A group of us were sitting in the canteen after Health lecture and they were discussing if they should attend MediaCorp's recruitment talk later at 5:30p.m. Then, the topic drifted to how some of them applied for MOE and have already received their teaching subjects. Wanpei was allocated to teach English and Mathematics while Alex was given English and Physics. I was quite shocked and asked how come none were given Econs since we are all going to be Econs honours graduates!
Bee Kuan was quite shocked to hear me say that. She thought the teacher might need a Masters' or PhD in Economics in order to teach JC Econs since our university degree is just one rank higher than A-Levels. When she knew that you only need a basic degree to teach Econs in JC, she was totally disgusted.
"CHEY! So JC Econs teachers are no big deal! Like that, you all might as well opt to teach Chinese syllabus B in secondary school. Less work and same pay!"
Everyone burst into peals of laughter when we heard that. But then, the best was yet to come.
Bee Kuan started to talk about her GP lessons in JC.
"Think you all teach GP better. Even more slack. During my J1 days, everyday just play cards. Teacher come in also never care and never teach anything. Then J2, I was in the 2nd worst class. And GP is very easy to teach one. Everything just mark X X X. But then, don't worry. Go into exam hall then come out, everything will be alright. I got B3 for GP can!" *followed by smug smile*
Everyone was laughing like mad at this point.
The best quote to me was this.
"The whole point of being a teacher is to endure teaching naughty students and try very hard not to scold them or hit them else you will get complaint"
Everyone wondered what kind of teachers (and what kind of education) Bee Kuan had in her 12 years of schooling before university.
In her defence, she says she's from a girls' school and has never been hit by a teacher.
min on Monday, March 21, 2005
