A knock on the head or a whip on the back!

My maths teacher, Mr Ng Kek Chow , is one of the best Maths teachers at my school, Anderson School. If you pay attention to his teaching you can never fail the examination. However, you have to tolerate his approach which to me is very good and successful. Those who are in his class could easily pass the test can even obtained a distinction. Here are some of his ways or teaching:-

(a). He is a very strict teacher

(b). Before he enters the class one has to be ready to answer his questions.

(c). Before you realize it you will hear his voice in the form of a question, asking you (your name will be called to answer a maths question.

(d). You will be wondering where the voice come from. Actually he usually shouted the question from the balcony before he enters the class. Before you could realize it he is already by your side or already knocked your head. To a new student he seldom use this style of approach. As for us we were already accustomed to his way.

(e). Once he is in the class and after he has finished with the student concerned, he will start moving along to every desk of each student in the class to check their homework. Of course you can see and hear the knocking on the head of those who did their homework wrongly. To those who were used to this style usually took it lightly.

He also conducted classes during Saturdays to complete and at the same time to give more attention to his students of which we were very very happy indeed. Girls from some Convent school used to attend this additional class. Here you sometime noticed that he shouted at the girls and his hand was already near the girl students but he then usually leave them just like that. The girls were always scared of him. As he conducted these additional classes for maths , he was also in charge of the rugger players. So at times while teaching, you suddenly noticed that he is missing in the class and when you looked at the field he was there scolding and knocking the head  of the players for their wrong doings. His famous words were "You wretched thing", and followed by a small punishment, usually a knock on the head or if you are unlucky, a few canning.