Tuesday, June 2, 2009

You are not approprite to teach here!

A friend of mine, also a teacher, happened to say something she thinks about me. As we are at the same school here, she said: "I think you are not appropriate to teach here."

This statement of course made me confused. I have been teaching in this school for about ten years now. Never people say that kind of statement. Only after the new headmaster sits in his chair, some people have suggested the same thing. "It is better for you to move away! There are good things you can do out there. While you are here, there is only few things, trivial ones. Your chances will come if you want to move away."

To the teacher I said: "I am here because I believe that nobody is perfect, so perfect there nothing to learn. For me, there are three steps we need take in turns. First step is to be a student where we do studying so that we are the knower, the abler, and the well-informed. Second step is to be doer as a leader. Only after we get the knowledge do we lead to make any dream comes true. With the knowledge in hand, we can perform a better life. The rest is to be a teacher, that is to share we have in mind and in experience."