Alice in Wonderland

Today, 1 September, was Teacher’s Day in Singapore! Wah, for the past few days I saw teachers in the tuition centre where I’m working now collected presents from their students like crazy, man! Some of them received so many - in a way it makes me feel so envy … hehe! (Ooops! I’ve accidentally revealed the greedy side of me … paiseh, paiseh) But really … last time when I was still studying in primary school, I had this ambition of becoming a teacher when I grew up … all because I felt I wanted to get that Teacher’s Day gifts from my students in future Haha! Kinda childish though … but when I was in secondary school, I gave up that ambition after witnessing how difficult the teachers in school having to control the discipline of those rebellious teenagers … I felt that was really more than just a challenge and that was why I never ever applied for the post of a school teacher (whether in Malaysia or Singapore).
Never could I imagine that now I’m walking into a career path which I had initially chosen to give up (although it’s not in school, it’s kinda similar) … Now I’m very much looking forward for that official status as a teacher (I really can’t wait!) eventhough I’ve started to do some teaching … Kinda can’t wait for that practicum (teaching test) to start … should be soon.
I guess the reason why I like the job now is due to the fact that I have already had that passion since I was in primary school. I hope this passion will still be with me after I’ve officially been called a teacher and I believe the biggest challenge for me is to learn how to deal with students of various personality (so far I’m still in midst of figuring that out for future). Also I’m kinda curious here about my first Teacher’s Day next year (hopefully) - will I be getting lotsa gifts, etc, etc? Hehe! Maybe I should set a target or something … anyway, I’m quite sure I’ll be able to get at least one Teacher’s Day gift next year … Let’s see ba Come to think about it - have I really wasting so much of my time in publishing for the past few years? Hmm, well, honestly I did enjoy my job in publishing last time. If I haven’t been in publishing, I wouldn’t have this chance to ‘turn back’ in education and to get to where am I now. Perhaps all these were fated to be.

For now, I’m till craving for that Teacher’s Day gift … I hope I won’t dream about it tonight
Happy Teacher’s Day!