divine intervention
interesting..
there is this colleague of mine who reminds me of a PE teacher that i had a sort of a love hate relationship. this PE teacher in my previous school was in charge of basketball and favoured the girls' team more than the guys. for example, he probably gave up on the guys team and because we were known to be mischievous. thus filling in all the NATLEA camps with girls. meaning he thinks that it is not worth investing in the guys on leadership. self fulfiling prophecy isnt it? the more you dont believe, the more you do not nurture, the more there wont be results.
many, i'm not saying all. and if they do not realise it, they do not know how much impact they have on society by their actions on the kids. i had a teacher who sacked me as captain and did not give me a reason, neither a warning. i'm sure she had her reasons, but she din explain to me. another pure case of having given up hope on me.
i was reading Lee Kuan Yew's book yesternight and he mentioned that he subscribed to a magazine from London. but when they published an article that stated that equilibrium can only be achieved when the best teachers are posted to teach the worse students because the best students would do well anyway.. he stopped the subcription soon after. a part of me wonders whats wrong with that in achieving a society with a smaller gap. but i do understand the wrongs with that system i guess.
teachers are so so so important.. do we all realise tt? esp sec sch teachers. and sae college sch teachers. do we realise that we have one single best time to inspire a person and that is probably in that window of 15yrs to 19yrs thereabouts?
perhaps some of us learn the hard way. i def have that teacher to thank for since she made me learn it the hard way. so yes. maebe we do sometimes need some lousy teachers for this to happen. some people just learn better the hard way. like me. tough isnt it.
is it the people around be getting more and more rules focused or am i the one who is the big problem fellow who doesnt follow rules?
there is this colleague of mine who reminds me of a PE teacher that i had a sort of a love hate relationship. this PE teacher in my previous school was in charge of basketball and favoured the girls' team more than the guys. for example, he probably gave up on the guys team and because we were known to be mischievous. thus filling in all the NATLEA camps with girls. meaning he thinks that it is not worth investing in the guys on leadership. self fulfiling prophecy isnt it? the more you dont believe, the more you do not nurture, the more there wont be results.
many, i'm not saying all. and if they do not realise it, they do not know how much impact they have on society by their actions on the kids. i had a teacher who sacked me as captain and did not give me a reason, neither a warning. i'm sure she had her reasons, but she din explain to me. another pure case of having given up hope on me.
i was reading Lee Kuan Yew's book yesternight and he mentioned that he subscribed to a magazine from London. but when they published an article that stated that equilibrium can only be achieved when the best teachers are posted to teach the worse students because the best students would do well anyway.. he stopped the subcription soon after. a part of me wonders whats wrong with that in achieving a society with a smaller gap. but i do understand the wrongs with that system i guess.
teachers are so so so important.. do we all realise tt? esp sec sch teachers. and sae college sch teachers. do we realise that we have one single best time to inspire a person and that is probably in that window of 15yrs to 19yrs thereabouts?
perhaps some of us learn the hard way. i def have that teacher to thank for since she made me learn it the hard way. so yes. maebe we do sometimes need some lousy teachers for this to happen. some people just learn better the hard way. like me. tough isnt it.
is it the people around be getting more and more rules focused or am i the one who is the big problem fellow who doesnt follow rules?
posted by penicilin at 8:33 PM
3 Comments:
In ur sch (which happened to be mine as well), we do have some teachers who are like that, just went out there to destroy people's confidence for their own selfish satisfaction. Little did they know how much their action will impact us, as a student. Lucky we have teachers are still nice and friendly and not judgemental. Thank god that the school still have such nice teachers around, else my two years there will be like hell.
hi kok wai. thanks for the encouragement. sometimes i do wana go back and visit this teacher. i wonder if she has had any dealings these years to change her perception.. we are all learning.. even teachers.
Yinhuan always asked me to forget those bitter memories, guess it is hard haha. Anyway now that u r a relief teacher, u can start to make a diff =)
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