I don’t know if you have landed yourself in similarly hot waters before, but yup, I received a warning letter recently.

So, I took the initiative to ask my Reporting Officer for a fortnightly meetup so that I could share some of the things I have tried successfully and other things I have failed miserably with my class. Basically, describe behaviours that won’t lead to me shouting at poor hapless 11-year-olds in the future.

She gave it an official spin by terming it as a coaching practice.

So today was my first coaching practice with her. Everything went on swimmingly; I got a few practical tips from her; and she asked me to sum up the learning takeaways of our session.

Rationally, I applauded it as a brilliant move. She wanted to ensure that we were on the same page because we did discuss many things, so what were exactly the main points? And my pride kinda got in the way because I felt like a small boy again, reiterating the key points with my authoritarian army officer…or my wife.

Nonetheless, I mentally stored this move (get people to summarise the main takeaways) in my head in case I become a coach one day haha