Friday, March 19, 2010
3:53 PM
Sometimes I really ponder on how life would be like if I'd never taken on relief teaching at the kindergarten.
It might have left me with closed doors, and lesser options for myself for my future in university. Seriously.
1 thing I can say for sure: When I took on this challenge, I was daunted initially. But once I saw how the children were like and how they warmed up to me upon the first meeting, I promptly fell in love with them and has since never looked back.
I'm so glad that I love children and can always get along well with most of them, no matter what.
After all, I was once a child too, albeit I was probably not as smart or vocal as they are now.
Indeed, times have changed.
I remember myself when I was in K2, I was really quiet and though I definitely had friends, I was all along more reserved and I never really talked much, or created a tremendous ruckus like some kids do.
Since then it's made me realise that while the children look up to me as though I'm a guru, there're also many things that I can learn from the children, even though they might not realise that they're actually teaching me too.
Who says teaching has to be done only by the teachers? Everyone can be a teacher too, it just depends on what's the situation like and how circumstances unfold. :)
OK, these are really thoughts that just came into my mind right there and then, and I thought I'd post it up. :)