Some thoughts
Hi hi,
After various rounds of formal and informal sharing with my fellow course mates, I am really thankful things went relatively well with my tp, with no major mishaps occuring in my classes or within the school. Some scary stuff I have heard recently:
1. Water war within classrooms
2. Stolen hp right from staff room table
3. Stolen mp3 with important files in it
4. Serious backstabbing
5. People with negative integrity who 'borrows' stuff without permission
And the sharing session on useful tips and strategies (CS2) was great. But through it, I realized that most of us (myself included) often bask in the glory of our kids' ability to produce amazing/creative/excellent pieces of work, which we often keep as momentos or for our own portfolio. We often omit to pay our attention to the weaker or average, somewhere-in-the-middle type of kids, who produce conservative work. These, and the weakest ones, are who we should focus our attention, to get them to realize their full potential by trying out different ways to discover what works best for them. We should now be ready to move on, and not be satisfied with appreciating what the best kids can produce. To be sure, that boosts our ego. But we should really move on.
Had a class of kids with a large spectrum of learning abilities. Some were just so quick in grasping skills/concepts (and were so self-motivated in vying to become first in finishing all tasks assigned), others so much slower. Differential learning activities must be designed for them so that the brighter ones do not get bored and get themselves into some mischief while the weaker ones do not become exasperated at their own failure to grasp some concepts/skills. Something we should also start thinking about now. :)
Ok, enough of the heavy stuff. Now to share some picts of my recent conquest. But not relevant to those going JCs though. :P
Coast : Stack and cave
Coast: Sea wall
Coast/Vulcanicity: My bag of black (volcanic) sand taken from beach
Food: And this is a cafe.
Food: Cocoa fruit (which most kids cannot recognise)
Food: Coffee cherries
Food: Roasting coffee beans
Food: Fresh coffee cherries with cups of local coffee and cocoa beverages
Environment: Recycling bins
Sunrise on Mt Batur just as the clouds came in
Sunrise and monkey on Mt Batur
The full moon in the west just as the sun is rising from the east.
The same moon, with long boat in foreground
The same long boat, but facing the east as the sun rises
Sunset
After various rounds of formal and informal sharing with my fellow course mates, I am really thankful things went relatively well with my tp, with no major mishaps occuring in my classes or within the school. Some scary stuff I have heard recently:
1. Water war within classrooms
2. Stolen hp right from staff room table
3. Stolen mp3 with important files in it
4. Serious backstabbing
5. People with negative integrity who 'borrows' stuff without permission
And the sharing session on useful tips and strategies (CS2) was great. But through it, I realized that most of us (myself included) often bask in the glory of our kids' ability to produce amazing/creative/excellent pieces of work, which we often keep as momentos or for our own portfolio. We often omit to pay our attention to the weaker or average, somewhere-in-the-middle type of kids, who produce conservative work. These, and the weakest ones, are who we should focus our attention, to get them to realize their full potential by trying out different ways to discover what works best for them. We should now be ready to move on, and not be satisfied with appreciating what the best kids can produce. To be sure, that boosts our ego. But we should really move on.
Had a class of kids with a large spectrum of learning abilities. Some were just so quick in grasping skills/concepts (and were so self-motivated in vying to become first in finishing all tasks assigned), others so much slower. Differential learning activities must be designed for them so that the brighter ones do not get bored and get themselves into some mischief while the weaker ones do not become exasperated at their own failure to grasp some concepts/skills. Something we should also start thinking about now. :)
Ok, enough of the heavy stuff. Now to share some picts of my recent conquest. But not relevant to those going JCs though. :P
Coast : Stack and cave
Coast: Sea wall
Coast/Vulcanicity: My bag of black (volcanic) sand taken from beach
Vulcanicity: Black volcanic rocks - the most recent eruption in 2000 (Mt Batur)
Vulcanity: Crater lake before extinct volcano named Abang
Vulcanity: Crater lake before extinct volcano named Abang
Agriculture / Food: Terraced rice fields
Agri/Food: Harvested rice fields (look out for the ducklings foraging for left over rice grains)
Agri/Food: Harvested rice fields (look out for the ducklings foraging for left over rice grains)
Food: Different styles of eating my fav fastfood - KFC, served here with rice
Food: And this is a cafe.
Food: Another cafe
Food: Cocoa fruit (which most kids cannot recognise)
Food: Coffee cherries
Food: Roasting coffee beans
Food: Fresh coffee cherries with cups of local coffee and cocoa beverages
Environment: Recycling binsHmmm... and some nice nice picts in general:
Sunrise on Mt Batur just as the clouds came in
Sunrise and monkey on Mt Batur
The full moon in the west just as the sun is rising from the east.
The same moon, with long boat in foreground
The same long boat, but facing the east as the sun rises
SunsetYep, I do have a fetish for beautiful natural phenomenon/landscapes. I simply go beserk.
SW
SW
posted by S W at
9:19 pm
1 Comments:
Yea, interesting post..
Btw, U've got beautiful pics ~ i love the ones of the sunset @Mt Batur & the cocoa fruits too. :)
Take care & Wishes, minerva*
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minerva, at 12:43 am
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