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Question: A Teacher or a Learner?

Ruthi — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:34:20 +0000

It was my 1st day at work. Everything seemed all new to me.

Of course, everything was indeed new to me because I am no longer a teacher… in the classroom… with my lesson plan on one hand… and with a box of chalk on the other.

Of course, everything was [...]

Hindsight: The Work of a Teacher

Ruthi — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:29:46 +0000

I was watching my favorite TV show and having my cup of tea one fine night. I just had a relaxing deep tissue body massage that I regularly have on weekend nights and getting ready for bed. It was passed my bedtime but I was still in the mood for another cup of [...]

Question: To Play or Not to Play?

Ruthi — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:51:08 +0000

“Go get Nick! Go get Nick!”… the kids shouted in unison. “Tag him! Tag him!”… as the adrenalin rush sent a thundering chant so loud filling the entire gym with excitement. Nick was sneaky and slippery like snake but with one quick and fast turn fueled with hormonal competitive instinct… I changed phase [...]

Subject Matter: Responsibility

Ruthi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:42:43 +0000

I had a busy weekend. I had to attend a whole day training last Saturday as required by the State for Child Care licensing. It was a very enlightening and productive training except for the crappy weather. And one of the things that really struck me was the topic on the “responsibility” of [...]

Hindsight: Storm

Ruthi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:04:17 +0000

My ear was literally glued on the radio’s speaker as I listen to the news. It was not a good day. You could tell when you see those buckets in every room in the house almost half filed with rain water dripping from my dilapidated ceiling caused by the leakage on my rusted [...]

Subject Matter: Sentiments

Ruthi — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:10:04 +0000

Having been out of work for almost a year now gives me the stress I have never experienced when I was still working. Strange but true. Work is one of the reasons why people are stressed out. But I have never realized that being at home and not working is more stressful [...]

Hindsight: No Kidding

Ruthi — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:36:22 +0000

I was watching the Today Show earlier and one of the feature news is about No Kidding – a unique International non-profit organization devoted to singles and people who are “child-free by choice”. In simpler term… this is the organization for people who don’t only have any kids but they have no kids [...]

Question: Who’s the best?

Ruthi — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:33:38 +0000

I was busy writing down receipts from the payments I received from parents when I suddenly felt the cold wind brushed against my already cold cheeks. I knew someone came in because that cold wind must have come from an open door. It was only a quarter past six in the morning and [...]

Subject Matter: Preparedness

Ruthi — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:34:22 +0000

Be prepared! There will be a test tomorrow.

As a student, once the teacher said that… I would instantaneously succumb to a mild to serious panic attack depending on what kind of test the teacher was talking about. I hate test! Who doesn’t? Tests or exams have a negative implication regardless of [...]

Hindsight: A teacher called Mistake

Ruthi — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:25:34 +0000

Sometimes I doubt it if I have what it takes to be a smart woman. I have screwed up a lot in the past but I can’t call that as being stupid. Maybe I just made some bad decisions or harmless mistakes or radical judgment that made me somewhat irresponsible.

But as [...]