Assessing

While helping out the cousin brainstorm some ideas for his project yesterday, I realised that I’m most excited when I get to be creative. When I get to come up with different concepts for branding, marketing, advertising… so… why am I teaching again?

Perhaps this is why I’ve never been keen on pursuing a Masters in Education. I guess, somewhere at the back of my head, I always knew I’d want to go back and pursue my interest in being part of the Mass Communication industry, which, based on my previous job, I already know that I can be pretty good at. And it seems real apt too, since I’m in my final year of my 5-year teaching plan.

I’ve certainly learnt a lot in this profession. And as amazing as my experiences are with teaching, there are also plenty of emotionally-draining moments that get me thinking about how much of this I can take.

I won’t lie. Partly, this is only surfacing because today was Results Day and once again, I saw too many students crying over their less-than-stellar performance. As much as they tell themselves to be prepared for the worst, it’s never easy for these young ones to accept reality. And when they matter that much to me, it’s really quite painful going through the range of emotions with so many of them.

Whatever I decide to do, I still have about nine more months till the end of this scholastic year. Until then, I’m going to continue giving my all to these kids.

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Song of the Day

Sing To You, by Alain de Courtenay

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Saturday Selections

Welcome to the first “issue”, featuring my weekly picks from around the web.

Watch
A father interrogates his daughter about who her favourite is.

Listen
Starfish, by Sara Groves, which I immediately fell in love with after watching this extremely sweet video made by Mrs Anderson.

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Sevenly donates $7 to a different charity each week, for every tee purchased. So not only do you get a cool (sorta limited edition) tee, you’re also helping out a charity. It doesn’t get better than that! ;)

Moments

Ah, weddings. They are such happy occasions that provide for many delightful and heartwarming moments that will speak to even the coldest of hearts. Moments, especially, between a father and his daughter…

Like, when he sees her in her mother’s dress for the first time…

Or when he realises just how beautiful she looks…

And when he kisses her hand just before he walks her down the aisle…

Are tears welling up in your eyes yet?

I personally like looking at the groom just before the wedding. Seeing a grown man all nervous never fails to make me smile.

Then, there are the children… Such innocence, such joy.

Such… trauma at seeing adults kiss?

Or perhaps it’s simply the alcohol taking its effect…

You can view more delightful moments at Moment Junkie. :)

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Song of the Day, because wedding pictures make me sappy.

I Won’t Give Up, by Jason Mraz