A transient happiness

If I am given a chance to write an essay to account for the phrase ‘the joy of a ring in my phone’, I would definitely write  about today’s incident. At 7 am, I received a call from the school that I have taught for the 2 months to do relief. I was in the state of jubilant. I began to get excited for the fact that I would be able to see the students that I have taught. Thus, I was swift in getting ready to head to school and even brought along my precious camera to school in hopeful that I would get a complete class photos of the students that I have taught. Although I was tasked to relief other classes, I keep pondering over the students that I have taught. Fortunately, my break time falls during my students’ recess time. Thus, I was indeed elated to see them. I even piggyback one of my students when he jumps over me. I guess I was indeed too high then. In short, I am truly missing them. I even make a request to ask them to have a photo with me after school.

Although I do not have complete attendance and I don’t believe in coercion, I was happy that I have quite a significant number of students who took pictures with me despite today is their early dismissal. However, fates does not seem to approve my request. The photos are not captured in my memorystick. Well, I guess I should be blamed as I may not have given adequate briefing about the importance of holding the shutter for a longer while or I have failed to check if the pictures are being captured. Well, I shall not dwell on it anymore as I am seriously feeling disappointed now.

As the title goes, it is a transient happiness. Yet, I guess I need to be satisfied for the fact that I was being called back to the school that I have taught.

True meaning of Education

After watching the last episode of the serial 书包太重 just now, I have some reflections about the message being across by the scriptwriter.

Firstly, the scriptwriter was indeed right to allow Rui En (one of the main lead) in the show to realise that concept of elitism is wrong. In her case, she will only teach students who are cream of the crop. That is, she will only teach students who scores 85 marks in the diagonistic test in a tuition center. If I have a child who could score such marks in future, I will not even send him/her to the tuition center. In my perspective, we should not exert some much pressure on students as long as they have tried their best. If not, this will increase the stressful clones of Jia Ling (a stressful student in the show).

Secondly, this show has tried to convince to students (the target audience) in the last episode that students have different innate abilities. This is regardless of their academic streams. However, the episode was right in highlighting that a basic education of up to secondary education is necessary in order for them to unleash their dream. Although there are detractors to argue that secondary school will crave for their dream which is part and parcel of their growing up years, I still feel that students should hold their thirst of interest if they want to relish the best out of it from the dream.  Well, I am a classic example.  I have been craving to go to the outside world to work and fulfill my childhood dream of being a teacher. Fortuantely, I realise the importance of education in order to relish one’s dreams. Thus, I manage to have a trial test for being a teacher after I was released from NS stint which  those happy moments have been deeply ingrained in my heart.

Thirdly, the last episode of the show has made a quick twist for the fate of Rui En where she has voluntarily chosen to teach students from Normal Stream instead of the Express Stream. She has even tried to convince her students using her personal stories on why she expects high standard from students. She has shown her students on how she peformed badly initially by revealing her primary school certificate and how she has overcomed it as she detests being despised by others. Although I have similar stories to share with my students, not every students are interested in that. They would think that I am trying to blow the trumphet and scorn them. In fact, I would like to convince them that my initial academic failure has spured me on the desire of teaching in neighbourhood schools.

In essence, I hope that I will be able to be a full time teacher teaching the subjects that I have been drolling of in future. Although it may be an arduous task, I will strive to overcome it with my utmost effort even though I have been told that students are hard to control these days. 🙂

Am I foolish?

Recently, I have found a new traits of me. That is, I am exceptionally concerned about the A Maths students that I have taught in CVSS. Even though I am no longer teaching them, I am still willing to go the extra mile to work out the solutions of their A Maths Mid year exam questions based on the information that they have given me. Even though I was doing relief in another school yesterday, I was constantly reminded about them if they are coping well for their A Maths exams. To be candour, I am not worried if they could not manage to do the topics that I have taught them since I have done my part. I am just fearful that they will lose hope in A Maths when they lost confidence in battling them.

In any case, I must say that these students are truly unique. Till date, I still remininsce those days that I have taught them. They are the only ones who manage to shed my authentic tears. In fact, I have never cried even though I may have a flaw relationship in the retrospect. There are even detractors who has incessantly reminded me that I am indeed foolish. That is, they will forget those help that I have rendered to them. Worst of all, they will forget the existence of me since I am not their full term A Maths teacher. Yet, I choose to tell myself that I do not expect anything from them when I provide help to them. I just hope that I could inspire them to be a responsible and mature individuals when they grow up by providing them with incessant advice through various interaction means. In the first place, I know my priorities well. I will need to seek their understanding that I could only help them with A Maths, etc when I am free.

In short, I wish them all the best in their impending O level Mother Tongue exams.

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