
This morning while I was helping those SPM students for their Science revision, I noticed a girl student a bit under the weather. When I asked her is she ok, quite instance her tears welled up in her eyes. After letting her to calm down a bit then as usual, I approached her and try to figure things out. The matter came to light that she deeply hurt and disappointed by her teacher's very bad remarks of her. My heart goes out to her. I understood how she felt.
I realized that even though a student might look OK from outside, it doesn't mean that they are OK inside. Their hearts are actually very flimsy and easily broken.
Coming to a different school with different background and methodology; somehow it made me took quite a while to adjust myself , since, from young I came from government school; where my teachers, all are very loving, caring and dedicated. This made me reminiscing back to my 4 'all-time-fav' teachers whom I can still remember vividly until now: Mdm Thilagavathy, Mdm Ann Stella, Mdm Teon Lee Kim and Mdm Linda Yip.
I am thankful that I had wonderful teachers from kindy to primary, then from primary to secondary and finally tertiary level. Those teachers were very supportive, encouraging and full with patience. Not to mention, influential as well. Never for once did they utter a single word of bad remark or discouragement. Perhaps the reason I took up teaching profession is also due to the influence of those teachers.
Nowadays, where have all those good-teachers gone? Aren't teachers supposed to be a good example? Good sense of dressing? Instilling good virtue among students? Encouraging? Optimistic? .... I wonder how come there are not many good teachers around anymore?
To all my students, you all actually can be a better person if you allow yourself to be one. Good luck..!