Saturday, March 29, 2008

Do not test my patience

Yesterday, 28th of March, was the last day of Form 6 photography session for the graduation magazine.

It was Mathematics lesson, a lot of students were not in class. The teacher has already came in, and he said, “okay, lets look at the topic of finding ‘sum to a finite series’.” Not many listened to him as they were busy talking and chatting. I can sense that today, he was not very happy and his mood was real down. He has already prepared to teach the new topic, he has already spoken, he waited there with the whiteboard marker on his hand.

However, the students on the other side were still not bother to take out their books and shut up and listen to him. Then, he was furious. He lectured them with a heavy ton. “Hey! What the hell is this! I am here for a long time, and you are sitting there talking all the way, what do you think is this? I have been trying very hard to teach you all, I even try my very best of my best to teach the best to you all, and you are sitting there talking,” he said to the students at the other side.

What the heck! They were still talking whilst the teacher lectured them. The talking ones were Lee Chong, Boon Teik, Kay Keat, Ghee Hong and other students who sit at the right in the class. Okay, that was fine at first; but he was lecturing, Chin Siang and Kay Keat still talking, to their friends. Ah uh, it was not good!

After he noticed that there were students still talking while he was speaking, he was really mad. Ooi Boon Lim said, “If you do not want to attend the lesson, you get out of the class!” Wow. The first time I saw him so mad, because throughout the months, he was kind of jovial kind and never get mad. He continued, “I have been very patient to you all every time I came in to your class and you were talking there. Even when I was teaching the half way, you were talking there. For the goodness sake! Look at your Mathematics marks! Do you think that is very proud of you to get such low marks?!” “Out! Both of you get out now!!” They refused to get out of the class, and they were acting stupid and innocent. “I said get out now!” he shouted at them. Eventually, Ooi Boon Lim did not bother them as they did not want to get out from the class.

Yesterday, it was very quiet throughout his lesson. However, I like him being very serious in his lesson. Surprisingly, what he taught yesterday I have much impression, and I like him in the serious way of teaching. I absorbed more, and learned more. Yeah, honestly, I have not paid my full attention to his lesson when he was being jovial. Now, I know I have to stop that attitude and be in the serious way. Yes, it helped me learned better in Mathematics. In conclusion, I like him teaching in a serious way and I learn a lot faster and better.

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