Today I listened as one of the lecturers I’m assisting admit that she made a mistake with regards to advising a group of students, and how it was a learning point for her. It was an experience that meant a lot to me, for a variety of reasons. For one, it serves as confirmation to [...]
It’s the mid-term break now, and I’m still marking papers. I’m helping to teach two modules this semester – Game Design, and Introduction to Interactive Media Design. It’s interesting (though challenging) to see the difference in the way the two modules are taught, as well as graded. As I continue to teach in design-related modules, [...]
Yay! I just got back my first semester’s students’ accumulated comments and feedback. My scores were all averaging around 4 out of 5, putting me in the strong B category. I think I was scoring higher than the department and faculty averages for most of the indicators as well… by only a slight margin in [...]
May Day, Labour Day… the first day of May, and the beginning of what I think of as my holidays. The NUS students are through with one week of exams, and have one more week to go before the term officially ends. My marking has been completed, my lecturer is preparing to submit them now, [...]
I’ve figured out the cause of the stress over the last couple of weeks – it’s secondary stress caused by too much identification with my students as they work through their problems in their projects. I’m stressed because I know how much they have to work through, as I’m helping them solve their problems. And [...]
