Ms Matthews slumped deeped into her seat for the umpteened time that week and let out a long, exhausted sigh. Jabbing at the infuriating paper with a finger, she lamented to her colleague," Look! I've been explaining to them the grammer rules again and again, and yet she insists on giving me such junk!"
Her colleague , shaking her head in exasperation, simply replied," That bunch is always this dissapointing. I wonder how long it will take to knock the grammer rules into their thick skulls! It's just like showing a ruby to a sow!"
"Look at this rubbish! ' I is student at Methodist father morning go sell cake mother stay at home do housework. I hate father he bad man beat me up when I no wrong. Mother also beat up when he drunk and want kill her. ' This is gross! I told them to write about themselves, and all she gives me is this load of rubbish! They'll be having their "A" levels in two month's time, and she still insists on giving me useless junk! I'll see that they get extra weekend coaching!"
The extra coaching just added to the poor teacher's grief. The next week, she was literally cursing and swearing at the insulting composition. This time, it was another teacher seating beside him, and throughout the whole free period, all he did was just listening to Ms Matthews complaining about how the compositions produced during the extra coaching were worse than before.
" Look at this! This is not only grossly ungrammatical but also illegible!" Ms Matthews practically shrieked as she got dizzy staring at the snake-like drawings on the paper placed in front of her. This colleague was better off as Ms Matthews had not bothered to read out the composition- she was dizzy enough.
Two months later, in the lounge room, a relaxed Ms Matthews was saying nonchalantly," I couldn't do anything about it except to give her an F9 straightaway- she was supposed to write about a sad event that happened to her, and she gave me a great deal of trash about her father being drunk- I couldn't help it."
And in the same week, in an evening on Friday, Ms Matthews was replying to a newspaper article " Student refused marks by teacher, plunges to death,"
" I am the teacher who had marked the papers of Annie, and in my opinion, Cambridge has clearly stated that 40-50 is a pass, and scores under that are fails. If I were to give her the extra marks in order for her to pass, out of sympathy, it would have been extremely unfair to the other students. I beg to differ , but the quotation" knew her problems but was cold-hearted" is wrong. Annie had been a very quiet and timid girl in class, and on one occasion, when I asked her if she had any problems at home, she had shaken her head vigorously. Apart from that, she refused to say anything more. And from what I understand, her father was a polite man who cared a lot about Annie's studies, not the tirant that had been described in the news. I write this to make clear my stand, and prevent any misunderstandings that may arise."
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Avatar--The movie
I was dying to watch the movie Avatar, so when I had my chance on Sunday night during a parent-teacher symposium, where all parents were told to let us watch the movie, I couldn't help but feel excited.
The movie had already started when I entered the theatre, so I guess I was late. Nevertheless, that did not lower my spirits, and I just sat down and enjoyed the movie.
Basically, the movie was about humans destroying Earth with all their activities that released toxic carbon monoxide. A group of scientists and soldiers from the U.S. army went in search of another planet, and found Avatar, which had living conditions close to that of Earth, but the obstacle was that the aliens were at least ten feet tall, and extremely agile. Jake, a crippled U.S. marine, was chosen as a substitute for his brother to be diguised as Avatar people and learn their ways, when his brother died. Soon, Jake had developed a strong sense of passion for Avatar, and even fell in love with a Avatar girl. Despite his efforts to get the humans to negotiate terms with the Avatar people, the humans persisted in invading Avatar. He had to be frank, and when the Avatar people knew the truth, they stopped trusting him. Despite the Avatar people's distrust, he did not give up, and right after he had earned their trust once again, the humans began their invasion. He fought brilliantly, and finally, with the help of forest animals, the Avatar people won.
My heart was still thumping wildly as I left the cinema. The last few scenes had left me reeling in fear. Not only had this movie incoporated the humane feelings of passion, loyalty and love, it had also somewhat raised awareness of global warming, through an exhilirating science-fi movie. Jake, who had been supportive of the invasion at first, he had realised that the humans were being unreasonable. Earth had been single-handedly destroyed by them. If they persisted and also destroyed Avatar, which had left a deep impression on him, they would be irresponsible. Moreover, as I had stated earlier, he had also developed a strong passion for the planet, and its fragile natural environment.
Well, in a few words, this movie was exhilirating and very fast-paced, with one thing happening after the other. This movie is recommended, and the 3D effects add to your excitement, keeping adreline rushing through your body non-stop. The showing in cinemas has entered its final stage, so catch it before it shows no more!
The movie had already started when I entered the theatre, so I guess I was late. Nevertheless, that did not lower my spirits, and I just sat down and enjoyed the movie.
Basically, the movie was about humans destroying Earth with all their activities that released toxic carbon monoxide. A group of scientists and soldiers from the U.S. army went in search of another planet, and found Avatar, which had living conditions close to that of Earth, but the obstacle was that the aliens were at least ten feet tall, and extremely agile. Jake, a crippled U.S. marine, was chosen as a substitute for his brother to be diguised as Avatar people and learn their ways, when his brother died. Soon, Jake had developed a strong sense of passion for Avatar, and even fell in love with a Avatar girl. Despite his efforts to get the humans to negotiate terms with the Avatar people, the humans persisted in invading Avatar. He had to be frank, and when the Avatar people knew the truth, they stopped trusting him. Despite the Avatar people's distrust, he did not give up, and right after he had earned their trust once again, the humans began their invasion. He fought brilliantly, and finally, with the help of forest animals, the Avatar people won.
My heart was still thumping wildly as I left the cinema. The last few scenes had left me reeling in fear. Not only had this movie incoporated the humane feelings of passion, loyalty and love, it had also somewhat raised awareness of global warming, through an exhilirating science-fi movie. Jake, who had been supportive of the invasion at first, he had realised that the humans were being unreasonable. Earth had been single-handedly destroyed by them. If they persisted and also destroyed Avatar, which had left a deep impression on him, they would be irresponsible. Moreover, as I had stated earlier, he had also developed a strong passion for the planet, and its fragile natural environment.
Well, in a few words, this movie was exhilirating and very fast-paced, with one thing happening after the other. This movie is recommended, and the 3D effects add to your excitement, keeping adreline rushing through your body non-stop. The showing in cinemas has entered its final stage, so catch it before it shows no more!
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