Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Sunday, June 21, 2009

update!

hey everyone! sorry for the real lack of updates :D
i just came back from nus lots of camps, sheares hall and engin!
this is really what a student's life should be. to all my students, work towards this goal!
when you go to uni, you will get to experience many other things you will not dare to try now! :D

the holidays are ending! so gear up and start school okay! dont be too sad that i wont be scolding you guys.
hahah, but for those who still owe me work, youre gonna get it when school reopens.
btw, some ppl have been asking me abt tuition.
its currently from 30-45 per hr, for one to one. will be at your hse.
i only can take in 2 more students, so i decided based on , attitude, attitude, and rate im paid okay! :D
hahah sorry, i need to earn my money for uni! :D
shall post again when im more free! :D

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

MOE TA

I just received an email from MOE telling me I am being considered for the MOE Teaching Award. For my students who dont know what it is, basically this award pays for education in uni up till graduation, but i will have to sign on to a 4 year bond upon graduation.
Also, i wont be able to pursue mathematics in uk, which was my original goal, because the award is only valid for local unis.

I dont know how to feel towards this sudden news. i have already made up my mind to take engineering, and look forward to new unknown opportunities that might come my way after graduation, and this bomb drops :(

What should I do?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

add to my disappointment and anger.

i was asleep at about 830 am when i received a phone call from a teacher in school, telling me that there is no one who is in school for the math remedial. guoquan eventually turned up, thats great for him. very good, at least he still bothers.
im extremely disappointed in the following people from 1E. i havent seen the attendance list from 1F yet.

amira- you came to schol at 8am but went home after that? the point is that you still did not come for the remedial. but at least you have an excuse.
nabilah- this is not the first time you have done something like this, and i dont want your apologies because there is no effort after that, what is the point?
an-nuur- a repeat offender, no sense of remorse, sloppy work submitted, results are lousy, uncontactable even at this point in time.
qawiy-one of my worst performing students, file check from the first day until today, all cannot make it. no apologies or excuses ever, utterly disappointed the boy who never changes.
daohui- a big disappointment, did not turn up for my remedials, no excuse given, file check nver passed.
jinglin- a forgotten story.
sabrina- no effort to come the remedial, no effort to do file check, all the excuses about coming during the june holidays.

all words without actions. its hard for me to type out exactly how disappointed and angry i am, all i want to say is that it has been an extreme waste of my and other ppl's time coming to school just for you, and to see that no one comes for the remedial.

except around 10 ppl from each class, i am having a hard time with the files.
you dont know how tiring it is, if you know, you wouldnt have done this to me and yourself.
you have no sense of conscience, remorse.
all you care about is play play play. all you care about is you and yourself only.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

the king of clay loses in roland garros.

nadal lost his french open crown. sorry to anyone who ill irritate with my bad mood for the next few days.
i'm very sad and disappointed, have been supporting him for the past 5 years, watched him go up. i dont want to see him come down.
but it will have to happen :(

Saturday, May 30, 2009
















Hi! (:





sorry for not uploading earlier.





if you want, i have facebook so you can go add me.





cookiesandcreamlover@hotmail.com is my email, under the name grace chia :D





Saturday, May 23, 2009












photos :D more to come.



Friday, May 22, 2009

its ending soon.

only two more lessons with 1E and 1F.. its a packed weekend,with registration for university to be settled, university talks to attend, medical check up to go for, students' work to be updated, and how can i forget, the all important file check.
i seriously think a file check is veryyyy draining, and taxing :( .it doesnt help when my students do not do their corrections properly :(

to my students in 1e/f/g, thank you for being such wonderful classes. although there are times you guys drive me crazy and irritated because you like to TALKKKKK alot, but teaching you guys have really made my life more meaningful. this is an accomplishment of a different kind, to know that students out there have benefitted from what i have taught.
i hope that after i leave you guys, you will continue working hard because you should not slack off just because there is no one nagging you. believe you can achieve your dream of being promoted to the express stream.
i hope you guys will like my present, and hope that you will use it well., ( use it to circle -ve nos so that you will not fall into the trap! )
i will upload the pictures i have taken with some students soon u here! (:

