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26/4 哥哥在饭厅努力完成美术班上星期发布的作业。弟弟和爸爸则一起在客厅涂鸦。 让我惊喜的是,老大画着画着哼起了旋律(虽然我不知道他唱什么)。我猜想他应该是享受那个过程。 画完给他冲凉时故意问他:你做么一边画画一边唱歌的? 他喜滋滋回我:因为我很喜欢彩颜色! 我:以前我要送你去画画时,你说你不喜欢彩颜色。 他:现在我很喜欢! 嗯,开心就好。这样就够了 28/4 我:妈妈给弟弟两个 Good,午餐吃饭吃光光,晚上有刷牙! 弟弟:耶!!(手舞足蹈) 哥哥:那我有Good吗? 我:你今天看电视超过时间了仍然没有停下来。也没有主动拿书看。没有Good。 哥哥:我想要Good叻。 我:那你赶快去刷牙!要做可以让你拿到Good的事情。 我转向先生:你今天也有Good。因为你煮叻沙给我们吃。(他翻白眼)那我有Good吗今天? 先生:有。你今天没有发脾气骂人,所以有一个Good!
  Lessons I learnt and still working on (as a teacher and mother) during this trying time: 1. Accept that I'm in the situation. I have to work from home, in which the teaching and preparation take up a lot of my time, and I have my own kids to take care too. As much as I dislike it, I cannot run away from it. 2. Accept that it's okay to have feelings like frustrations, anxiousness, incompetence and even anger. But above all, guilt is the toughest feeling that I need to deal with. Be aware of them, observe how they come and go. Even if I fail to do so, it's alright. Just keep practising. 3. Lower my expectations. Refrain from comparing with others. I loosen out what I have expected from myself, my spouse, my kids and also students. Have compassion instead. 4. Focus on my circle of influence. Shift my attention to what can be done that is within my control. Let go of things that are beyond me. Focus in the now. I still complain and worry about things but once I'm aware ...

Online teaching during MCO

  I started using Google Classroom 2-3 years ago after attending a workshop on 'flipped classroom'. I use it as a platform to share some video links or additional materials with students so they can access from home after school. So, Google Classroom is not something new for me, except for I had to migrate to school's gsuite G Classroom. There's a bit of hassles there in the beginning but once everyone is on-board, it's convenient. 'Online live teaching' however, is something new for me. As a tech idiot, I was introduced to Zoom not by school, but by a friend from temple. We used it for a group meeting to 'social distancing' and thereafter for our first experimental chanting online. These all happened before MCO. I was actually worried that school might have to close down (after Brunei reported the first case) so I explored the possibility to use Zoom for teaching from home. And not too long after that, MCO was announced. I tested out Zoom with a few...