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+ Elenana
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Full time music teacher
Loves God's creation, Loves travels, Loves beaches........
+ 04 Jan
+ elenatan@gmail.com
Full time music teacher
Loves God's creation, Loves travels, Loves beaches........
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
The Greenridge Experience
Haha...What a title!
Today i knew i couldn't escape, i had to fulfill my call to the choir of Greenridge Secondary. Yes, my friend was going on maternity leave, asked me to take over her + prob do long term once a wk teaching there....so yeah...i plucked up my courage..got out of my comfort zone...i s**** it's really way out of my comfort zone...and decided i had to turn up. haha. This isn't my first choir teaching experience, but yet, teaching anywhere in a group setting is just energy-zapping. Esp also where u've not been given any scores before the first lesson, yeah, it's just gg there by faith and hope God will work a miracle.
After lunch with Es..went on a hairband spree, i bought 3 new hairbands, they are useful man..now that the weather is getting hot again...and then made my way to Greenridge. Ok la...not as bad as i tot..as usual, just needed to know the "secrets" of handling secondary sch kids, make them like u but yet not let them climb over yr head. i brought up the topic bout the fact that it's students like them that land majority of teachers in IMH aka woodbridge, and it tickled them...terrible la these students. But yeah i guess the majority of them are nice pple...so i'll put in all that i can to love these children as God has entrusted me with. While teaching, i was just pondering (ya..esther will be amazed by how i can multi-task like that) abt why God has called me into this sort of classroom teaching, and yes, actually though it's not as simple as one-to-one teaching, this is really the kind of environment i'd like to be in..called to mass impact..but no teaching music as a sch subject pls.
Life is getting more and more meaningful each day. It just calls for simplicity on my part, to trust and walk each step of the way with my Lord. =)
Today i knew i couldn't escape, i had to fulfill my call to the choir of Greenridge Secondary. Yes, my friend was going on maternity leave, asked me to take over her + prob do long term once a wk teaching there....so yeah...i plucked up my courage..got out of my comfort zone...i s**** it's really way out of my comfort zone...and decided i had to turn up. haha. This isn't my first choir teaching experience, but yet, teaching anywhere in a group setting is just energy-zapping. Esp also where u've not been given any scores before the first lesson, yeah, it's just gg there by faith and hope God will work a miracle.
After lunch with Es..went on a hairband spree, i bought 3 new hairbands, they are useful man..now that the weather is getting hot again...and then made my way to Greenridge. Ok la...not as bad as i tot..as usual, just needed to know the "secrets" of handling secondary sch kids, make them like u but yet not let them climb over yr head. i brought up the topic bout the fact that it's students like them that land majority of teachers in IMH aka woodbridge, and it tickled them...terrible la these students. But yeah i guess the majority of them are nice pple...so i'll put in all that i can to love these children as God has entrusted me with. While teaching, i was just pondering (ya..esther will be amazed by how i can multi-task like that) abt why God has called me into this sort of classroom teaching, and yes, actually though it's not as simple as one-to-one teaching, this is really the kind of environment i'd like to be in..called to mass impact..but no teaching music as a sch subject pls.
Life is getting more and more meaningful each day. It just calls for simplicity on my part, to trust and walk each step of the way with my Lord. =)
at 11:47 PM
Arabesque
Elmo-nette
BI-eliza
PIC
The 4th Haven
Bobochacha
Chrisnana
Cheongster
Chefs Affair
The Oxymoron
Pirouette
Elmo-nette
BI-eliza
PIC
The 4th Haven
Bobochacha
Chrisnana
Cheongster
Chefs Affair
The Oxymoron
Pirouette