Time to Pretend

In the name of Allah,

most gracious, most merciful.

I want to talk abt how it went for my interview, but i don’t know how to start.

Hmm, i think i was first bombarded with the question on the relevance of my diploma course with the post that i applied. rubbishly, i said customer service. but the principal smiled, saying how is it relevant. I knew it had so much relevance because school is now based on their value-added programs. that now, no matter how much the teachers and everyone in the system try to deny, schools are now treated like any other corporate companies, only difference is that their are on government watch. Because it didn’t matter if the school is near to their houses, just as long the school provide good education for their children.So, i say customer service is of relevance because the students and parents are our clients and we are selling education to them. it was sensible and very honest comment. but i couldn’t open my mouth to saying these exact words. God knows why. i just hope i get a second interview and redeem and restore their judgements on my intelligence. lol.

but the female principal was abit in ‘critical mode’ i would say. . she kept on asking me how is my diploma going to benefit. bloody hell. i honestly told her, when i was in secondary 4; contemplating which courses to take, my dad was the only that has the sound advice upon me, and none laid much options on the opportunities that i can have..so the option that my dad and i could agree on was Quality Management Engineering. and besides, my dad wanted all of his children to take engineering. if she wanted to talk about modules on the course that i took, it would be mechanics since it has mathematics and physics contents.  but she then say that there are quality issues that are actually applied in schools. and then i replied back, that i am not too sure abt the system in school, because my experiences are based on being a relief tutor, and if the system in school really has quality issues that can be applied in school, then it’s good news, because it means that my course is actually useful in this field. at the end of the day, i applied for this post, not because of what i have learnt in school, but because of my passion in teaching.

There were a few more questions, about CCA and etc. i can’t remember much.

I do hope that i will get this post, or better. insyaAllah.

After all said and done, i didn’t want them to feel that they are any superior because they are principals in school or because they are the interviewer and i am the  interviewee. That’s the reason why i laid as much honesty as possible in my response and i , proudly, spoke abit of singlish, which means, i am comfortable with my seat, right?

That they are my friends and there was nothing to hide. and haha, i think that’s what got my Olevel Oral Malay Examiners laughing and earned me a distinction. heh. (i told the examiners that, although sweets are prohibited in class, we still eat it quietly to keep us awake. and PLEASE don’t tell anyone about our secret.)