the adventures of rerama-sensei

took up a temp teaching post in klang. i'm currently teaching MUET prep classes for lower sixth form. my kids are cheeky but i think i know how to handle them and at least they listen when i talk (thank god). although their apparent lack of english skills is a bit shocking at first. how bad can an 18-yrs old's english skills be, you ask?

class: miss rerama, how to know more english words?

rerama: first of all, don't be lazy to look up the thesaurus.

class: what teacher? you said tyranosaurus?

rerama: err....have you ever used thesaurus before?

class: (.........) can you spell that?

the first week on the job, and i would like to apologize to all my high school teachers if i've ever contributed to their high blood pressures and ulcers before.