Mid year exams is drawing nearer and I have yet to finish the last topic for 3E2 A Math due to the amount of time spent on disciplining some of the pupils and slowing down the pace as most of the pupils in the class are rather weak. But due to the shortage of time, I am sad to speed up the teaching in class and targetting only the most basics that are required from them to be able to do the minimum in the exam papers.
Sad also that there are a few pupils who are quite good in their A Math, have to bear with the slowness and the nonsense created by some of their naughty classmates. So as not to short change them, I always tell this small group of pupils to do more questions or some of the challenging questions when they have finished their work much earlier than the rest. As usual, I will always extend my stay in the class into the recess to answer some of their questions if they have any.
This term the class seemed rowdier than last term as I had actually flared up one day in this week and stopped my teaching to the whole class and targetted only selected pupils. The next lesson on the following day, I was able to teach for the first time in this term without any disruption from any pupils at all. They were all angels that day :) But I hold back my praise for fear that they will revert to the old self again for subsequent lessons.
Well, the subsequent lessons were still manageable though I had to send two boys out of the classroom on one lesson. Though I feel bad about it after that but sometimes we just have to sacrifice one or two to silence the rest.
No comments:
Post a Comment