Born in the wrong era? No. There is no wrong era.

things about rae's english teacher.
Mr Chua.
26 years old. married.
teaches english and maths.
english major.
always enters the class with a smile.
supposedly loved by the kids.

i love hearing stories from my aunties.

he came to class and did not want to reveal his age to the kids(p4 mind you), so they coerced him to make it a practice that every time it was somebody's birthday, he would not give homework. he agreed, and this lasted until term 3. then he had to change.
there were times when birthdays were stringed together...lol...3 day combo!
but the thing is that he BOTHERED to remember each person's birthday.
commendable.

once he issued an assignment, and the kids were supposed to compose a poem.
for each word ending in -ble, he would give one marshmallow.
there were kids receiving 200 marshmallows!
then they went to find his blog AND his wife's blog and tease him, posting on his wife's one.
"does he treat you well?" they would ask his wife, "does he give YOU marshmallows?"...
and his wife would reply them "no he did not give me marshmallows..."
that was hilarious.

when kids are naughty, he would make them stand.
"stand up"
he would say.
then they would stand.
"now....i want you to give yourself a hug."
DIAOOO!!!!
or once, a girl accidentally threw something at him.
but nobody knew cause it was a frenzied state in the class.
he made the entire class stand and sit one by one until he found the culprit.
when he knew that it was the girl,
he said,
"to punish you, i will now....read you a passage."
DIAOOOOOO!!!!

this guy is amazing.
and the kids love him.
wow. i'd love to meet him, or at least see him teach.
maybe it's the school he teaches at that's good.
that's probably it.
good primary school.