Sunday, August 5, 2007

teacher


“Teacher is like the sun, which being itself luminous, sheds light; or like the musk which being itself fragrant, makes other objects fragrant. He who possess knowledge but does not practice it is like a notebook, which itself being unintelligent, nevertheless serves as a medium of transmission of knowledge, or like the needle, which while remains naked, serves in making clothes for others, or like the wick of a lamp which burns itself out in giving light for others." (Al-Ghazali, Ihya Ulumudin)

I love teaching. I enjoy myself to be a lecturer. At this moment, I never dream to change my job as what I did in my previous job.

I remembered, when I sent my resignation letter to MCCM and said I wanted to be a lecturer, my collegues in MCCM laughed at me. They said I will be a young, naive lecturer and will be bullied by my students.

I enjoy to be in my classroom with the students. In fact, I told my students it is not just my job but it is my hobby. It’s something that I do, I enjoy and have passion into it and that I happen to get paid for. That doesn’t mean it’s not without its frustrations and downsides. Of course not. But I certainly don’t teach just for the money. And that’s a sentiment shared with my sister (also a lecturer).

Teaching is a process what we are probably involve with and committed to. When you love teaching, you should teach what you love. It is easier and you will be interested in every angles of that subject. You will be full of enthusiasm talking and teaching about it. Entering the classroom each day is a new experience for me because each day brings new challenges and achievements. In my experience, once you step into a classroom, it is just like a magic, I forget about everything outside there and the things matter to me is just what I'm going to talk for that class and the flow of ideas are just like a stream. Magic uhhh.....

Having students excited about my subject is a bonus to me. Sometimes, student can realize or see our excitement or sincerity in teaching them. It is my goal and satisfaction to enrich the student’s lives by increasing their knowledge and educating them in different aspects/situations in life. I feel by teaching and educating others even for a short amount of time is an honour and a privilege in which is a true blessing.

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