happy teachers' day

wasn't feeling gd the whole of yesterday. =( slept, woke up in sweat, slept again.. he came over to visit. brought me a cookie and showed me a program he had created.. haha. so sweet of him. and the program, was created for me.. lol, it first prints a cow on the screen and saying that's me. -_-" upon hitting another key, i was supposed to answer why i'm not a cow. upon hitting enter, it told me that watever i typed was invalid. haha. =D

on another note, today's the annual teachers' day! guess the very last teachers' day we celebrated was in jc in 2004. there's no such thing in uni.. cos they are called 'profs' here.. i think the whole concept of 'being a teacher' takes more than just 'teaching'.. (which some can't even meet e mark)

i've always remembered my pri sch teachers whenever i recall that it's teachers day. one reason could be that it's a holiday?! there's always celebration and stuff (I still remember how far students go to thank their teachers).. another reason would be the role that they've played. when we're of that young age, the people we look upon to would be our parents.. and apparently the next would be our teachers. it's always someone's dream to become a teacher. lol. teachers then were strict, some even abusive.. not just verbal abuse, but really, with the fingers pinching e face.. it really leaves a scar in the child's memories. and i bet she/he will be forever remembered (or condemned). haha.

i'll forever remember my p5 teacher, who happened to teach us for only a year (teachers were supposed to follow-on the nx year as well).. she was an angel.. we all realised, when she left us the following year to an ex-discipline hod ('devil'). =| but sadly, she died the following year due to cancer (while i was in p6) and it was really a shocking and sad news to my class. so many years have passed, yet i still remember her vividly, calling me to pick up books from her table.. =( and it has always been a habit to have her on my mind every teachers' day from then on..

another angel who touched my life was my p5 teacher (just now was the form-teacher, now is chinese teacher haha). and i guess she still continues to do so for her subsequent batches of students. i'm really glad to still be in contact w her after so many years.. she's more like an elder friend now than a strict teacher then.. and through her, i sense the changing scene in the education field.. teachers are having a hard time these days.. being stressed by the management and parents to produce results, yet on the other hand, they have to tackle the kids non-abusively.. on top of that, they have endless meetings, even some crap competition like '超级变变变' also have to die die come up w ideas.. (management stresses that they must win.. -_-") and more recently, they think teachers are walking encyclopedias.. expect them to be able to give talks on something totally not-related to their field.. like on chinese medicine??? wth. aiyo.. i wonder how many kids these days still dream of being a teacher....

anyhow, 教师节快乐!! happy teachers' day!~