We are trying to improve

No dear, you can always change the way you lead your life if you want to.

I love my parents

I want to make my family happy

I lied

Some examples of my students' journal, and no I don't specify any topics for them. They are free to write whatever they want.

I'm happy for today

My kids just made me a very happy person today.

Before the holidays, I asked my kids if they knew the reason for the lack of homework over the weekends.

"We don't hand in our homework and Ms Tan is sad"

"Yes Ms Tan is sad but Ms Tan has decided to give this class another chance, I will assign you homework this holiday. Let's see if you can complete it and hand it up over the holiday. If you can, I will start assigning the class homework again."

At this point in time, the class actually cheered.(blink blink)

Anyway, I held little hope that most of them will hand in their homework, especially since its after the holidays, but lo and behold, most of them actually handed up their homework today!

Yes, Ms Tan is one happy teacher today.