End of December 2014, our class renovation began. The daily bad weather, however, slowed us down, pushing the completion well into January 2015. Coincidentally, this year’s school session started late, too, due to heavy rain and flood in most places, including my own village. But despite all that, we eventually managed to complete our class, […]
CONTINUE READINGOn 14th–16th of October, we visited the teachers in Slim River, Gopeng and Gua Musang. On the first day, we picked Nora (Slim River) and Dinah (Gopeng) from their villages and headed to Gua Musang to meet Haini. The trip alone took us half a day. Since there is no proper road that leads to […]
CONTINUE READINGDinah’s School (Gopeng) Haini’s School (Gua Musang) Jisam’s School (Gerik) Nora’s School (Slim River) Busan’s School (Gerik)
CONTINUE READINGEvery morning my students are excited to start their day at school as many fun activities await them. This week we did a lot of outdoor activities. We performed some light exercises and sang together. I also explained to them the importance and the function of traffic lights and road safety, which included driving responsibly […]
CONTINUE READINGFeeling: Sad It has been a week since I first taught them the alphabet, but most of the students still cannot recognize the letters of the alphabet, let alone read.I will still try my best even if I have to repeat it many times, so that they can learn the letters of the alphabet and […]
CONTINUE READINGDuring the third week of our classes, I found that the students who came were getting more excited participating in the various activities prepared for them. There was progress among the students. For example, they were able to hold their pencils properly and colour pictures well. What made me happy was seeing the students have […]
CONTINUE READINGToday was my first day teaching at my village’s kindergarten. I am happy because the children’s parents were very cooperative in making these classes happen. The children were very excited about learning and even told their parents that they had grown up and would not cry during lessons. I laughed heartily when one of the […]
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