Hectic + Tiring

Today was my 3rd day working as a kindergarten tuition teacher at KUMON centre. KUMON has a special system in which it gives the kids lots homework to do, and then we teachers will do the marking. It has ample branches in KL as well, not only PD. I heard from Amelia saying that the fees they charge for 2 people are equivalent to my room’s rental per month!!! Foohhh… no wonder kids from here were slightly different from kids at other tuition centers...

From 1.30pm onwards till 8pm, kids aged 4 till primary 6 will be seen entering here every hour on Tuesday and Friday. Class work will be given to them and they are required to finish within certain. This centre offers Mathematics only and trains its students to calculate using their mind, not fingers. Surprisingly they can do it… kids nowadays are smarter than the previous generation… time changes everything… LOL

Amelia and I are working together also. She’s the one who introduced me this job. Our tasks are more to marking than teaching because Luna- KUMON’s owner, will do the teaching. We will help along if there too many students to handle at a time. Due to many students registering at this centre, they will hand up their bunch lot of homeworks to us to be marked. Sometimes we need to stay up a little late just to finish marking. Today we left at 9pm, still we have not finish our work because the kids’ holidays have just ended and we have given them a week’s work to complete at home. Therefore, when they return, there will be a pile of mountain’s height of papers waiting for us. Haihhh…..

Although it’s tiring, but I get to get closer to kids and know them. I enjoyed being around with kids, not only they are adorable to look at, their laughter and eagerness to learn new stuffs have added a smile on me.