thank you

a simple 'thank you' would mean so much to a teacher. we work to educate people & never expect our students to repay us with material wealth or classy recognition. however, this simple phrase is forgotten & hardly use anymore


teaching in an established & competitive school, all the teachers work exremely hard to maintain its excellence. our school has been awarded the best school in the eastern zone for 7 years & increasing the number of straight a students every year. we teach our students to skillfully answer the questions & score as many marks as possible in every paper.


being responsible, all the teachers will work day & nite to finish the syllabus & ensure students have all the notes & materials for their subjects. we train & drill the students to score. we emphasize that education is crucial & they need to get A for every subject for them to pursue their dreams of being doctors, engineers, architects etc.

year and year, we manage to produce more and more students with tremendous results but year after year, we receive less and less 'thank you' from students. it sounds unprofessional to ask for a simple gratitude, yet, as humans, we would feel a lot better when our students 'remember' we are with them all the way to their success. im still new in the line but those who r veterans in this profession stated that it's NORMAL

in our enthusiasm to produce the highest numbers of A, we train our students to only study. we train them to only aim the highest in academic. we train them to only aim for 1 thing. SUCCESS. yes, they succeed. yes, they scored. yes, they academically competent. however, they r no longer human. they r no longer aware that they should have feelings too. they no longer remember that their success r not their's alone. it's a team effort, yet, their partners r forgotten right at the moment their so called great results r announced. the moment they know that they had succeeded. and unfortunately, their partners are their own old & selfless teachers.

i've seen hardworking teachers sacrifice all that they can to educate their students. it touched me deep in here when the same students came for their results & didnt even say hi to the particular teacher. they acted like their teachers are strangers. like they didnt even know each other.

it's a job like others but teaching also helps to educate us as humans. it taught us that humans can change easily. humans can easily break a relationship. humans can easily be forgetful. teaching itself is a great teacher to us :)