"If you think education is expesive,try ignorance" -Derek Curtis Bok
There is a feeling of envious when we discussed about how exciting and silly it was during kindergarten.But it never was to me as I never attend one.I was alone homeschool by dad.
I still remember it was hard.But,coloring the coloring book was so much fun,although I was alone at home.I enjoy coloring the gypsy girl,Djali and other character in The Hunchback of NotreDame.But,I was lonely and no friends.
I still remember,and still have the vivid memory of how upset it was for dad to teach me pronounce "ball" and "bowl".It was so hard that it leaves scar to be remembered till now.Young as I was at that time,all that I can do was cry and cry.Ya,ya I was a sober.
I still remember late grandma taught me several Sarawakian natives dialect and we keep talking to each other in that particular dialect.And it became a daily routine.And I forgot when was our last time talking in our own mothertounge.I remember this one particular dinner when all of us were talking in many dialects including English and BM of course.Everyone was busy picking up the meaning of what she was telling ,and yet other are already talking in another dialects.Fun,so much fun if you master more than a language.
What I am trying to share is that the essence of teaching is not as always between a teacher and student or pupils.There are so many everyday teacher that some might failed to see them.Because in my opinion,people prefer to see bigger thing that when they are started to losing all the smallest fraction of their life,then only they realised.The one that taught inside the class is teacher.
No,I don't mean to offend any teacher in the world.For they are such a great job in the world.And I can sense that too,maybe somewhere in the future,I will too,become a teacher.I will.
But,the one that teach you about something new,something that you have not yet discovered is also a teacher.Be it friends,enemy,frenemy,mom,dad,anyone in this wide whole world that enlighten your day with new knowledge.And be thankful to Google too.He(?) have done something so essential in our process of learning.Oh,now you realise your must-wish-list teacher are expanding,right?
There had been so much we took and lose all the way here I guess.To where we are right now.Though there are things that come and go from life,but one great teacher that remain with us all the time no matter how.In the time of loss,that is you feel he even close to you.And yes,experience is the great teacher.Be adventurous in life,make mistakes,let go the tears and don't afraid of failure for at the end of the road,experience will guide you to a better place.
The world is an open book.Teachers are everywhere...mark my word!hehe.
p/s: Buat para guru yang dikasihi dan disanjungi semuanya.
Terima kasih kerana tanpa kalian,saya tidak punya apa-apa.
Atau mungkin saat ini tanpa kalian,saya buta.