I Will Be There!!!

Saturday newspaper features quite a few articles of ITE students. As I was reading about those articles, it strikes a cord within me. No, I am not boasting about what I had done, but I just want to let all my readers, whether present, past or future students, if you really need help, do drop me a note and I will see what I can do for you.

Helping students to succeed is part and parcel of a teacher job. I still remember very clearly how a young mother was help all the way through her studies in ITE. I had ensure that whatever assistance was available, I will push all the way through so that she can get that extra allowances. I had also help her with some financial assistance from my own pocket, and if I have to do it again, I will!!! At the end after she graduate she sms me and I still keep her sms and this is exactly what her sms was “ Cher, thx 4 supporting me s a student n showing me d route of becoming a better person. Appreciate it.. thx” Such message touches my heart, which counts more that any award ITE gives.

Another case was about this student whose family was living with the uncle who is the bread winner. Unfortunately his uncle was arrested for an offence and the whole family was wrecked. He wanted to stop studying and together with another colleague, we encourage him to continue and suggested that he may want to consider signing on with the navy so that they can pay him an allowance while he was studying, He did apply and was accepted, but it was during this transition time that he desperately needed some cash to help the family to pull through. I know that I was not the only one who gave him some money, there was another 2 staff that did so and we did not pressure him to return us the money. But he was matured enough to pay us when the navy pays him a lump sum for the training he undergone in ITE for the last one year. Now he had also graduated.

I can go on and on with more stories, but I will stop here. What is my purpose of sharing such stories?No, I am not trying to boast. I am trying to tell all my young readers, if ever you fall in situation where you find it hard to continue your studies, drop me a note and I will sit through with you and see what can be done. Never mind if you do not know me very well, I will still try to help you through. Even to those who had left ITE and are pursuing studies at other institution, you can still look for me if ever you need help!!! I will not turn you down. Only not too long ago, one of the student who is studying in Poly, call me almost at mid night and was desperately needing some help and I was glad that I could offer him some suggestion and thankfully the problem was solved even before he need to do what I suggested.

A teachers’ job is not only to mould those who are still with them in school. If we could be an influence to the young people in their future lives to be a better person, then we will!!!

Don't Be Too Gullible!!!

A week had gone by since school started. It had actually started on the wrong “manner”, but will not elaborate as I do not want to hurt that teacher feeling. But I can tell you that it was a great disappointment on the way the class was conducted.

Back to what I would like to blog. This world is made of all sorts of people. There are some that we seem unable to understand why they react in a certain way. Just as reported in the newpaper about a tuition teacher who claimed that a young girl was offering herself for money so that she can buy some branded goods. On the same day, her parent made a police report, he also make a report later on the same day. Not only this, he also called her school vice principal that some of her classmates were seem passing some white “substances” and called the school claiming that he is from HSA. Later, it was found that he is not from HSA and now he denies saying that he said that. I tend to believe the vice-principal. Why should the vice principal make up such a claim? To me, more likely it was his way in taking “vengeance” against this girl who had made a police report. Worst still, it was reported that he is a counselor who is helping wayward students!!!

I can tell you that indeed there are many such wolves in sheep skins. I had seemed too many who claimed that they are trying to help such innocent youngsters, but there is always a motive behind such “help”.

So to all my young readers, you must not always be too gullible to accept and trust those that whom profess to want to help you. Do make a subtle check on such people. Too often our youngster are so easily swayed by sweets words, some “kind” gestures etc and they easily fall for such tricks.

No I am not saying that all who offered to help such wayward youngster are wolves!!! But I would just like to caution, especially all the young ladies out there, to be a little cautious when accepting help especially from a stranger, worst still from a “stranger man”.

Unselfish Spirit!!!

Wow, this must be my longest absent from blogging. Somehow, just too lazy to write. So anyway, here I am, wondering what should I write.

Anyway was having a chat with my youngest daughter and commented that nowadays, youngster is too much into themselves. Surprisingly, she agreed wholehearted with me. So what was the problem? She shared that it had very much to do with our education system. When she was in school, she remarked that too often her former school classmates would be very unwilling to share their notes as they wants to top the class. Nothing wrong with wanting to top a class, but if you were to go to this extend, a selfish nature, then what is the use of topping the class? The school system had seemed to mould our youngster into thinking of themselves and not wanting to be a source of blessing or a source of help to the others.

I hope that if any teachers are reading this blog, do highlight this very bad “nature”. Try encouraging them to be a selfless person, to develop an attitude to help others. In my days, there were no such things as my notes only, we shared with one another what we have, though there may be one or two who are unwilling, but I can tell you that this is only a very very small minority.

I don’t know, but I really hope to see more youngsters showing a little more compassionate spirit, rather than they are too much “into themselves”. To all my young readers, do make a conscious effort to start showing an unselfish spirit. Do not think that I may be the only one doing it, so it will not make any difference. NO!!!! As the Chinese saying goes, the whole mile journey begins with the first step. So if you start making a conscious effort to change, the effect will soon snowballed to a movement that may eventually change the world we are living in. Your first effort may touch another youngster and thereby, it will soon have a great effect on the whole human being. SO START BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO SHOW AN UNSELFISH SPIRIT!!!