One of the greatest feelings of being a teacher is to be told that you are a source of inspiration and the spark that sets ablaze the burning passion in your students. Getting comments from my former students in Indonesia about how I inspire them to become better in English and to encourage them to be more confident in speaking the language makes the whole teaching endeavor worthwhile.
Last week I chatted with one of my former students on Facebook and he said that thanks to me he now has become more confident in speaking English in public, so much so that he even approached a couple of Australian tourists in Borobudur just for the sake of wanting to have an English conversation. Today I chatted with another former student of mine on Facebook - yeah, I have a whole bunch of them there - and he told me that he's going to the university for a TEFL degree - he plans to be an English teacher. But interestingly he said that he wasn't really interested in becoming a teacher, much less an English teacher, until I started teaching at the school. He mentioned how well I mix humor and creativity in my lesson plans and how I make the language seems easy for the students especially in using the Indonesian context to explain difficult English concepts and words. Seeing me teach has inspired him to become an English teacher, or in his word I'm his "inspirator."
Nothing fills a teacher with more pride and a sense of self-worth than getting these kinds of feedback from the students. It really puts into perspective as to why I teach in the first place. It validates my raison d'etre and confirms my existential being. It's the engine that propels me forward. Gosh, I love teaching!
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same-same! wei, aku sampai penang friday evening cegitu. aku lepak rumah member aku kat teluk intan pas tu bertolak dari sana nanti. pepahal aku call nanti.
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