Photograph of the primary school students and me at my old home
During the holidays, I was offered relief teaching at the primary school near my home at that time. It was Boon Lay Garden Primary School. I was offered to teach the students for a term. At the end of the term, they wanted to come to my house and we spent some time at home. It was fun time to be with the children.
When the holidays ended, I began my studies at National University of Singapore. I was a part time tutor at night. Children called me 'teacher'. After graduation from NUS, I worked at a tuition centre for a few months. I was happy teaching and love being a teacher at that time. Later on, I was offered to be a teacher or environmental health officer. I chose to be a teacher. However I did not know that I need to take English test to be offered a permanent post. So I worked for one year at Admiralty Primary School and I was pregnant later, so quitted the job.
I stopped teaching after having two children to care for, and I tried to take the English proficiency test. I never get to pass. Several years later, I tried again. This time I failed again. I tried two times and I failed. I did not want to try any more and I became a homemaker after that...
Six years ago, I saw an advertisement at Facebook, looking for Childcare teacher, and I went for interview. I got a job and went training to become a Childcare Teacher. I worked at the Childcare centre for five years and then I decided to quit. It was quite okay to 'teach' in the childcare centre. However it was so different as compared to teaching the primary school students. The working environment and the people I worked with are so different.
Everyday, the children called me Teacher, principal and teachers also addressed each other as Teacher. A few days back, as I was taking orders from the shopping centre, crossing the road, I heard a voice saying, "Hey, your teacher!" I wanted to turn back to see who it was, but I did not. I was rushing to go deliver the food. I supposed it must be one of the children in the childcare centres.
Then I began to think, do I like people to call me 'teacher'? Probably not now already. It takes so much to be a great teacher, someone like Jesus. Imagine Jesus came and ask me to follow him. I am a disciple of Jesus. I am not someone great, a divorcee, and it takes so much to be a role model teacher.
"Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. (Matthew 16:16-17)
My Sacred Heart Jesus which was blessed by Father Vincent Chee
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? (Mark 10:17)
