Term 3 Week 8

Monday: the sane thing happens every lesson. But for today’s lesson, Mr. Chua came in with Mr. Narz. The first thing that came through was that Mr. Narz was going to teach our class while Mr. Chua evaluates him and see how he teaches. It happens every time when there is a new teacher. And then I noticed something different about Mr. Chua. He wasn’t carrying his bag as usual but instead a stack of worksheets. He then explained to us that he as to rush somewhere important and that he won’t be able to attend our class today and that Mr. Narz is going to replace him for today’s lesson while we complete the worksheet that he’d given us. We only had one period to complete it and that there was to be no discussion. The worksheet was based on the Mighty Mandarin we read through last week. After Mr. Chua left, I thought there would be chattering and people getting into groups discussing about the worksheet but nothing happened. Instead, everyone remained silent and diligently did the worksheet that Mr. Chua had given us. There were a few whispers here and there but Mr. Narz reminded us to keep quiet and finished up the worksheet. When the sounded, everyone put down their pens and handed up their papers. Mr. Narz collected the worksheets and told us that we could go. Anyway it was the last period. But overall, I think our class behaved quite well today despite that we always don’t really and pay attention in class. We can do it if we want to and we have the discipline but we just don’t show it.

Thursday: Todays lesson didn’t turn out quite the way it was supposed to be. Mr. Chua came in with a disapproving look on his face. I was one who knew that something was not right. As soon as we greeted him, Mr. Chua began scolding us. It was due to the fact that someone had copied answers from someone else. He told us to stand up and began reading the names of pupils who handed up their worksheets. Luckily I was one of them. But there was one pupil left standing. She photo copied one of my classmate’s worksheets and handed in just like that. She didn’t even have the decency to own up. She didn’t have the integrity. Mr. Chua was really mad and told her that he wanted to see her after lesson to talk to her about her attitude towards her homework. After that was over, Mr. Chua distributed our previous worksheet on the play “Are you lonesome tonight?” of scene 2. I scored a total of 11 points over 15. We went through the corrections quite fast as there wasn’t much time left. In total, it took us about less than ten minutes to finish the corrections. After that we had to hand up our illustrations for the Mighty Mandarin scene. Overall I think I did quite well.
But what I learnt from this week’s lesson is that everyone must have the integrity and not be afraid to own up. As the lies the escalates within you the more you feel worse that is why it’s always best to tell the truth than to lie behind someone’s back.
A 'No" uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merly uttered to please, or worse , to avoid trouble.
-Mohandas Gandhi