hey.

lately i've really become abit too much of a softie. ahah. wondering what's the cause. let me think. maybe it started with having to deal with only one or two p5s in my room, when the p6s were busy with remedial/supplementary and other p5s at cca/camps. so naturally with fewer students, i need not put on such a black face as not much trouble can be stirred. visiting the other room also contributes to my softie side. cos ms kok (my centre's staff's recognised dear) is v adorable. my godson is cute as usual. mr fong is a crazy monkey (hmm this reminds me of "stupid yellow monkey" cos ytd afternoon was suddenly high abt hana w yt) but is still v cute cos, yes i admit i'm shallow, he has a cute high voice and rosy cheeks. and his antics are funny. on a sidenote, lately he's gettin worse. he likes to disturb people and claim that the original victims are the ones who started the whole thing and bullied him. today, he squashed himself into this shelf and when he wriggled out the board of the shelf nearly fell off and hit his head. when scolded he claimed another boy pushed him in. ~_~. mr lim junior (he and his elder brother are poles apart) likes to disturb me, along with mr chong, but he's still pretty guai. i hv a soft spot fr all these kids and plus my colleague is nice and motherly. so i indulged in the softie side of me in this room. lol. and shit my colleague bought spongebob stickers fr me when i admitted my liking fr it. haha. oops. i mean, yes, i can connect well with the kids, but i don't want to seem like an overgrown kid or their "同黨". ahhaha.

interacting with these kids is a fun process ba. tiring as well. and made me realise a number of things. kids really show how humans behave in actual fact. the true side of people which adults try to hide or subdue/tone down.

1) 人善被人欺 is a fine example. whether or not you are person to be trifled with, the kids can judge correctly, at most within a week.

2) they are also a forgetful lot. if you do them a good turn, they will accept it happily and in no time they will forget about it. although enid blyton stories never fail to teach us values and morals like "one good turn deserves another", i doubt children nowadays read much enid blyton or take these stories seriously (or just go "aiyah lame~") like mr lee, always seem to be in a hurry to grow up, wanting to act and behave like an adult though not making much headway. ya, so they will forget about the good turn and not appreciate help that is rendered, but soon take it for granted.

3) they also seldom understand the meaning of 適可而止, and will more than often 得寸進尺. few will be the 自動 type, who will understand their limits, and not try to test limits or trample over the limits. examples are the giving out of sweets/stickers/snacks; or their volumes, their playfulness and my tolerance.

4) they tend to be easily influenced and led on. ya so the p5s will be so called led astray by the p6s and they will learn bad habits from one another. swearing, obsession in cards (duel masters) and online games, bad behaviour, heck-care attitude, stupid songs, denying wrongdoings, pettiness, badmouthing people etc. there's one 'game' that i abhor. usually conducted by the p6s. a p6 asks "who wants this sweet, jump and catch it!" and the rest will make a beeline for it. goodness. my dear boys. it's just one sweet. must you go to such extents fr it? but of course i think more and oft it's due to playfulness and not the sweet itself being a push factor fr them. or stupid games like "collect x sweet wrappers and trade for 2 more sweets."

but still, kids are still more pristine pages to a book, and so they can be taught to face certain matters with the correct attitude. it's not really up to us teachers/care-givers to mould and knead them. i believe that parents play the utmost crucial role. true enough they may spend more time in school and daycare, but if they refuse to listen or to learn as they don't have the basic right attitude, there's nothing we can do.

mmmhmmm.

yupp. i will harden and stop presenting myself as the easily bullied and tken advantage of the poor mslim. =X

i am tough goods.

haa. *有些心虛。*

actually i've been handling them rather well ba. just reverted back to softiness these few weeks. stop playing the sympathetic role, gurl. stop being the good guy. be the meanie that may be unreasonable at times, but able to maintain order.

hai.

jiayou ba yc:).