On the 7th and 8th of July, it was declared as the Excel Fest Day for all schools in Singapore. Here, those particpant schools were to showcase their innovative or so called I & E projects in their schools.



Our school had three departments, the PE Dept, Maths Dept and Chinese Dept, exhibiting some stuff in Raffles Girls' Primary School. On the second day, which was a Saturday, the response from the public was quite good as some parents bought the flip cards for their children to learn multiplication.

Of course, I always wanted to get my own pupils to tag along as I knew that it would be very bored for the two days there. I always believe that it is good to involve pupils as it is a very good learning experience for them..

Being a teacher, the most horrifying moment is the book checking by the heads. I do not mind if the heads are checking my books because I am a neat and meticulous person. People like me have no problems in filing and getting things done promptly. However, the reality is so scary as the heads are actually checking my pupils' work.

My marking is always neat, but not my pupils' handwriting! Some handwriting is just like the Chinese priest drawing unrecognisable characters on the talisman. Ask my pupil, JJ, and he is actually the best person to show you what kind of writing is that.

Every term, I have to remind and scold those who cannot manage their filings and do corrections properly. That is the worst part of being a teacher as we teachers have to monitor 40 over pupils in our class. If you teach English, Maths, Science, then you have 3 files multiply by 40 and... oh no, do not forget about composition files and workbooks and ....

Sigh...and we have to be responsible for those who do not do their corrections and write their words neatly. How unfair! So, all teachers have to scold and scold, still no improvement...how sad...