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6 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I took this book mainly on the strength of its title, “I decide to give myself some time”. In addition, I am a fan of the Japanese illustrator, 高木直子’s books and wondered how the Korean 李彦姃 would compare to her. From the title, I expected a lig...
5 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have always maintained that I will be this chill, cool parent when my children enter primary school. Sensei won’t freak out about his son’s academic prowess. More experienced parents keep pooh-poohing my conviction and give me a smug look that sugg...
5 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
When it comes to Singapore, you probably think of us as academically-driven and brilliant in Mathematics. If I’m not mistaken, California uses our Math textbooks for elementary school students. The caveat is that we haven’t produced any Nobel Prize...
4 Jul 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
What’s with the dramatic title? Well, I went for a teaching interview at the Ministry of Education yesterday. On paper, I was a strong candidate. [But it turned out that my less-than-commendable interview performance might actually cause me to flunk...
3 Jul 2024 2 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
This year, I applied to the Ministry of Education so that I could work as an elementary school teacher in the future. I don’t fancy my son being in the same school with me, but knowing that this would facilitate childcare arrangements made me decide...
3 Jul 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
He wasn’t expecting to reach this milestone a month after he had stacked his first million sats, so he is delighted. This is especially so because he refrained from posting anything for two days after his 1st June announcement that he had stacked 1 m...
30 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Did you know that a polliwog refers to the young of a frog? I wouldn’t have known this either, if it weren’t for a playground named “The Polliwogs”. Now, 5 years of parenting have turned me into a playground snob. There’s a cheaper and more acce...
30 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Wrote this 11 years ago on my FB In Japan, special needs students are integrated into mainstream schools. I teach them once a month and sometimes ponder about their future, given the "Ice Age" employment situation now. Koki finds English too difficu...
27 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
On the flip side of joy is loss. If you want to luxuriate in the exclusive joys of parenting - in fact, there is a Yiddish word “naches” to describe the pride parents feel - you ought to withstand the losses as well. Knowing that I won’t have a third...
27 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
You created a quiz on Socrative, but now you need to let your kids play it. You have to multitask a teeny weeny bit because you have to launch the quiz while ensuring that your kids enter your room smoothly. So, here's how: Teachers 1. Log in 2. La...
