Students.......

I love my students - I really do. I treat them like my own, influencing them into being fruitful in character and wisdom. Sometimes they are pressed so much that they could hardly breathe. As a tutor, I do not want to dampen their spirits because I can see each one of them capable of great things. I think my trademark is after every scolding, I'll soften down and tell them how I feel. I'll show how helpless I am and even ask how I can help them. I'll emphasize that I need their co-operation because without their efforts, I can't do much either. Lastly, I'll tell them it's their choice on how greatly or badly they do in the coming exam. The consequence is theirs to bear because at most I lose a student which I can find a new one, and I've did my very best to help them so I have to regrets.

Sometimes their lives are so eventful that I do think that their parents did the wrong thing to nurture them. I'm not sure if they're good with the apologizing to them part. I, as a tutor, also find it hard to say sorry because I was indeed wrong; much less to say about parents. That's why I do pray to God that He takes my pride away.

Yesterday I solved one really tough question with my PSLE students. Thank God for His mercy and resources to help me help them in achieving the solving part. They even corrected my careless mistake! :D

I guess eventually I'll go to NIE - benefits outweighs the cons and that includes passion for teaching. No matter what I can still tell myself I want to teach because I love to help. Guess that's my nature.