Good Afternoon, Teacher!

CLASS STAND!
GOOD AFTERNOON, TEACHER!

That's what the students of 1 Mawar, my first relief class, greeted me when I entered the class yesterday afternoon.
It was waaaaayyyy weird. >.<  
Starting my pre-practicum as a trainee teacher is weird. But starting my pre-practicum as a trainee teacher in my alma mater is even weirder.

I was both excited and intimidated to go back to SMK Bukit Mewah for my pre-practicum. It was exciting cos I got to go back and see all my teachers. And it was intimidating cos, I was surrounded by teachers I knew.

So many of the teachers could not even recognize me. One teacher would shake my hand and say, "Welcome to Bukit Mewah!" and then pause, look right into my face and say, "Lisa?"
After I nod and smile sheepishly, she goes, "Wow, you look so different! Much prettier now, and more mature!"
Paiseh.

"Wow, did not expect you to come back as a teacher!"
"Lisa Kwan? What are you doing here?"

After two days, it is kinda tiring having to repeat to every teacher I met that I was from UKM, and no, I'm not doing my practicum but my pre-practicum which would only be for four weeks (excluding mid-year hols), that I have not finished my degree but only my first year, yes, I had already finished my STPM, and that yes, I chose the teaching profession.


I feel like wearing a placard around my neck with all that information to save their time and my saliva. >.<  One teacher actually tapped me on the shoulder and asked me, "Do I know you? You look familiar." "Em, yeah teacher." "From this school?" "Yes!" "What's your name?" (I was going -_-"' by now) "Lisa." "Lisa?! Lisa Kwan ar? What are you doing back here? You a teacher?!"

She asked me which uni I was studying in, what teaching programme I was in, what made me choose teaching.
Another teacher came up to her and asked, "So, Pn. X, how does it feel having your ex-student come back to the school as a teacher?"
And she says, "I feel so proud of her. This is Bukit Mewah product, man."

And wow, that was something.
I felt something.
I don't know what it is.
But, it made me feel really proud of myself. :)

The first day, I did not even know where the teacher's washroom was. I mean, I knew where the students' one was. But could not remember where the teachers' one was. Like, duh, since I had never used it before. >.<  


Ooh, and I knew where the canteen was. And the new air-conditioned canteen specifically for the teachers. But I had never been in it. Or ever ordered food specially for the teachers.
It felt reeeeaaalllllyyyyy awkward.

And at every corner, be greeted by a student as teacher? The ultimate awkwardness of awkwardness. >.<  


Oh, by the way, you know what is the best and most hilarious thing I discovered in school so far? The look of confusion on a student's face when they meet me. Two students were walking up the stairs, while I was coming down. One of the girls smiles at me and says, "Good morning, teacher." As I pass them, I hear the other whisper to her, "Is she a teacher or a student? Are you sure she's a teacher?"

LOL.

I know, I know.
I look young. XD