Sunday, May 17, 2009

tomorrow is e learning day! any problems, please msg me or call me. rmb www.ace-learning.com.sg and user/password both is IC, capital letters.

tagboard sees many comments with ppl worrying about their results. haiyo, if you guys did well and know it, then dont need to worry. those who have not listened to me, well okay you can worry alot.

i finished marking the papers on the day you guys did that paper2, so i have all the marks.
all i can say is that some ppl dont deserve what they get, some in a good way, some in a bad way.
for people who worked hard, dont give up even if your results are not up to your expectations. what matters most is that you have a postive attitude towards learning, and ability to succeed is not determined by one paper.
people who have done well even though you did not work hard, okay, youre smart. or maybe with alot of luck. i dont really know what to say, but congrats on your gd results. hope this doesnt put you off to improving your attitude.

and my students, please know that my disappointment should only serve to encourage you to strive for the better, and not allow yourself to be miserable and never get up.

if you know you have done your best, then i'm proud of you! (:
like khairul, i know he revised hard for the test. i can see that!
like shiyi and shermeen, thanks for putting in effort to study, but you need to put in MORE effort to get BETTER results. the results you get now might be disappointing, but what matters most is that you work harder to improve from where you are now.
like cindy and mavies, suddenly improved so much.
and many more of you, please continue working hard even after i stop teaching your classes.

the study of mathematics can be seen as the greatest thing i have done in my entire life. because of mathematics, i have done well in most things, except for english. when i first taught your classes mathematics, i didnt understand why there are some things you just cant understand. at one point, teaching math started to reduce my personal passion for math, because it was frustrating.
but at this point in time, i think it has all changed. the exams have proved that you guys can and will do it. you just need pushing, and eventually you can see math in the same way i do. i see it as the only subject i REALLY love in my whole academic life, ( i hate english, bio, and all humanities blah blah ). i will always do math hw first( but recently i have started doing math last cos i know no matter what i will still finish math. this way i can finish all my work. ahhah perhaps you guys can try it too ).

nowadays, i like to talk to my friends about my classes, cos you guys are so interesting. and because of you guys, i have less time to think of other things that use to bother me when i was less busy. you make my life meaningful, because when i see that you can learn something new everytime i go to your class, and that i can teach you more than just math, it is really a satisfying feeling. because of my classes, i started thinking about teaching again. ( cos actually i was discouraged to teach when you guys were constantly giving me problems in the first few weeks).


anyway, i went to buy snacks for you guys again! my mum is complaining abt all the snacks at home.. should really bring it to school soon..

what a long post. i shall go sleep now. cant wait to see you ppl on tuesday! :D

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

One day before THE examinations! are you guys as excited as I am?
I am looking forward to the weeks after the examinations, FINALLY no more homework( i think i will still give some.. cant resist giving you ppl homework:D )! all we got to do is learn to construct angle and perpendicular bisector.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

taking a break at home.

the mathematics exam is coming up! i'm really as excited and nervous as you guys taking the exam. this is my first time formally setting a paper, even if its just 3 classes taking the paper. i really hope everything will go well on thurs and friday! and im sure you guys will be happy on friday too, because mathematics paper 2 will be your last paper! (:
so just hang in there abit more, its only 2-3 more days till you can start playing and having a good time and less stress over examinations. till then, just practise the mock papers a few more times, review from your notebook and files. lastly, dont be too nervous and keep falling into the traps! you know where they are, just dont be too careless! just think of me by your side asking you, :" why positive? why negative? positive times negative =? " when you cross multiply remember to multiply to every term!
and listen to your parents, sleep early! (: you all will be fine.

over the past few days, i realised that forcing students to stay back might not be the way all students study, so i have decided that there will be no compulsory remedial on wednesday. however, i will still stay in school on weds till quite late to help students who need my help! so i will prolly be in 1E/F classroom and any students with problems, please stay behind and ask! when i go through the topic again, all of you can revise as well and benefit from it!

i will also print a set of notes on the math midyear exam so that you will be more well-prepared for the exam (:

This is the last stretch, show me what you are capable of, and make me proud before i leave the school :D

