Tuesday, March 17, 2009

TEACHERS...PLEASE READ THIS!

ONE day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.
That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know others liked me so much,' were most of the comments. No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.
Several years later, one of the students was killed in VietNam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature. The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.. As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?' he asked. ! She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked about you a lot.' After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmate! s went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher. 'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.'
Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.
'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said. 'As you can see, Mark treasured it.'
All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.' Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.' 'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary' Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'
That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again. The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be. So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Salam semua. Cuti sekolah pun dah bermula. Nampaknya time untuk diri sendiri dan keluarga ada banyak sikit. So, aku ambil kesempatan ini untuk update blog aku. Kadang- kadang bila duduk sorang-sorang..aku terfikir...samada adakah aku buat keputusan yang betul tentang kerjaya aku. Adakah dengan menjadi seorang pendidik sekarang ini merupakan satu pilihan yang tepat buat aku? Kalau dulu..a ku bekerja dengan sektor korporat. Kalau diikut dengan gaji, sememangnya kerja swasta ni gajinya lebih tinggi. Time dapat bonus hujung tahun......kombang idung.....rasa dunia ni ana yang punya. Pagi aku keluar rumah dalam pukul 7.30 pagi sampai di pejabat pukul 9.30 pagi. Pukul 10.00 mula kerja. Sebagai eksekutif 'HR' atau sumber manusia staf aku masa tu ada lebih kurang 500 orang. Walaupun terpaksa hadapi pelbagai kerenah staf...alhamdulillah berkat usaha dan pemberian oleh Allah SWT aku dapat 'handle'. Kemudian aku bekerja di satu lagi syarikat. Juga sebagai Human Resource Executive. Kali ni jumlah staf lebih kurang 150 orang. Cuma yang mencabarnya kebanyakan staf diimport dari India, Nepal , Bangladesh, Vietnam dan Indonesia. Faham-faham sajalah...masa Staf terutama dari India dan Nepal sampai sini, depa tak tau cakap bahasa Inggeris apatah lagi bahasa Malaysia. apa lagi...macam ayam cakap dengan itik la. Last last jadi macam orang pekak lak...apa taknya....terpaksa guna bahasa isyarat. Sekarang, aku sudah jadi seorang pendidik. Menjawab soalan yang diajukan mula- mula tadi.....jawapan aku adalah ....YA. Memang tak dapat dinafikan lagi keputusan aku untuk menjadi pendidik adalah satu KEPUTUSAN YANG TEPAT. Sebab apa dan kenapa....biar aku sambung dalam blog aku yang akan datang. Adakah sebab kerja separuh hari saja? Adakah sebab ada banyaaakkk cuti? Adakah sebab kerja ni senang? semuanya akau akan jawab dalam blog aku yang akan datang. So, rajin- rajinlah you all check blog ni ok. Salam untuk semua.