Something I sent to a couple of my frens way back on April Fool's when I started teaching.

Will be posted to a new school coming Saturday. This one supposed to be Value-Added School.

Die. Heard that VAS + male principal = lots of work. Hope I can get my leave to go on holiday before Term 3 starts.

Anyway, the email is as follows:

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Hi everybody!

Been a long while since I was last in touch. This email is more for me to rant, so just ignore if you're not interested. I wouldn't know anyway. (unless you email me back to tell me *grin*)

Am posted at XYZ Sec Sch right now. Taking 3 classes, got 1 class each of Express, Normal Academic & Normal Technical. All different subjects too - Physics, Maths and Science respectively.

All adds up to tons and tons of work. All learning styles different (if any learning style at all) and have to constantly wreck my brains out coz the students' abilities are totally from one end to another. Have to cater to both the slower students as well as the faster ones. And finding it very hard to cater to such a wide spectrum. *sigh*

Anyway, it's already Week 3 of Term 2. Can't wait for the Good Friday holiday next week. Pity teachers dun get May Day holiday... But well, another 5 more weeks before the school holidays!!!

Okies. Just a note to tell everybody I'm alive. Wouldn't say I'm alive and well, just barely surviving actually. Also a note for me to let off some steam actually.

Really have to leave my aggravations when I leave the classroom or I'll just go nuts. On one hand, try not to have too low expectations of my students, but yet, can't expect too much from them either... *long sigh*

Right. Better stop now. Got more lao-sao to rant if anybody's interested to know. Otherwise, hi and bye! (goodness knows when I'd be free or agitated enough to mass mail everybody again)

Cheers,
Sharon aka Miss Low

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