I felt a little bit embarassed when my colleague told me the other day that the title of my post is Senior Technical Instructor. Ooppsss i've been saying assitant technical instructor whenever i'm asked by people. Hiya...
A week after i reported myself to the school, finally it's confirmed that i'm attached to the Biotechnology department. Erm.. the courses are relevant to those we learnt in UBD so it's ok, though i did wish maybe i could be placed to agriculture studies or fisheries, so i could learn more new stuffs. But like what dear said, i'm not there to study but to teach. Plus, another main reason why i'm in the biotech is because the dept is 'critically' under-staff. There are only 4 of us, including me. Two of them will be off to do their masters next january. So it'll be left with me and the HOD. My HOD has a lot of plans in mind that he wants to do for our dept. I hope i can accomplish well whatever tasks he's giving me. He is also going to be my coach.
So for the moment, i'll be doing observing for the coming 3 weeks and if nothing goes wrong, i'll start teaching next month, 7 contact hours per week, so it's not bad. My main worries are conducting the practical classes as well as dealing with the students.
Well, it is a new school, so all the departments are either under-staff or the staffs are leaving soon for further training, so next year i might be transferring to another department. Who knows..
But i'm going to try my best, because i'm not used to letting myself and people around me down.
I've decide to cut down on my tuition classes. So i'll stop teaching at one of the tuition schools starting next month. But honestly, if by that time i think i can cope, i might just continue. I thought of quitting because last week was really exhausting for me. I know that eventually i'll get used to the driving, the distance and the education system. A part of me thinks i should just bear with it and go along with my students until they finish their final exams, but another part of me think i should really focus on my main job. I can be multi-tasked but i'm not so sure if i can do well in all the tasks, especially i have 0% experience in proper school teaching. I've never done any lesson plan, never learn the process if conducting a practical class, never experience marking of assignments. At the moment, i really think i won't have enough time to be well-prepared for my tuition classes but i won't give up just yet.
Hm.. perhaps, the students may have to see my stress-out face sometimes :p
Brunei is such a small country. Most of the faces i see in the school are familiar. There are also students coming up to me and said she is my junior from smso. Until today, i'm still not sure about some of the names. I must learn to remember names as quick as possible. It's really rude to forget a person's name.
Oh yeah i got a rejection letter from Agriculture department today. Hm.. not surprised but a bit disappointed. In a way, i am proud. Only me can reject people, but not the other way round. Tsk tsk tsk..
Ok, overall, i like my new working environment (it'd be soo perfect if there's no haze). It's quiet, the staffs are friendly. The best thing about it is, the school is small, the staffs are not many, so are the students.
Unfortunately, my time is packed now.. i can't find a time for my facial. Oh no...
