I wanted to meet up again, but there are so many people i haven't seen for months on end. It's home for vday. (:

my only regret is the interview today that took up two periods of lesson. I wish I could have been around school too.

The kids in my class also thought it funny to inhale the helium so that they could get a squeaky voice, which sounded pretty hilarious and got them into peals of giggles. I was trying really hard to get them to be serious (CA's next week, for goodness sake), so I scolded one girl for real today. It wasn't a very successful lecture.

"you! one more time i hear you singing, you will stand and remain standing. the second time i hear your voice from here, you will get out of this class. you shall have the honour of being the first student I punish."

"ok ms goh. What happens on the third time?"(guileless smile)

I fail, you see.

Then the helium made them high, and the group at the back starts squawking like bullfrogs. And I tell myself, I. Cannot. Laugh.

I stayed back today to finish my marking. I requested all my classes hand in workbooks for inspection, so that means I have 160 workbooks to mark by tomorrow. This will be challenging (heartbreaking on valentines day), but I'm done with half the load.

Rest period involves gleeful whoops of delight at the exit polling showing Obama making inroads into Clinton's support base. This also involves snubbing a nascent worry about the eventual outcome of Magician VS technician. (I also thought this cute, so I discussed it in my interview. Maybe not so good an idea.)

The day I fail miserably is the day a student comes up to me and says "ms goh we're the new face of failure." My heart will break. In the meantime, they are eagerly asking for revision lectures for tomorrow and on monday. Ms Koh says she's never seen sec2s so enraptured with revising before the CA.

I think this can only be a good thing.

Happy valentines, spread the love.