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Saturday, November 04, 2006 @ 10:11:00 PM
yesterday was kinda nostalgic for memy sis and i said bye to our beloved tutor of 7 and 9 years respectivelythinking about it i learnt a lot from herwalking down memory lanei remembered when she first arrived..my sis and i were clamouring to see wad she looked like from our moms rooms windowand we looked at each other and exclaimed 'so old !!!'not that she really was dat old back denand that started an educational path different from othersshe never shouted at us or scolded us for not doing our workshe was patient in explaining lessons were not conventional - dull and boringshe used different ways of expressing ideasand it was very fun and i began to love tuitioni remembered our blue ol' 20cents notebook where we were supposed to record our workbut we usually din do themso we hid our notebooks and exclaim 'we cannot find'or we would claim our noteooks were not perfect and wanted to changeden we would hide our booksbut she never once gave upi also remember de times we got new assessment booksshe always made sure they were interesting and there were picturesand we would colour them inwe would also always ask her to write de date nicely in dose new booksi also recall de times when we did vocab exercisesget 20 perfect exercises you could change it for a giftshe was never stingy about de giftsshe also made us work on our area of strengthsi was more proficient in englishshe would den buy chicken soup series for me as birthday gifts or as a reward for getting good resultsin that way she cultivated in me a passion for de languageshe would always be proud of my workshe would paste stickers on compos i wrote wellshe would even show them to her husband and tell me his positive responseafter exams we would still have tuition we would play scrabble and we could play up to ours at one stretchwe would always whine when it was her turn and she chose de spot we planned to useshe would always give in and think of another wayand we would get pressies if we wonit was in a way building up our foundation in englishtuitions were never dead and dull affairsthey would be peppered with laughter and screamswe had a lot of funwe learnt in a fun environmentshe would never criticise usshe would encourage uswe disappointed her with our grades but she never gave upto think about it when i got back my o level results she was de first i called cos i wanted her to be proud of me and indeed she wasevery festive occasion we would get pressieseven after she stopped teaching me in jcshe still bought me giftsshe rememered it wasn't about de presentit was de thoughtso sincere and it would always warm a person upshe thought us so much in these 7 and 9 yearsshe din teach she imparted informationmuch more den thatshe instilled and inculcated in us de quest for knowledgeshe made us desire learningshe thought us life experiencesshe thought us how to deal with adverse situationsif you embarked on de wrong track she would always be at de endwith advice and words of encouragementas i looked at her yesterday indeed she has agedde lines experience and life has left on her faceut she always had de sparkle in her eyesde warmth in her smile de love in her heartand i could see her face of contentment and fulfilment as she looked at usas 'successful' humansa product of her relentless passion for teachingi will definitely miss hermy teacher my ideal of wad an educator should bemy inspirationmy encouragementmy friend
