Pedagogue

Teach.

There was once I was so pissed off with school back during secondary school days, I logged on to the MOE site to find out what the real aims of education were.

True enough, things were pretty screwed up back in school back then. But as fortunate as could be, I'm still glad that I had great teachers, though some really needed much more to convince me.

I must say that many teachers I've encountered in the past 18 years have really impacted me in great ways and I thank them more than ever. But still, why teach?

I read once somewhere, if you love to flaunt your knowledge, be a teacher. Haha, now that's interesting isn't it. 

But i guess, after signing up at MOE, my reason wasn anything close to that. It wasn't to flaunt wit, nor was it for the money. Frankly, 50+ a day after deducting CPF isn't exactly a lot, there are much better paying part-time jobs out there.

"The aim of education is not of facts, but of values" -  [Someone whose name i forgot]

Hmmm ok primarily, truth is, taking up this job is my way of returning to society. No matter how corny it sounds to you, or in what perspective you take this, i guess i'm doing this all in the name of helping to blossom young minds. Minds that bear great potential waiting to be unravelled. Minds that have yet to see and understand how things really are in the world out there. Minds that need more clue as to how they are really gonna build themselves up. 

Adverts say, TEACH TO INSPIRE! Hahah right, I guess anyone who actually signs up could only quietly wish for this. Invest best effort first, talk about inspiring people later.

Truthfully speaking, even discussing with some of my teachers before, The education landscape in Singapore, is not as vibrant as it seems, when we talk about teaching.

Any plain joe or jane can easily sign up to be a teacher. Got a degree? BE A TEACHER! Simple as that. Teach some subject or two and get a pay. Go for programmes and courses, gain recognition, get promoted, get higher pay. 

Mechanical, it may seem. But in order to groom the children of the anxious baby-boomer generation, i guess no other alternatives could have been better either.

As such, from what i see, at times, teaching could become an underrated job. Brilliant teachers, who are becoming rarer nowadays, make a difference in the lives of hundreds of students but are unsung heroes. However, they still find great joy and satisfaction in their scope of work.

Whereas, the plain joe or jane could just be merely reading from some powerpoint slides or the textbook, and is nevertheless, still known as a teacher...

Noble or not? I decide. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Hurhur.

New year countdown was pretty good (:

Here's a video from the hotel room in Pan Pacific!