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?
Connected a circuit the wrong way and set it on fire
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 geologist / a data analyst / a consultant!
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?
UTown’s Hwangs! Mr Allan and Mr West from College counselling :3
or Springleaf Prata with Mr Clifton Soh, Ms Lim Jia Hui and whoever else is free from the physics department
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.! I try not to think too much about what else we accidentally eat sometimes…
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?
Dreading – setting exam papers!! If I could assess students just by asking them questions verbally, I would…
Looking forward – chatting with students during my own ad-hoc mentoring office hours! I love hearing about their lives, both the good parts and bad, and working with them on their challenges.
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 have to clear my desk by next week?! Have you seen my desk!?
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?
Awww :3
Do also check out the other more in-depth interview we did with Mr Silas!
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