Tour of Duty

Seems that I would be fully utilised by the school system.My tour of duty is supposed to span a period of six months, in which a replacement for a permanent teacher is taking place. Hence, I am assuming the role of a form teacher of a class of twenty.

Such an unpredictable turn of events. Two years ago, I was a wandering soul deciding where to go. Now it seems that my six months would be a fulfilling one educating young minds.

Four years ago, I saw my alma mater through the eyes of a student. This time, it would be through the eyes of a teacher.

Nothing much has changed. Except there is no longer any "O" levels, what with the Raffles Programme and all; Tuesday has been converted to a wear-tie day instead of Monday. And now there is a new Rajaratnam block that is seven storeys high. Staff rooms one and two have been demolished to make better ones; the teachers are now holed up in several classrooms. Lockers removed; walkways build. Flag-raising as I heard is no longer on the astroturf but on a former carpark to be known as Raffles Square. -.-''' Meanwhile, my teachers still look the same.

Shall eagerly await the arrival of my friends to join me in my tour of duty as well.