Oh Exam! 091015

A quick post on a situation during handling (i don't think this is the right word but whatever) exam today.

I entered the class after another teacher. In other words, in the middle of the exam. As usual i walked around the class (i love to see students' answers). I speak no word. The class was also in dead silence.

Time moving on, i saw few students having really hard time answering, more to»writing. Cause it's Bahasa Melayu (PENULISAN) paper. 1 of student don't even write a single word, when 1 hour already gone.

So i broke the silence and said "siapa ada masalah boleh angkat tangan, tanya. Anyone having any problem, you can raise you hand and ask me". Suddenly most students murmuring and having new looks on their faces.

Apa korang ingat aku tunggul ke tadi? Dah tentu la cikgu ada suara, boleh cakap.

Turn out they really need help. They don't know many words, some having clues but can't really write, most are not sure if their answer is correct etc etc.

And i helped them. By translating Eng to Malay, by confirming their doubt, by throwing few Malay words to help with the paper ( darjah 5 kot, standard dah kena tulis karangan, tapi perkataan pun diorang pening lagi).

Back to the 'new looks on their faces'. It's like, when I'm offering help, they have this 'oh we can ask', 'oh i thought we cannot ask anything' kind of faces. It had me thinking: cikgu-cikgu sebelum ni tak tolong korang ke? Rare sangat ke aku bagi ayat 'kalau ada masalah boleh tanya'?

1 thing i learn: these kids want to learn. They are trying. Let us not easily scolding them for trying. Even if they are MEMORIZING the sentences (this had me laughing during the exam cause i can detect it).

Aku faham. Ramai cikgu kurang sabar. Tahun 5 pun tak faham Bahasa Melayu lagi! Tapi mungkin bukan marah yang mereka perlukan. Mereka perlukan sokongan. Tak kisahlah bangsa apa pun, tapi kalau mereka nak belajar, they are willing to learn, it's my very pleasure to help. Niat ikhlas kerana Allah, i find no hardship in it.

Aku cakap 'jia you!' kat budak Chinese yang tak tulis satu apa pun kat kertas dia. Kawan dia gelak. "Cikgu dia ini memang Cina punya.." aku: LOL kid hahahaha hoii memang la dia Chinese.. dah tu apa? Hahaha but i get your meaning. He can't with Malay and English. Anyway, all the best kids for next year UPSR.

P/s: Tajuk: Hari Sukan Sekolah. Student: cikgu, 'train' tu apa? Me: kereta api? Student: er..hahaha me: eh sorry, you mean 'latihan'... *facepalm me* -yana-