Friday, May 8, 2009

mock paper ans

Mock Paper(2) Answers ( i will upload worked solutions for all mock papers before thurs paper) please tell your classmates about this!
  1. 20.2
  2. 43
  3. 3
  4. 14cm
  5. x/y = 1
  6. (2a-1)(b+5x)
  7. a) x= 6 b) x = 8/7 c) x = 5/4
  8. a) 1.0457 ( 4 DP) b) 0.04690 ( 4 SF)
  9. a/2 = -1
  10. -7/6
  11. 2x - 2 - y = -6
  12. skirt = $49
  13. x = 42 degrees

  14. a) 110 degrees ( int. angles)
    b) 70 degrees ( int. angles)
    c) 230 degrees ( angles at a point)
  15. yr 2168

im sorry, and you make my days meaningful.

today is the combined remedial session with 1e/f. truthfully, it didnt go the way i wanted to, because of the holdup over some theft case in school. haiz, in the end wasted close to 1 hour. well shant complain..
firstly, i realised i did something i should not have done.
today at 1230pm, i asked some students to leave. just take your papers and leave if you want to. okay, some students are already quite good so i guess it's fine with me that they want to leave.
to those students like kinhao, eugene who left simply because they dont want to listen, and for those of you out there who didnt even come for my lesson, you just left me more disappointed with your behaviour. your attitude towards learning really needs a big change.

then i realised that the malay students like izman, khairul, hakim and zul left because they had prayers. I AM VERY SORRY! I HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THAT YOU HAVE TO GO FOR FRIDAY PRAYERS. i sincerely apologize for this oversight on my part. i will address this in class as well.
i know you guys dont like teachers to scold you, but really, i do it because i really want you guys to learn. learn to be serious, ad work hard. esp 1F, please go back to how you were. teachers' words are not meant to hurt you, they are for you reflect and change for the better. if it hurts, tell me.
and as a teacher, i know that sometimes we might neglect how our students feel about our words. and it's hard to apologize because a teacher should always be right. so dont hold it against any teacher.

i read all your comments, thanks for them again. appreciate them alot. these things you guys say warm my heart, and is my motivation to going on, even when i want to just stop and walk away.

i feel that none of my students are stupid. but you are just playful and lazy. you dont know when to be serious, and try to play a fool. there are times when you really need to be serious.
i always like to tell my friends that i wish i never have to grow up, because i know the responsibilities and the seriousness people who grow up have to carry with them. i dont want that.
haiz, you guys can be funny and play, i hope you guys realise that i am not forcing you to be someone you are not, i dont want you guys to lose your cheerfulness and playfulness, im just asking you guys to be less playful. i know its hard, ( actually i am having problems because im too playful too.. but still less playful than you guys of course.. (: ) but we still have to try right? because the world doesnt revolve ard us, we have to consider other people.
be serious when we should be.. ( like during my lesson! when i am teaching.. )

anyway, my last week in westspring will be officially term 2 week 10. i will miss you guys alot, miss teaching you people, talking to you guys, giving remedials, scolding you people. ( actually there are times you guys really make me want to laugh, i just dont really laugh... )
well, its alright, i will write more abt this nearer to this date.
now my aim is just to do my best to get both my classes to have 100% passrate, and at least 50% A okay! (that means at least 35/50 for each paper!)
im sure you guys can do it.. just get all angles questions correct get 8 marks, get equations all correct get ard 10 marks, calculator stuff ard 6 marks, HCF etc 6 marks, 5 marks anytwhere then you can do it alr!
so dont fall into those traps i told you abt! (:

i am really starting to miss you guys, even before i leave.


Wednesday, May 6, 2009

1F mock test

i just finished marking 1F's mock math examination.
there are a quarter of you who almost passed the paper, 13 who fully passed, and ard 8 of you who failed so badly i need to see you personally and immediately.

time is running out. i only have 8 more days. take away the days you need to study for science and geog and lit, i only have one or two days. but the bottom line is still dont give up. still keep believing, because you can still make it.
i got this short time to do my best.
will you guys do your best with me?

