educator...
was reading yesterday's new paper and saw the article about this girl who had to pay back her bond to MOE after failing her practicum twice. and recently, there are just too many articles about being a teacher in the press.
sometimes, i am really really grateful to MOE for rejecting my applications even tho i remembered the first time i was rejected, i was sooo disappointed that i cried the whole night when i was suppose to be preparing for my final year exams in poly. u see, being a teacher has been a childhood ambition for me. i grew up with teachers all ard me - in school, at home (well, my parents aint teachers but most of my aunts and uncles were). i was so inspired to be one when i grew up. remembered seeing arwah wak yaya face glowing every time she came back from school. even tho it was a hard day in school, she could still smile.
now, not much different tho. i am still surrounded by teachers. my bestfriend, my buddy, my dearest cousin, and basically people around me are still teachers. cant really get out from the group, i reckon. hehhee... so, every time when we meet up, i'll be the odd one out. i will always be the 'non-teacher' one. the only one who dont know how to join in whenever they started to talk about their kids, lesson plans, and bla bla bla. can get bored at times... but oh well, i love them all.
the thing is that, after seeing them discussing about school, i dont think i am cut to be a teacher. be it in primary school, or secondary school, or even a child care teacher. i dont think i have the patience for all those things. i cant even teach tuition for goodness sake. i dunno how i gave tuition last time tho..thank god they all passed fairly well...
i still do have respect for all the teachers out there, as it isnt an easy job to be done. i was a difficult kid before and i know how these teachers have to deal with students like me. well, i wasnt that bad tho. there were worst students compared to me when i was in school. hehhee..
to all teachers out there, thank you.