Sunday, November 29, 2009
Hey all. Maria here, posting on behalf of Miss Chan. here goes:
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Dear Altair,
I promised your class before that I'd never lie to you, or hide things from you, and I didn't want you to find this out only next year. I am leaving the teaching service as of the end of this year, so next year, you won't see me around in school. I'm going to sound really cliche, but I'll miss all of you so, so much.
You should know that you're my first form class, and also my ONLY form class, so you're definitely special! Just like I've always told you in class, the thing I love most about your class, is the fact that you all have unique, distinct personalities. And put together as a class, you are sometimes chaotic, sometimes in conflict, but always always different from others. I cherish that, and I hope you continue to hang on to, and stay true to yourselves.
Each year, I brace myself before I enter a class, because I know that if I grow to love the class, ultimately my heart will be broken, because I will lose the class, because you are your parents' children, and you are your own person. But life doesn't work that way, and most-times you cannot help yourself. Having you for two years doesn't help this situation at all.
You all know that I don't have children of my own (yet), so in some way you're all my children. I've been protective and possessive of you. You don't get to see it, but I'd fight tooth and nail for anyone in our class any day. I only reproach you and ask you to conduct yourself above reproach, because I believe we should always try to, whether or not anyone is there to see.
I'm sorry that I fell in such bad health earlier this year, and later was really unfortunate in not getting to spend much time with you until the EOYs were approaching, and we did nothing but revise and revise. I hope that won't be the Miss Chan that you will remember :(
I still remember what you were all like when you entered DHS at the beginning of last year. You would ask teacher everything! (note broken english) It was crazy! Most of you were small and cute. Now you are big and still cute (some!), but maybe not as cute in that cuddly way :p I remember you before your little cliques formed (and I remember the first cliques that formed). Things are so different now.
I've tried to explain once in class that it's normal for you to want to hang out with different groups of people and different points of time, as you find a different part of yourself, and it doesn't make another part of yourself, hence another group of your friends obsolete. Friends are magic mirrors of ourselves. Many of us keep on changing, or rather, we keep on discovering new facets of ourselves, and each facet may get along better with one group of friends than another. So it really breaks my heart when I see you get angry with one another for moving from one group to another. Or say nasty things to one another (it makes me wonder how much of those nasty things you really really mean? or are you saying it in the heat of the moment?). I hope that when you move to a new class, even if you discover new facets of yourself, that you don't forget and enstrange your fellow Altairans.
I don't know how many of you will miss the class and being in the class. I most certainly will. For all the memories we've made together, even the times when I'm very very vexed, you know I forget those really fast, and I remember better all the good moments, all the sparks that each of you have, all the times you had made me smile.
You all shine in such different ways. And we'd formed the most beautiful constellation.
Hope you had the time of your life.
Love,Ms Chan
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I know i'll miss ALTAIR... :-(
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Hello all,
This 're the final details for the class chalet.
It's from 11th nov - 12th nov ( wed-thurs)
As for the time we're meeting, i'll inform you all @ a later date.
Everyone is to pay about $10, unless you're only coming for half-day or less.
Try to be co-operative & make this a successful class chalet yes?
Thank you very much :-) ,
*class welfare*