Friday, May 1, 2009

i feel that miss cindy is a better teacher than me. this is because, 1G is doing best among the 3 classes. they started late, but now they are at the front. what does this show?
1E and 1F, i dont need your gratitude nor saying that im the better teacher etc, all i need is for you to show me you can do well for your examinations (:

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

ACE LEARNING :D

ACE LEARNING IS REALLY SUPER GOOD.
WWW.ACE-LEARNING.COM
PLEASE LOGIN AND LOOK AT ALL THEIR LESSONS. PERHAPS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND BETTER AFTER THAT.

TRY ALL TOPICS TESTED IN MIDYEARS, WHICH IS EVERYTHING TILL ANGLES. ANY PROBLEMS PLS TAG.

RMB, IC IS LOGIN AND PASSWORD.
EG : S96xxxxxA, FOR PASSWORD AND USER.
the temptation to cheat is everywhere, but does it mean we always MUST cheat?

like what my student said, there are so many ppl in school who copy their homework, so does it mean as a teacher i stand by and do nothing about it?

if you really think about it, what will you learn from copying? is the handing in a piece of copied work important? i HATE marking copied work,
BECAUSE WHILE I TAKE THE EFFORT TO MARK, WHAT YOU PPL WHO COPY ARE SHOWING ME IS THAT YOU ARE NOT WORTH MY EFFORT. it is not your own work anyway.
eesiang, i know it might be hard to accept, but we should always work towards being the student that people copy from :D

BTW, what do you guys think of me uploading some notes online?
btw, please go check out ur math acelearning acct at www.acelearning.com. the user and password are both ur IC, with caps. i find it a very useful learning portal, but i might not have enough time to bring you guys to the com lab to try it out. so please try it out at home! :D

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

solving equations




save the picture and zoom. (: please feedback.


Monday, April 27, 2009

just finished my lesson with 1F.
have been sitting in the library thinking about many things, so i decided to blog..
i've read the tags, thanks for them (:
to any student who loves copying( hope you know who im talking about)
i think at this point in time you must be quite sick of me telling not to copy your work. i dont know what it takes to change your bad habit of copying. i think if i give you guys a test on the exact same questions from your textbook you can only hand up a blank script.

ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION :
WHAT IS THE POINT? AM I BLIND? I CANT TELL YOU COPIED? COPY WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IS THE WORST. ITS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE COPIED WORK.

and, i am sorry to some of the students if i cannot totally comprehend what you cannot understand. i am trying my best to repeat what i say, but on your part, i also want you guys to take the effort to memorise some steps. there are some steps in mathematics that requires you to move up to higher levels to comprehend why. like why zero is equals to zero.
its just like asking me how come the table is named the table. why isnt it called a chair..
to make your life easier, i will upload a word document on step by step to solving equations. READ everything at the side and PRACTICE doing it on your own.
please feedback if this is effective and aids your understanding.

When should you stop? Stop when you can solve all the problems you previously cant, on your own. although some ppl feel otherwise, sec. sch math is still about perfecting your practice. so practice. practice. and dont stop till you can do everything.
have you guys ever felt really really tired of pushing, chasing, that all you want is for the other person to understand you?

ever felt disappointed? take that feeling you feel towards one person, multiply it by 60 plus.
well, you get the disappointment i feel.

ever felt scared/stressed ? take that feeling, multiply it by 80, and you get my worries for you.

the mid year exams are coming up, but there is still no sense of urgency.

two days ago was 1F's file check. it was a day that pushed me to my limits. my classes have tested my patience time and again, i've scolded time and again. i know students hate to listen to nagging from their teachers, because i was once a student as well. you dont care abt what happens in the future because all you care abt is block catching and fun fun fun. perhaps when you guys go up to upper sec, you will be touched by what your teachers do for you and eventually get around doing work at the last min. perhaps then you will finally see reason.
i am still waiting for that day to come.

do you know why i do chasing? it tired me to the bone really, most teachers hate this part and the marking part too..
because even if you choose to give up on yourself, i will never give up on you. please try your hardest.

you can tell me you dont want to do mathematics because you just dont know it at all. there are many sources of help. me, your textbook, your notebook, every place you can find, as long as you want to find it. it is all about how much you want to put in.

before i started teaching, ive heard of teachers being pushed to the limit where they can no longer control their emotions. i never thought that it will happen to me. i never thought this can be so hard.

but something runs in my head everytime, it says dont give up. dont give up. dont give up.

btw, everyone failed before. i have. and you will never imagine how badly i have failed. but the impt part is not the failing part, its the part where you show the world you will not go down like that.

im still waiting.

