Cambridge

Finally a day when I am not so tired at night to pen my thoughts. I guess the jetlag has wore off substantially after a 50-min power nap in the afternoon...=)
How are my classes doing? I wondered but I know that they are in good hands and today I have finally finished and sent the updates I had wanted to prepare before I left to the respective covering tutors. They are so going to kill me even though they were already ready to do so when they realised that my classes are going to start on viruses, slightly ahead of others. =P
But clearing of work was really crazy before I left when I survived on 3 hours of sleep over 2 days - right up to an hour before I left for the airport - to mark the mock SPA, tutorials (structured only- cant make it for essay) for my 3 classes and also the MCQs before I flew off.
And thanks for all the well-wishes from 3L that morning via smses and the booklets and to T whoh had painstakingly collected the bklets so that I may read and write during my time in UK. I have already started on 3 =)

Before I came to Cambridge, I told a good fren/colleague of mine that I was baffled by my role in this trip which seemed to be so different from ISLE. Am I to let go and relax as advised to or do I be the disciplinarian that I expect myself to be? It would be so easy to take the backseat but I find it really hard to do so. Then she pointed out that that's because I would always make it a point to try and seize every moment as a teachable moment to instil values and social awareness. And I supposed that is the choice I have made so that my students can flourish as a person of good character in all sense.
Just as I have made the choice to spend time and mark all questions done in tutorials (except for this virus one) when we do not have to, hoping that each and every student will become aware of the error he/she tends to make and learn from it. Just as my students have to decide the amount of effort they are going to put in for this last stretch for their promos.

Choices choices. The choices we teacher have in our approach to this profession, as sent by a friend who is comtemplating to enter this profession after working in the private sector for 4 years http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20080619-71705.html

late already. I am going to snooze...