intellectual renaissance

my 100th post! haha..

aniwez, some reflections on being a GP teacher..

honestly, i'm pretty glad that I got the job(thanx BS), cos honestly it is surprisingly switching my analytical skills back on and bringing about like a renaissance in my cognitive abilites.. haha

u see, in teaching GP, i'm actually the one learning the most cos i have to plough through tons of torrid essays and read the perspectives from various students, then further disect the question proper and ask myself about the fundamental definitions in the question...

which leads to many hearty discussion with my fellow GP relief teachers.. (haha.. due to the free time, we spent 3 solid hours talking in the canteen about 'GP' stuff.. basically anything).. We commented regarding the stupid names celebrities give their children, like honestly, calling your kids Raffles, Regent and Ritz is unforgivable, so is likening your son to a bridge/city(Brooklyn), a mish-mash of words(Maddox), a toilet-sounding term(Suri), or the worst - a donkey(Brayden). I think Brayden wins worst name hands down.

Then talked about like genes and how it affects people, like how maybe TomKat's child will be a complete mercenary mediawhore whose favourite pasttime would be jumping on couches...

Then about enforced stereotypes in the society like the old spinster who heck-cares about her dress sense and lives with 13 cats and how sad such a life is.. how women get emotional trauma over being left on the shelf, and hence give up on looking presentable and become very irritable, hence reinforcing existing stereotypes and ultimately making it a vicious cycle.

ok.. if u are still follow me, then well, thing is, it's so darn refreshing to engage in intellectual conversation with sane, thinking people after a general mind-numbing experience in the army where people generally thinking with their biceps. that or their cigarette sticks.

students can't offer much good opinions too cos half are wrapped up in their gormless, miserable lives of doing homework and mugging for important chem test or so on whilst the other half just plain switch off and heck care.

the whole point is, after being a GP relief teacher, I start realising the significance of what I'm teaching.. which is rational thinking and analytical skills. and whilst you can forget all about mathematical formula and chemistry stoichiometry, you will take along what you've learnt in GP for quite a while...

haha..