IS THE DAY!
I STOP TUTORING 2 OF MY 6 TUITION KIDS!
really, the thought of it is liberating. coaching lazy and supremely unknowing, unintelligent (not elitist, but... oh well. sorry.) people is really too hard. their lack of smarts in the subject is mostly due to their sloth, actually. and they don't know how deep the trouble they are and will be in, if they do want to get good results. ridiculous, ok? jc repeat student - 18 years old, and as you can tell, not thoughtful for his age - STILL failing in some subjects. at least he finally passed mine.
i had tried a couple of ways to get them to move and do work, but they're really too lazy. if i give them work, they don't do it. scold? no use. praise and encourage, also no use.
hello!? this isn't an extra-curricular activity like piano lessons, which you can decide not to take seriously because it does not have direct bearing on your studies. their mindset is all wrong, and i alone cannot effect good change onto them.
never mind all that. i'll FINALLY receive payment from ALL of my kids this week. it's about time - h1n1 be damned. since end-june i have subsisted on bank savings and the occasional trickle of cash flow from a student who pays per lesson. that trickle is not enough if you travel and eat out nearly every day. [comment: travelling this month is a real-life financial horror story.]
tsk, i'm full of negative energy...
happier stuff: matriculated yesterday, and i really really really really want to join some CCAs! decided not to be a spendthrift and continue using the macbook i already have (thanks to a certain person for knocking sense into me. if we're not [Auto]CAD-ing in first year why get a brand new notebook/macbook?). it's starting to get slower during start ups and surfing the internet, though.
slightly upsetting stuff (life's full of these): i have 2 conflicting dinner parties on the same day! s***, i didn't realise it until yesterday, when the invite for a obviously-once-ever 25th anniversary dinner appeared in my mail. thing is, i had expressed interest in this event, hence the invite (and seats are very limited), but i'd rather go for the other dinner because it's with so many good new friends i just made! maybe i'll try to go for BOTH, somehow, as crazy as it may sound.
positive mindset, please!
never mind all that. i'll FINALLY receive payment from ALL of my kids this week. it's about time - h1n1 be damned. since end-june i have subsisted on bank savings and the occasional trickle of cash flow from a student who pays per lesson. that trickle is not enough if you travel and eat out nearly every day. [comment: travelling this month is a real-life financial horror story.]
tsk, i'm full of negative energy...
happier stuff: matriculated yesterday, and i really really really really want to join some CCAs! decided not to be a spendthrift and continue using the macbook i already have (thanks to a certain person for knocking sense into me. if we're not [Auto]CAD-ing in first year why get a brand new notebook/macbook?). it's starting to get slower during start ups and surfing the internet, though.
slightly upsetting stuff (life's full of these): i have 2 conflicting dinner parties on the same day! s***, i didn't realise it until yesterday, when the invite for a obviously-once-ever 25th anniversary dinner appeared in my mail. thing is, i had expressed interest in this event, hence the invite (and seats are very limited), but i'd rather go for the other dinner because it's with so many good new friends i just made! maybe i'll try to go for BOTH, somehow, as crazy as it may sound.
positive mindset, please!
my life really isn't that bad now, if i don't think about the money i've used, and compare mine with others...
No comments:
Post a Comment