yesterday was Teacher's Day. And the workplace had a simple celebration. However to be accurate, 16th May was the actual date of Teacher's Day, the same date as the old mama's birthday. As usual, presents and greeting cards are given by those lovely students. And it always seems like they can never come out with some new and creative ideas. Glass, flowers, cakes, key chains, pens, etc... these are the presents I have received during these 4 years. A repeated cycle. Hmmm... do not misunderstanding. I am not asking for those expensive and branded presents. What I am trying to share is that presents could be low-costly and yet creative sometimes. And obviously our country needs CREATIVITY.
by the way, since it was a present-giving day, some of the colleagues have received numbers of presents; while some are not. Some of them were showed off with what they have gotten; while some were remained silence. Some of us were heavenly happy; while some were expressionless.
I have received some greeting cards. And frankly speaking, I do not keep them, especially those hand-made greeting cards. I am sorry 'bout that. In my house, there is no rooms or spaces to keep all these cards anymore. So I choose to eliminate some of them. There is no exception this year. Cards have been chosen.
among these cards, there is one which touched me the most.
a student of mine. She was in my class 2 years ago. And now, she is a Standard 5 student.
I was once a student. To me, marks and results are not everything. Students have their own abilities. They shine, somehow, in the way we always overlook. Not to forget, it is not how good you are in teaching them to get A's in variety of examinations, but how good you are in affecting and influencing them to lead a better life. It would be more meaningful, ain't it?
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