My Corner for Education

School Is Out!

The year is finally over. Due to the extreme heat for the last two

days, my room temperature was literally up to 42 degrees Celsius because of no

open air through the window, malfunction air vent and no sun-blocking curtain in the new room. We were all on the edge of breaking down because of the heat plus we all had a group of kids who looked extremely hot and sweaty in a stuffy classroom. We had a luncheon one day

and a movie day on the last day. My students voted to have luncheon and movie because of the many awards they have received. As a teacher, what can I say? I am just too proud of their accomplishment. Anyway, my friend did a slide show of photos she had taken at

school over the last year. It was so refreshing to see all the students at school popping up from one slide to another. Based on the photos she took, we did provide many

activities for our students, maybe too many! Hahahah.

During the slide show, one of the songs was played by a Hawaiian

singer, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, the gentle giant of Hawaii. I really like the version he did. I love

it so much that I got on YouTube ASAP to find it to share with

everybody. It is quite refreshing whenever I listen to this song.

I've also attached a short message I wrote on my MSN blog

at this time last year. My view has not changed, so here is the

short article I wrote.Enjoy the song.

June 26, 2006

Last Week of School Blue

A lot of people think that teachers have the greatest job in the

world because the schools are off for two months. I love teaching,

but I would not call it the "greatest" job in the world. This is my

third career change and I know for a fact that there are better

jobs out there. Teaching is a calling which is very difficult to

explain to others sometimes. I was good at my other jobs, but I

just know I want to teach.

For me, the summer is always my time to recoup, update and prepare

for the new school year. I am looking forward to the course I am planning to take

this July. For the staff at our school, we probably have to

go back to work early in mid August because of our planned

construction. We have to move classes out to the portables whenever

they arrive in the summer. Bummer.