Assalamualaikum. My first blog about my job - as an English teacher!
Well, there's a nasty saying out there that says "when you can't do, teach..."
Hm, most teachers get irked when they hear that... but truth be told, a minority of teachers are the culprits of the saying - the guilty ones, the ones that lead to society naming them such & such... well, the list's endless.
When I first started teaching, I wasn't as passionate myself. I stumbled here n there, even left the schooling system, but could never walk away from the profession. I was disillusioned a number of times, but somehow managed to pull myself now & then to be what I am today. It runs in me - both my parents were teachers!
We teachers don't earn much, but the best 'presents' come from my students who I sometimes refer to as 'my kids' (not the adult ones, of course - Mr. Lam, Serena and the likes of Suib, Nizam - they are more like friends to me). When a student remarked, "this lady is something!"; when my kids shouted behind my back "I love you ma'am!; when John called to greet me on teacher's day... or when Bug called to share his joy at finally graduating.... and when 22 students turned up at my doorstep on Hariraya and cleaned their plates off my home-cooked mihun goreng... Yes, those are my rewards...
This blog is set up to highlight the moments shared with students and colleagues alike.
Please feel free to leave comments. But, no foul language, please, or disparaging remarks that might offend anyone. And nothing political, k?
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