Choices.

As i’ve mentioned many times in this wordpress before , ” Choices have consequences ” . Well , it really seems true in each and every case of everyday life . Anyway , this is a rather sudden post i am making , and i still have school tomorrow /arghhh . And , this post is more or less inspired to one of my best , if not best , teacher i’ve met in the course of my education , mr ivan lee . Thinking through the times from the moment he became my hmt/mt teacher during sec2 to this moment when he’s gonna officially leave the school . I knew he was different right from when i saw him , haha , he was one of those teachers whom I would really deem as teachers . From how he conducted his lessons , teaching us moral values through some random newspapers articles , to bringing me to cambodia and bringing the class to a chalet . Thinking back , i’ve sure learnt a lot from him , academically and moral-wise .

Alright , academically-wise . The sweet success i tasted yesterday would have been definitely impossible without him . A1 for chinese , for someone who abhorred learning the language . I guess it’s like , since we can’t change it , we just gotta adapt . And of course , i prefer local teachers so much more to some overseas china citizens … Honestly , just because they’re good at chinese doeesn’t mean they would teach well . I strongly believe that a local teacher would be better in a way that he/she would understand students better , the reasons for them/us not liking chinese and would more or less be able to adjust a little here and there for us to cope , and perhaps a lil’ bonus of gaining interest in the language . Still , i shouldn’t get arrogant over  this little success as it’s just a mere stepping stone towards a greater height . I really ought to work hard and do well academically in order to get out of this ” flawed ” , quoting him , education system . Then , it would come with the morals and all , the values he indirectly taught me , how he set me thinking haha . Hmm , while typing this , i’m actually thinking how awkward would it be for someone to read it .. ohwell , nvm . Reading his blog from time to time , he really inspires me in one way or another . I believe he would be the ideal role model on how everyone should think , and how their mindset should be set like . The leadership skills he presented in bringing us overseas to cambodia . Stepping out of my comfort zone , that’s really something i should work on . Also , looking at a situation from different viewpoints . Well , one example would surely be on how he refused to refer us as ‘ helping ‘ the cambodians when we went over for cip , but rather service learning . This with the fact that we might actually learn more than they can actually gain . Is the difference we are making over there really good or bad ? That’s subjective to different people i guess , haha . I guess i could actually write out more on this … but this post seems really messy and it’s cutting into my sleeping hours . Might do up another post that’s more organised when i feel like it , yea , haha .