What joy!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
I was in my office just now when there was a knock on my door. A few of my students came in and presented me with a small t-shirt from their class with many little cards of messages pinned onto it. I was overjoyed when I read those messages! 'You are by far the best teacher on campus...', 'the best teacher I've met in Singapore...', 'You rock...', 'You never demoralize us...', and many others.
I was very surprised because I was worried they were not comfortable with my strictness at times. I thought my efforts have been in vain, because they sometimes looked like they weren't listening! They were. Looking at the messages they've penned, they were listening, and feeling, quietly, but surely.
Jacqueline on 7:13 PM