Another post!
A very busy day here on the blog. Busy, yet depressing.
I just had class with some Elementary students. They like the middle schoolers are currently looking exhausted and stressed. The reason for this is the dreaded mid term exam. This result of this test along with the final have a big impact on what middle or high school they move onto. It is at this stage that the pressure cooker for these kids is really turned on. Kevin and Richard, were both born in 1995, which by my poor arithmetic means they would be in Primary six or seven at home. These guys are up at the crack of dawn right now and going to bed well after midnight. It is just too much for kids this age. Too much.
Makes this significantly less of a surprise http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200704/200704230029.html
A few of the older kids I taught jokingly talked about 'suicide' if things did not go well. I was not laughing sadly. It breaks my heart as a matter of fact. Too much.
A very busy day here on the blog. Busy, yet depressing.
I just had class with some Elementary students. They like the middle schoolers are currently looking exhausted and stressed. The reason for this is the dreaded mid term exam. This result of this test along with the final have a big impact on what middle or high school they move onto. It is at this stage that the pressure cooker for these kids is really turned on. Kevin and Richard, were both born in 1995, which by my poor arithmetic means they would be in Primary six or seven at home. These guys are up at the crack of dawn right now and going to bed well after midnight. It is just too much for kids this age. Too much.
Makes this significantly less of a surprise http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200704/200704230029.html
A few of the older kids I taught jokingly talked about 'suicide' if things did not go well. I was not laughing sadly. It breaks my heart as a matter of fact. Too much.
posted by Special_K at 5:19 AM
1 Comments:
Kenny old boy,
Keep your chin up. Work hard at what you do, whatever it is you're doing. Put 100% (Not 110%, I loathe that soundbite) into each day so that when you go to bed you know you've given you're all and then something will happen. That something might not be exactly what you had expected or wished for but at least you'll know you've given it your all to be there.
Niall
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