I have never thought that I would end up doing what I am doing right now, you know, educating these youngsters as a profession. I was scared of speaking in public, speaking in front of audience in formal language, and I hated routine. I hated doing homework, but now I have to mark them, which is a lot more tedious than doing homework. When you signed up for this kind of profession, you know that you have to be more hardworking than you were as a student.
Ironic, right?
But then again, I am someone who always force myself to love what I loathe, and now as it turns out, I believe I love what I used to loathe.
As the Malay saying goes, Tak kenal maka tak cinta. I thought I loathe teaching because I thought I knew what it was like to become a teacher just because I was surrounded by teachers when growing up. Being a teacher for me was worse than being a student due to the heavy workload. Little did I know, I only knew what teaching is once I involved myself first hand in this profession, teaching the subject that I like.
I love what I am doing now, seriously.
It was all thanks to that feeling you get...
* when you see your student paying attention to whatever things that you say (sometimes thoughtlessly).
* when your student greeted you sheepishly with a smile when running into you like you are one hell of a celebrity.
* when seeing your students improve their writing and grammar after your serious warning.
For now, this is what I am going to focus doing.
Later, maybe, maybe, que sera sera, I will make room for other passion that I have.
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