i just realised, from the photo it looks gd..
Brendan: great! hope you get an A then!
Huiwen: bob e builder (the show) must pay.. so not sure if my kids will waste my money. sometimes they dun sit thru a show so i dun want to risk it. :-)
Jinguan, KK: sure, link away.
david: i forgot when u said class chalet was, can gimme more details?
Huili, Kegan: yes, visa application was tough. however, it applies mainly for whole families who want to go over together, like mine. usually not so tough for Singaporeans applying for undergrad studies, single and going alone, and at a reputable university. My hubby's course happens to be "ulu" and also the school is not a university but like a private school. so they are more wary. if you have got a govt scholarship, lagi best, surely can get visa. i have got ex-students who are non-singaporeans, like PRC, who got admitted into Unis like Stanford, yet couldn't get visas, despite applying many times. very great pity cos the students are very good ones, good in acad, CCA, conduct...
ok getting really late, going to sleep now, long day again tmr
rainbows every day, do not worry for the morrow
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