Wednesday, July 23, 2008
I am blogging for 5mins to destress.
There is a kinda hopelessness when I did my NAPTFA. Like I might as well not even aim for silver. I cannot get my standing broad jump right...
Again and again, I realise that teaching and leading are two things that are not easy to do.
Through being a volunteer at CareHut, I realised that when we display preference of one teacher over another, we're making the other feel horrible. That kinda causes me to think a bit because our class always discriminates against certain teachers.
Somtimes it seems that some teachers don't really care about us, that they are teaching just to earn some fast money. I'm just thinking that the teachers, especially for hard-working teachers, may just still have a heart to "gain a place" in the hearts of students. I guess not everyone is into the profession just for the iron rice bowl.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that teachers are grovelling for our support, nor are they frantically trying to entertain students, but I just feel that they actually appreciate it if we show them our support.
Being a leader is also no easy task. Influence, according to what I learnt in church, is the most critical feature of a leader.
There is a kinda hopelessness when I did my NAPTFA. Like I might as well not even aim for silver. I cannot get my standing broad jump right...
Again and again, I realise that teaching and leading are two things that are not easy to do.
Through being a volunteer at CareHut, I realised that when we display preference of one teacher over another, we're making the other feel horrible. That kinda causes me to think a bit because our class always discriminates against certain teachers.
Somtimes it seems that some teachers don't really care about us, that they are teaching just to earn some fast money. I'm just thinking that the teachers, especially for hard-working teachers, may just still have a heart to "gain a place" in the hearts of students. I guess not everyone is into the profession just for the iron rice bowl.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that teachers are grovelling for our support, nor are they frantically trying to entertain students, but I just feel that they actually appreciate it if we show them our support.
Being a leader is also no easy task. Influence, according to what I learnt in church, is the most critical feature of a leader.
Gratitude
Monday, July 21, 2008
There has been something welling up within my recently.
I begin to realise that there are actually SO MANY people around me who are investing their lives, time and money into my life!
FIrst there's my parents who invest all of the above. Even in the times when I am very sharp and hurtful, they are still there. When I grow up I must encourage them and continue to believe in being together as a family. I hope to forgive them of their imperfections, which inevitably come into light because we spend SO much time together... Parents are indeed irreplacable.
Then there's my church leaders, Sis Kim, Bro Shannon, Bro Andy, Pas Gary etc. etc. I am only listing those who are closer to me. I can actually list all of the leaders in church because even if they do not know me personally, whenever they speak to youths, they seem to be unable to help it but leave something behind in the youth's heart/mind.
And again, there are my seniors. I know I have been thoroughly irritating at times, especially when I was in year 1 and 2. But I notice that there are some seniors that really believe in me. It's very hard to put into words how they went about showing me that. Perhaps those in council gave me leadership opportunities (no matter how lousy I was); Perhaps those in netball made friends with me (no matter how badly I played; Perhaps they simply sat down to hear me out (yea I appreciate my seniors who jus begin to talk with me!). It is these seniors that I will model after!
Who could forget the teachers? Once again, I think I have been rude to them on a few counts. I don't even know how some of them are so willing to talk to me again! Hai.. I could not achieve half my academic standard now if I had not had great teachers over my 10years of education.
For now, these are the few groups of people whom I know have invested something into my life. No one will read this but I want gratitude to just overflow out of my heart as I write to my thoughts down...
Sometimes, we need to count our blessings.
I begin to realise that there are actually SO MANY people around me who are investing their lives, time and money into my life!
FIrst there's my parents who invest all of the above. Even in the times when I am very sharp and hurtful, they are still there. When I grow up I must encourage them and continue to believe in being together as a family. I hope to forgive them of their imperfections, which inevitably come into light because we spend SO much time together... Parents are indeed irreplacable.
Then there's my church leaders, Sis Kim, Bro Shannon, Bro Andy, Pas Gary etc. etc. I am only listing those who are closer to me. I can actually list all of the leaders in church because even if they do not know me personally, whenever they speak to youths, they seem to be unable to help it but leave something behind in the youth's heart/mind.
And again, there are my seniors. I know I have been thoroughly irritating at times, especially when I was in year 1 and 2. But I notice that there are some seniors that really believe in me. It's very hard to put into words how they went about showing me that. Perhaps those in council gave me leadership opportunities (no matter how lousy I was); Perhaps those in netball made friends with me (no matter how badly I played; Perhaps they simply sat down to hear me out (yea I appreciate my seniors who jus begin to talk with me!). It is these seniors that I will model after!
Who could forget the teachers? Once again, I think I have been rude to them on a few counts. I don't even know how some of them are so willing to talk to me again! Hai.. I could not achieve half my academic standard now if I had not had great teachers over my 10years of education.
For now, these are the few groups of people whom I know have invested something into my life. No one will read this but I want gratitude to just overflow out of my heart as I write to my thoughts down...
Sometimes, we need to count our blessings.