As my cold had recovered pretty well, I went ahead with my original plan like meeting up my friend, going to second school meeting. Guess what.... My cold came back and I lost my voice. It was super bad and I went to see the doctor again.
That week I had to teach 3 days of class, I could have cancelled but I did not want to disappoint the school and students. Not sure if they will reschedule another time and so I went ahead even though I was sure they barely understood my coarse voice. Felt so bad! The next 2 days were much better (still pretty bad but compared to the first day it was nothing).
As part of art and craft, I teach them how to make Ketupat. Honestly speaking, it was difficult even for me and I tried doing it for many times before presenting to the students. It was a disaster... I miscalculated the time required and 5th graders (the first class to try it) would not make it at all. 6th graders had it better but still impossible for them. Towards my last day (4th graders), I had discussed with school to drop the idea of making Ketupat and to make a simpler item.
Surprisingly, my 4th graders (its a small school so they knew what other graders were doing in my class) insisted on doing Ketupat. One said if their class could make it then it meant they are cooler than other graders lol! Ketupat looked really pretty and she would like to try it.
In the end, I had a voting session and majority opted to make Ketupat! In fact they were the only class, a few were able to complete Ketupat closer to the end! In fact, their form teacher learnt it within my class and was making a few for them lol! So impressive!
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