Third Time's the Charm

It was Teachers' Day a couple of days ago. However, while i'm currently into the third year of this job, it was my first time actually having a Teachers' Day celebration, at least as a teacher. This is because the past two times i just so happened to be doing military reservist duty. In fact, the first thing that comes to mind when i think of the day itself, 1 September, is that it was the day that Hitler invaded Poland (something that i felt rather pleased with myself for informing my class about, since i just so happened to be covering that topic during class that day).

But anyways, i have to say that while i definitely appreciate whatever the students did in appreciation of all the teachers on this day, i'm sure i speak for many, or even most other teachers when i say that we'd gladly forego all of this if the students would show their appreciation instead by trying their best to pay attention during class, something that they fail to do far too often. Of course, we can only dream. At the same time though, it always is encouraging to see some positive response from the students, even if it only were to come once a year.

I'm definitely glad for this holiday-laden week though - Presidential Election off-in-lieu, Hari Raya Puasa and Teachers' Day certainly made my week :) Doubt they will ever coincide like this for quite some time more though, certainly not before i leave the service at least haha..

Hoping for the best for the Sec 4Ns...