A Pedagogue's Progress |
Saturday, April 25, 2009
A lot's been happening 1) I have a meeting with them soon. The important thing will be to come across as reasonable and firm at the same time. I'm prepared to be not so nice if I have to. Must learn from others. This could be a major turning point. 2) The Art Auction was a success. While the amount of money raised was perhaps less than what we hoped, the students learned so much from organising it. As I told them after the Auction, I've been privileged to work with such an multi-talented, tireless, and high-spirited bunch of people. If I was more efficient than usual in handling the administrative work, it's because I didn't want to disappoint them. 3) I had the opportunity to talk to some parents earlier today, before the Auction. I told them that their children were too good for scholarships and that working for the government would benefit largely the government and not them. (Teaching at RJC and perhaps teaching in general are exceptions to this observation.) |
WHO AM I? Your author graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004 having majored in History and English. From June 2007, he will be teaching contemporary Southeast Asian history at another of his former schools. SOME WEBSITES I READ The Dartmouth Observer Singapore Websites The Intelligent Singaporean Mr Wang Says So Mr Brown Singabloodypore Singapore Angle Singapore Window A Xenoboy in Sg Gayle Goh Aaron Ng Molly Meek Elia Diodati Stressed Teacher Tym Blogs Too! Yawning Bread Talking Cock Non-Singapore Websites Andrew Sullivan The Belgravia Dispatch The American Scene Oxblog The Corner Bradford Plumer Matthew Yglesias The Washington Monthly National Review Online The Weekly Standard The Plank Open University Marty Peretz Michael Totten Martin Kramer Daniel Drezner Joe's Dartblog Instapundit Christopher Hitchens Ross Douthat IvyGate Les Belles Lettres Arts & Letters Daily The Atlantic Monthly History News Network Guardian Unlimited Books London Review of Books The New Criterion Voice of the Shuttle New York Review of Books ARCHIVES September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 November 2009 July 2010 October 2010 |