Perfectionista Post

 Time whizzed by the past few weeks, suddenly it's 2nd last week of March.  One module down. One more finishing this week. Two more modules to complete before practicum starts. I never felt so accomplished in such a short period of time. Completed an interview, a play experience, wrote a group assignment, 2 individual assignments, finished my part of another group assignment which is going to be due next week. There is also a group presentation next Monday. Completed one online quiz and an online in class observation assignment the past 2 Mondays respectively. There is really a lot to learn about child development.  I only knew about Montessori because my kindergarten adopted the Montessori method. Now I know there are so many theorists on child development. People like John Locke, Froebel, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, McMillian sisters, John Dewey.....  I wondered who were the Chinese theorists. We only know Confucius, but who were the ones that were teaching kids?

How many people are willing to be student again as an (working) adult? Or even dare to?? LOL I am really grateful to be able to be given the chance to study to be an early childhood educator. After a big round, 7 years of working life post graduation, 15 years of additional schooling leading to nowhere, I am back to where I should be, where the flame of life and passion is still slowly burning, yet steadily. I don't know if my lecturers were disappointed, but my mum is certainly a bit disappointed that I didn't use my diploma nor degree in my past 2 jobs. She is, however, very supportive in my current mid-career switch to early childhood.  "Stable job to retirement!" "Should have studied this from the very beginning!"  "Waste money on the extra diploma and degree!" Aiyah, how I know? Life turns in mysterious ways. Maybe that time have affinity with those schools and courses and jobs mah, and the people in it. Maybe I just had to spend the amount of