Procastination or Pressure...

Never thought that the time to do an assignment would come again and to make it more challenging, right in the middle of brainstorming, eye-straining n nerve-wrecking marking moments. I always advise my students to somehow plan their writing but when it comes to reality, the execution is harder than I thought!!
I guess old habit dies hard; I was at the junction before, didn't know which path to take, until the eleventh hour has come and tried to strangle me with the guilty feeling of putting things off until they really suffocate you, I mean myself..
As it is, I'm halfway through of the 20-page requirement and if I can make it by tomorrow, I still have time to get it proofread. That's right, final check for that 'kerjakursus BM' before it'll be submitted this saturday.
As Nan said, torturous gilerrr.......

School holiday/ break

As good as it may sound, things are not as rosy as it seems. The last day of school was friday the 14th but for me, nothing to shout about. 18-19 nov, I'll be having a meeting, 29nov-6 dec have to attend a course, 10 dec a meeting again, 11-12 dec I'll be on duty in school and for the rest of dec my better half would be tied down with EST. So, there goes the entire school holiday. This has been going on for the past 5 years and somehow as the saying goes ' rebutlah masa lapang sebelum sibuk mendatang', is true. There's no more holiday in terms of quantity but with the limitations imposed, I need to strive for quality times....
Will I ever achieved that????

Revelation or Lesson...

Well, UPSR result was out today. got a few calls even before the result was announced. My son sat for it this year and frankly speaking, I was not that anxious to know the result. As I was not pressured when I was in primary school, I did the same for my kid. I let him study on his own with some coaching but no tuition classes becos I think kid at the age of 12 should be able to rationalise already. I was in a limbo; on one hand, I achieved it before in pep penilaian darjah lima way back in 1982 so I think the blood (at least some of it!) should run in his veins as well but on the other hand, I know that he's not that hardworking/smartworking (depending on how you see it) cos I've given him the ultimatum after seeing his mid year result... It's RM500 for 5A's or zilch if less than that. Hmm, the result has been announced and I guessed he won't be buying the new handphone that he's been dreaming of. Getting 1B is nothing for me but getting B in English, well........
I know it happened to others, maths teachers whose kid got B in maths or science teachers whose son got B in science but in the family that consists of English teachers; from grandpa to aunties, I couldn't fathom at first...
I accepted the fate (as written in Loh Mahfuz) but I guess the pressure is even harder on him for this coming few weeks. People will be asking him bout the result and I guess I wont be backing him. Yeah, you could say that I came down hard on him but I believe I'm doing the right thing. Personally, primary assessment is not that important. It's his first experience in taking the public exam but some people might say, strike while the iron is still hot or make the best out of every chance that you have...
Whatever might be coming or wherever he's going to continue his study, hopefully I'll be able to get him into Maahad........