Uncle Arthur's Prediction is Coming true

Earlier of this year, Uncle Arthur commented in jest that he hope the teachers won't leave one by one when Mamarazzi posted about my first day of school.

Looks like his prediction is coming true. From January to May, I have had three class teachers.

The first teacher was "promoted" to teach older kids after a month of teaching me.

This was replaced by a young girl whom Mamarazzi noticed as very dedicated to her job.

 Found some comments and "star" in my work books.

 

On and off Mamarazzi would noticed that some of my work books have stickers like these stuck to them after being "marked" by the teacher.

Sometimes, the teacher stamped words of encouragement in my books "much better...keep it up".

In at least 3 occasion, I brought home "prize" from my class teacher. Not big or expensive prizes. It's small prize which kids would treasure.

For example. This small "top".

At first Mamarazzi thought I "curi"(stole) or took my friend's toy. But it was a prize from the teacher because I read loud enough.

The week after that I got another "top" for singing.

Mamarazzi don't know what was the reason for this bracelet prize coz I refused to tell her. I said "Cikgu" (teacher) gave.

My former class teacher is an Indian hence whenever we have Chinese classes, another teacher would take over  and Mamarazzi noted that that teacher would also stamp the work book .

Mamarazzi don't think money for all these small items is provided by the Kiddie. Most likely it's directly out of the teacher's pocket.

Please don't misunderstand. Mamarazzi is not "greedy" for all these small prizes but don't you feel  that these small things is sort of show that the teacher cares about the students and made an effort in encouraging students to work better?

This is one of the homework that I have done under the second teacher before she left for greener pasture in May.

Now compare this homework given by the new teacher. The new teacher had wrote all alphabet in the page  while previous teacher wrote one line and let the student did the rest.

All I have to do now is to trace the same letter over what the new teacher had written.

What puzzled Mamarazzi is that we are doing the letter A, B, C...all over again with this new teacher instead of continue on with where the previous teacher left off.

During one of my conversation with Mamarazzi which goes like this :

Me : Today teacher tell me to do up down up down. It's fun!

Mamarazzi : what up down up down?

Me : put hands on my ear and up down up down lah.

Mamarazzi : ....*ketuk-ketampi?*(ear squat- punishment )...why up down up down?

Me : Coz cannot read chinese lah

Another day, Mamarazzi asked me whether I got do "up down" in school again. I told her no. This time stand up on chair only. Not me but my best friend coz didn't do work.

Hmm....Mamarazzi is still not sure what to think of this new teacher. Is she being strict because she wants the students to be discipline and do their best in class? Or is this just another job for her which she wish the students get out of her hair soonest possible?