I taught them last year when they were form 4 when I did Latihan Ikhtisas. Now, they are form 5 taking SPM. Last year, when I offered them an external reward (using operant conditioning principle), only three of them got the reward. This time around, I also make the same offer. But, of course, it would be slightly different from last year.
Seeing the empty page with only “Target SPM” written, I bet they are thinking very carefully about it. I know perhaps all of them are thinking how on earth they can achieve the target that they set for themselves. I want to instill self-belief in them. It is not easy to do so but I am doing my best here to help.
I went to school today. Like what I have expected (based on previous experience), only the girls did the homework that I gave two weeks ago. How time flies! The second tuition would be this coming Friday. Ita asked me what we should bring for them (another external reward). I was thinking buying the biscuits that I bought for the teachers so they can eat that during the break. They are 43 students. So, a packet or two of biscuits won’t be enough for everybody. Let’s see how it goes. We plan to do summary activity. I need to find some examples and make copy for both class. I guess the SUB printing shop would be opened a bit late since tomorrow, we are going to have gotong-royong.