I was teaching my form 1 class, 1 G. G for Gemilang. Never thought that they have a thing for Jaclyn Victor too(GEMILANG) hahaha...
So each time when I came into the class, I would find that half of the class has gone missing. There are only 20 of them, so you can imagine how many are left lying and playing in the class. Usually I would scold and punish them but to no avail.I just don't understand the trend of going out to toilet/from class. The usual conversation would be like this:
attempt 1:Ss: Sir,
tandas.
Me: Say it in English, Please!
Ss: Sir...errr(looking at their friends) and the background noise started to scream: toilet! toilet!
Me: Yes, could you repeat that?
Ss: Sir, Toilet!
Me: I'm not a toilet! (doing sign language)
Laughter broke the already noisy class.
Me: Ok, everyone! Repeat after me! "Sir, May I go To the Toilet?" Only those who can say 'this' can go out.
Tr and Ss then indulged in a repetition of Monologue.
Ok..now try it!
Ss: Sir, May to to to to toilet?
Me: NO! Wrong(starts to feel fed up)
Me: Sir, May I...May I Go...TO ...THE...TOILET?
Ss repeat after me and then once again, I let him/her try.
Ss: Sir, May I go.........(no answer)
I used all the sign language available to teach them but the word just won't come out!
and the 40 minutes lesson ended with teaching them how to ask permission.If he's lucky, then He'll get his chance to go to the toilet. Otherwise, only God knows how terrible he must have felt to hold himself from peeing in his pants!
The same scenario is still happening until today, and I start to wonder, maybe I should be a Janitor and clean the toilet with them! I promise never to go GaGa when I hear the same mistakes they made in class.