getting old...yikes!

am feeling old...one of my students from my first batch just told me she has graduated and will be starting work soon! sigh...and the multitude of white hairs on my head doesn't help....am getting more white strands this term 'cos the stress seems to be more than the 06/07 batch. so little time yet so much to teach and re-teach. i miss the motivated and grateful students of 06/07 :) they just seem to get weirder with every passing year :P

2 more days to the mid-year paper...and the holidays!! can't wait!

Perspectives

Have been going through an essay about over-reliance on technology and was discussing the article about fireballs from the sun damaging infrastructure and electrical lines in 2012, wrecking our technology and creating havoc (can't really remember the details ha, but think it's something like that). 

Well, guess we don't have to go to that extent to see how technology has affected our lives - a primary school boy came to me today and told me that the toilet bowl at the tuition centre has 'hanged', when he means it was clogged...to them, anything that's spoilt 'hangs', like a computer!! Oh well, that's the computer/Internet generation for you!

Anyway, for all you free people out there, here's something fun that was covered in NYConnexions. You can create motivational posters of your own on http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php. I thought it was real cool...check out my creation! 

wanted to use this picture instead, but couldn't save the original from flickr so it turned out really pixelated...but it's a nice pic so have put it up as well...enjoy :) 

counting down to the holidays...

So envious of those of you on holidays now! Especially since I'm tearing my hair out over GPPs and people who refuse to come for consultations eventhough it's only 3 weeks to the exams.

It's a little scary in school right now with the swine flu fears going round...students are taking temperatures 2x a day and most june trips have been cancelled. Do take care of yourselves and choose your holiday destinations carefully!

Anyway, something for you to enjoy:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html