counting using fingers

This video captured a moment of learning of Maisarah, a little girl that I taught two years ago in 2011 (I'm glad I still remember her name ;) ahaha ). It was my  second year teaching in SK Kampung Kenang. At that time, I started to get better confidence in handling the class and preparing mathematics activities for my pupils. I found this video after browsing on my laptop and looking at all the photos and videos that I took before. I miss the school and the children I guess. 

Let the children explore learning. Let them learn on their own. Give them guidance and then let them do it... I think a teacher's job need to be flexible around where we need to choose the role that we play. The role will keep changing over the input that we want to give and also change to match the pupils that we teach. It is amazing to play roles isn't it ;)

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Last but not least for this entry, off topic for a bit... Looking at the viral comments on the social media at the moment, I am a bit worried by the cyber community nowadays. People sometimes share things without any research whether it's right or wrong and then give judgement as soon as they read or know about it. Even just a little bit of knowledge about a certain issue, people just say what ever they want. I think it is so important to know and understand the issue. Think both negative and positive.  Don't simply comment on something...listen and observe, then think before you act or you say. I guess everybody know about this this, but because sometimes we are too ignorant we decided to stick to our belief and opinion, and say out stupid stuff. That shows how much we use our brain to think... That is not a critical thinking!

PS: weekend in Alor Setar ;) 

the things that we learnt

Is being knowledgable making us ignorant? is it making us think that we know everything and do not need anyone else to teach us? Is that why in the first place we sought knowledge and learnt something? do we really know everything?

I'm not sure why this topic comes to my mind. It has been a few days that my fingers have been itching to write something. In the end, I managed to sort myself out to write tonight. 

I have just been thinking about this. About how people can change into being ignorant once they receive 'higher education'. Yeah higher education that we create and approve.  We think that this is the best for everybody. Once we finish studying and get the result, we suddenly are better than anyone else out there. Is it true? Is the purpose of higher education to produce this kind of attitude?

This is very confusing for me. I think what should happen is that the more you learn the more you realise that knowledge is wide and huge and that as human beings we can never master everything. Learning should be a process that takes place all of the time, anywhere, for anyone. It does not mean that once you have higher education you become some one else, and that you cannot learn from some one who does not have it. It does not mean that you cannot learn from someone younger than you or older than you, or someone more inexperienced than you or more immature. Everything is about learning and consideration. not ignorance.... I think so

I hope that the more we learn, the more it will open our heart and mind to think and connect! You are not always right, you know ;) 

PS: time to decide and go!

the next steps...will you still be with me?

I just came back from my graduation in Newcastle University. Just there for a week. Celebrating the special day with friends and classmates from all over the world. I was glad that most of my classmates were there with me...Only a few can't make it but I guess we will see each other next time, somewhere else probably ;)

Going back to Newcastle this time, I found that the feeling was strange and different. Everything seems to be normal and not new anymore. It feels like I know every corner of the city. The excitement was just when the graduation day happened but then, not anything else. Even to take some photos were difficult for me to do.

Probably it is a sign that I need to move on now. Done with my masters and done with Newcastle. Such a great city to be an international student. So many things I learnt and absorbed, I'm ready to leave my memory as a student there and take it to a new beginning!

I am not sure what is waiting for me in the future...but a few things are waiting to be done very soon! I am so excited to move forward and take a huge steps...decision, decision...all the time, we make the decision!

Will you still be with me? ;) 

Winter congregation

Wow! Such a long day! I should go to sleep now but I want to end this day by sharing my happiness in my blog first. I have so much fun today at the winter congregation. At last, I'm officially received my masters degree...ahaha... after a while I have been talking about it, now it's done!

I wish I'm here with my family :( However, the cost is too high to come together to the UK. I'm glad that lots of friends were here celebrating the day and Dr. Kit also came and join me in the ceremony! Yeah!

It was good fun to experience the graduation in different place. During my degree before, the convocation was held in Putrajaya and the students were more than a thousand. But this time, the students were a bit smaller and the ceremony felt friendlier where you can observe everything easily and everything run smoothly!

When it was my turn to go to the stage, I was so nervous but so excited! I guess I was just smiling all the way! Who doesn't enjoy the day you officially finished your study right ;)

This is just end of a small journey and I believe that there will be bigger things waiting for me and for all my friends in the future! Congratulations everyone! Yeahhhhh!

PS: Never getting use to the cold weather!