Friday, April 24, 2009

chinese exam.

thanks for tagging (:
1st thing : please DO NOT call me anything except miss chia. the school requests for a professional relationship between students and teachers. even though i can be friendly, please make sure the respect is still accorded to me, your teacher. esp my 3D students ah.

2nd thing: next week, i will try to cover the last chapter of the exam syllabus for both 1F and 1E. During my remedials, i will go through solving equations and other topics you guys are weak in.

i hope i have alr informed your classes of the revision class by miss cindy and myself for all chapters before algebra on thurs 30 April from 12 to 2 pm. this will be after your history paper. please do come for this session because we will be trying exam questions.

i see that some of you dont want me to feel disappointed, so please let me see the effort. i will be dropping a BOMB on you guys soon ( aka pop test), study real hard cos it can be anytime. even with no math lesson i can come in and do relief.. be veryyyy afraid. (:
today is not a very good day. haiz.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

1F LESSON TODAY

another day in school ends. i had a lesson with 1F today.
When i revised the basics for solving equations, i realised that some students are still very weak in this area. i suspect that they are weak in other areas as well too..
this is a wake up call before your midyear examinations. do not wait till its too late, your midyear will contribute to your end of year result. try to score now so that at the end of the year, you will not feel the huge pressure of trying to meet the grade.
When i offered to give extra remedial to these students, i was disappointed at some students, yet at the same time i felt happy for some students.
Disappointed because all these weaker students care about is going home and playing games, chatting on msn, facebooking and doing other things that should not be their priority now. to these students, all i say is that if you really dont want to do well, you want to remain at the bottom, no one can help you.
i DO NOT have a good time myself asking students to stay back for detention or give extra lessons. for every hour i spend with my students in school, there are alot of things that i want to do but cant do.

dear students, i really hope that you guys will buck up and do your best for your midyear examinations. if you know that all along that you have been copying your friends work just to pass up a perfect homework to avoid doing your corrections, please seek help. the perfect answer will not be given to you in ur examinations. take the initiative to find me for help.

On the other hand, there are some students who are displaying good learning attitude which i am very proud of. ( in no order of merit)
1: Hakim - he tore up the piece of work his friend did for him because he knew that he had to do his own work to improve

2. Yue Zhen & Mavies & Yvonne & Angel : these girls have been coming for my extra lessons even though they are not required to.

3. My intensive remedial students : marcus daohui and jiajie. you three have been doing well, esp jiajie. i feel happy for you that you can even teach daohui how to do some angles questions. please keep it up (:

4. There are of course many enthusiastic students that never fail to drive me on even if there are some students who sometimes irritate me when i am teaching.
Im sorry if your name is not specifically mentioned, but thank you (: greatly appreciate your effort in class.

miss cindy has commented to me that for this past week, i have been more angry and fiery. i am sorry that i did not control my temper well. If the class co-operates, it will be much better for me and you.
so i hope from this, you guys can also learn that we are all humans and we make mistakes, even teachers. But as long as we know how to reflect and change, tomorrow is always a better day, for ourselves and the people around us.

i look forward to seeing 1E tmr. during this weekend 1F, please revise hard for your MYE. let me be proud of the whole class, and show everyone WE CAN DO IT (:

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

3d post.

