Teaching Teacher Taugh Me

Its been awhile, very long while. I guess it took me this long to gain the urge to come back here for sth I would like to rmb for the future.

Well, i'm in the army now and I cant say I am doing well or have been expecting myself to grow much or change. Yet, I must admit.... I have changed. Grown up or not, I am at the very least, a soldier now.

Ok. Anyways. I was watching TV after the longest time and I came across this ad on teaching! It was almost good, that when I felt sth.

To all the Teachers, seen me change or not. Sorry.

And here goes my list of teachers (I am trying to rmb)-

My P5 or P6 chinese teacher, who often got crazy shouting in class. Sorry, I was one of the idiots who nvr appreciated you till too late. But then again, I cant rmb how bad I was in pri sch, only the face and voice from you trying to scare the shit out of me or the other kids... which I dun rmb working effectively.

At Sec 1, MSS. A Ms Adeline Tan (if im not wrong). Who most prolly doubted me and was right the whole time in the year which I quickly became a nuisance and turned for the worst. Many changes happened and studying was sth I dun rmb but you were that teacher I still recalled. I guess you were one of the nicer ones. Sorry if I made you angry.

The bunch of Chinese Teachers who took my class that year which I dropped it. Sorry. I dun rmb exactly who took when and I did what but it was during the period. That year, I made a call... To do well, Chinese would have to go. But it was wrong to tink that way, and thus one or more of you became my excuse to 'hate' chinese.

The accounting teacher, Ms Poon. Sec 3,4. By then, I was just too cocky. Sorry. Like when you scolded me cos I was not listening but only becos I alr understood it. It was my bad, there was no respect. Then of cos I realised you didnt believe I'd make it. I already knew I would... Cos too bad for you, I was really interested in POA.

The Science teacher. Mrs Lee Tan or sth. Grad yr. Sorry I was again, too cocky. By then, I grew up. But my pride got in the way and again, didnt realise respect. That time when I read the papers in class while you were teaching, I already planned every thing that was to happen, up till I walked away putting you down and making sure that at the end of the year, you would have to stand corrected about me. I nvr knew why I did it, and I guess I didnt behave correct even when I thought I changed.

The Vice Principal. Forgot your name. Sorry, and for the arrogance I showed. There you were, new and ready to make changes. And there I was tinkin 'I was the old cow in this sch'. You want to change me? Tink again. Yet, you promtly came up with the after sch lessons to motivate us. HOHOHO, I was so motivated, I felt you were wasting my time. So, I went thru, slept and made sure you caught me. Tried to make it hard for me but I knew it was coming and took you down. I rmb that Mr Nah tried to stop me and I told him 'not to worry, I wouldnt get you in trouble'. Then it passed and all the way to the end, I made sure you were wrong about me. And now, I didnt understand why I had done what I did. I tot I was all that, and no I was just growing too fast.

Mrs Lee. English teacher. To you, I would like to Thank. I know not what luck I had, I felt favoured by you and undeserving. I changed a lot with you around and I was so much better with your guidance.

The Math teacher during Grad year. Thank you too. I was lucky to have you teach me and somehow I was more interested in learning from you. Sorry when I slept or disturbed the class, but you were a motivation.

Miss Tan and Miss Low. Intern Teachers who came and hopefully saw, then made a good change to your students. Sorry and Thank you.

Ms Ngor. Chinese teacher, around and about the whole time. The only teacher who managed to gain the respects of many who couldnt. She should get an award or sth. From her, I wanted to learn sth I didnt like. From her, I learnt that being a teacher and teaching everyone was possible. From her, I saw the toughness of teachers and how it was not just a profession but a calling. I once ran up and down the block willingly without disdain cos she told me to.

Well, must have been some that I am missing out. But what I want to say is that, at every point in time... Anyone could be teaching sth even if it isnt in a class. But the ones who stand in a class and make sure they pass on sth to those in front of them are the ones who are respectable. I have done my fair bit in teaching and I know how tough it can be, and only to say that one day... I might just go back with the believe that its time to repay what I owe myself.