StAR Day 2024: Mr Chan Yu Ming

1. It’s a normal day at work, before you get a call from your colleague. It’s an emergency. You need to come deal with your students ASAP. What trouble are they most likely to have gotten into?  

Argument between students.

2. After taking care of the situation, you return to your desk and sigh deeply. If you had not become a teacher, you would now be _______ instead.  

A Mathematician.

3. Never mind, you shrug off the stress from the morning and go to lunch. Where and what are you eating? And who are you eating with? 

Ma La Hotpot at Casa Clementi. Alone or with whoever colleague.

4. You are about to tuck into your meal when you notice a strand of hair in your food. Do you: A) Pick out the hair and eat the meal, it’s no big problem. B) Inform the store owner and get a replacement. C) Complain to your friend but pick out the hair and eat the meal anyway. D) Eat the hair. E) None of the above. 

A).

5. After lunch, you return to continue your work. What task are you most dreading and/or what task are you most looking forward to? 

Most dreaded: Having to mark assignments with poor handwriting. Looking forward: Planning interesting and easy-to-understand lessons for my students.

6. This is when you notice a strange letter placed on your desk. You open it and it says: I regret to inform you that you have been fired. Please clear your desk by next week. How do you feel? 

I’ll be shocked, as I’ll be wondering what’s wrong.

7. You turn the letter over… and it says “Just joking! Happy StAR Day! Thank you for all your hard work and the school will not be same without you!” How do you feel? 

LOL!

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