Not again..

It has struck again. My sprained neck. I knew it was coming. Just that this morning's condition was the worst compared to the past few days. Was supposed to go out today to watch Wimbledon. Felt quite rotten when I had to cancel my appointment. But now that the afternoon has passed, my mood has changed considerably. Spent the whole afternoon completing my micro tutorial while listening to Best of Aaron Kwok's Cantonese hits. Yes, Aaron Kwok. Never really had much of an impression of him. Listened to the whole CD at least 3 times. I'm in a nostalgic mood these day. Just the other day, I climbed up to the attic to dig out an old CD and kept repeating one of my favourite songs more than 20times. Yes, i'm that crazy.

I never pay much attention to lyrics of songs. I'm more of a music person. The tunes of a music piece are much more important to me. It's not surprising as I'm much better in numbers than alphabets. I have problems remembering words. On the other hand, numbers are a breeze to me. Anyway, I'm glad that I was given the opportunity to learn how to play the piano. It's ironic that I only enjoy playing the piano after 10 yrs of piano lessons. I hate classical music. Mastering the 3 pieces and scales was a torture to me. I treated it as a weekly routine. Wonder how Miss Tan is. Just figured out how to play 1 of the songs after hearing it numerous times. I don't look at scores. (Anyway, I don't have the scores of most of the songs I like). It stifles my creativity. Improvising and figuring out the correct key and notes myself gives me a sense of accomplishment.

Read from the newspapers that the MOE Career Talk is around the corner. My ambition when I was in primary school was to be a teacher. Why? Because I enjoyed marking. But as I grew older, the thought of being a teacher scares me. Why? I have a living example in my house. Besides that, from what I hear about her colleagues and friends, and what i gauge from my own teachers for the past 12 years, this is what I conclude -

1) Teachers like to complain. Public enemy number 1 for them: Their respective principals. They can go on and on about them for hours without changing the subject.

2) Most teachers are selfish and stingy. Just look at what they bring(if they bring any) to my house when the living example throws a gathering. A few pathetic slices of cake or a loaf of bread. Worse still, they would bring back any leftovers from what they brought. This has happened numerous times. I'm speechless by their actions.

3)Downright rigid. My form teacher when I was in sec 4 warned us not to bring our mineral water bottles into the exam hall in case we get accused of cheating as there are chemistry terms printed on the paper of the water bottle. Sigg water bottle was not invented back then. Besides that, if I'm not wrong, the exam booklet states that there should be no eating and drinking. Hence, she concludes that we had better not bring water bottles into the exam hall. Favourite phrase of hers: "Better not ah!"

4) Most teachers' brains become stagnant or may even worsen (Unless one is teaching in the top few schools). Imagine teaching the same syllabus over and over again. It's even worse if you are teaching those less academically-inclined for consecutive years. The only thing that is left in teachers' brains are simple mathematics or whatever subject they are teaching. It's worse for english. Imagine reading hundreds of ungrammatical and senseless essays. How does one improve?

This list is not exhaustive. Maybe I'm just bias or I havent met a good teacher in my years of edcuation. But whatever it is, the thought of ending up with the above character traits puts me off.

Off to bed now. Sleeping with an extra pillow tonight.