oh ya, congrats to dean, jun an and carene for shooting, all did well (: i clapped loudly till students look at me :D
carene very pretty on newspapers (:
eugene too, robotics very pro ah. during that time, play robots and forgot abt math hw rightttt. (:
hello students.. its another long day today for many of my 1e students, as almost half the class stayed back to do their filing in school till 630pm. even though there are again some kids who choose to mess my lesson and not listen, i think its eventually their choice.. if you dont want to listen, the least you can do is not disrupt my lesson. disrupting me makes me unable to continue. i think i almost lsot my voice cos i shouted too much in the afternoon..
okay, today, 1F is quite well behaved. abt 23 students handed in their file, but i expected more.
congrats to a few more ppl like mardiahna, xiu yi, joshua for completing their file check.
oh, good job for the modern dancers! proud of your girls, but please get ur attention back onto work again. dont wanna nag, but mye coming up (:
btw, miss cindy has told 1G that if 1G has the best average among !e/f/g, she will get their class some gift. actually good friday when i went up to msia, i alr bought some stuff for u guys. so, this is rewards time! do ur best to help ur class win.. and do ur best, and i will give prizes based on ur performance and attitude. :D
okay, its getting late, sleeping now. see u students tmr :D

oh ya, yuezhen, i do notice that you are wellbehaved in my lesson, thanks (: daohui, marcus and jiajie, has been increasingly well behaved. hakim, nabilah, thanks for being enthusiatic in providing answers in my classes (:
okkk. sleep time.

Monday, April 20, 2009

for the day

btw, i want to praise 1F for their positive attitude towards learning ( most of them), and 1E for their effort put into Ex 8.1, with angles labelled, and reasons given for most of them.
1e and f, i am sure your class will be able to do well in the mye if you guys pay attention every math lesson and cooperate as a class. believe in urself, and work hard. intelligence can only get you maybe 15/50, you need to practise to know where your mistakes are always at, and change it.

1e file check

today is 1E's file check day.
at the end of the day, this file checking session was not very successful. my dear students, please understand the rationale of asking you guys to stay back and do the file check. i want to see my students do their corrections on their own and not merely copy. perhaps i should go thru all corrections before you all start attempting, if not you will just be equally blur.
please understand that my aim of going thru corrections is not for you to copy my solutions, it is to understand HOW to do that type of question.
For 1F, your file check will be random, i will pick any 10 students for file check from tue onwards. pls bring ur file everyday.

another thing that annoys me abit is when students do not bring their notebook and file, when i asked them to. it is okay if its the first time, but not repeat offences!

okay, i need to sleep if not a panda will teach you ppl tmr. goodnight.
115am.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Today is another longgg day.. just finished my remedial with daohui ytd, super tiring! then had dinner with miss cindy and mr lee..
okayyyy, today 1F was quite noisy again.. even though i managed to get my activities done, i am thinking of changing the style in classroom.
okayyyy, off to do file check soon... i hope i get some nice relief class like 2B, 4A, or my favv 3D (:

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

my first post (:

My First Post! (:
hmmm been blogging too much about WSSS in my personal blog so i decided to start a new blog on simply my school experiences :D

the school math dept has decided to sign on with ace learning, and i feel that this is going to be great for the students. Besides the large amount of resources in the portal, it also emphasises on independent learning, with step by step guide and many examples to guide the students along. i really hope my students will use this portal effectively and do well for their exams.

On monday, i received a piece of news that really saddened and disappointed me:( sadly, i am still unable to go to vietnam with my 3D :( haizzzz, this is because I am just a temp teacher and there are enough teachers who can go for the overseas trip. I am really sorry! tried my best to ask for it but i guess ultimately, .........

TO my students in 3D!
How are you guys? doing well? i miss you guys alot and sadly, i didnt manage to relief any of your classes, but dont worry, i will try for at least one lesson with you all before i leave Westspring! (:

To my students in 1E/F/G
Today, i was marking the homework that i have chased after this long weekend. Despite the repeated warnings not to copy your homework, i still see alot of copying going on. This does not apply to everyone, but for those who are still copying, please know that copying is just the easy way out. without practising and recognising where your mistakes lie, you will still be doing badly for what really matters, your examinations. so what if you hand in all the homework? it only gets me off your back, but it doesnt serve its real purpose! you have learnt nothing from what you did. What i want to see from my students is the effort, like what many of my students have previously done. and effort alone, is not enough. you must learn from your mistakes. it is not use simply copying corrections when i go thru them but not understand and remember the steps.

okay, i need to go back to marking all those 7 stacks of homework! see you guys in school tmr! :D