These months witnessed my first steps of giving lessons in front of class like a real teacher, and my staying with those naughty but cute guys in River Valley Primary School turned out to be one of the most memorable experiences that I would surly treasure as long as I live.
The 40 boys I taught were from different grades of the school, and they come as a group out of a same interest, that is, photography. I am always passionate about taking photos, despite the lack of professional skills. I am rather keen on jogging down the rough and raw images of life itself by pressing the shutter button, and I know it is more than an art to capture the world through the viewfinder of the camera in your hand.
When it approached the end of the course, the teacher who monitored the entire progress of my conducting this course made comments as follows:
“Zhang Qiong is always punctual for all her lessons and she is genuinely passionate about the art of photograph. She shares with the children enthusiastically. She is serious about the lessons and is well-prepared by checking with teacher-in-charge on students’ preparation and gives constant reminders to remind students to bring equipment for all the lessons. Of all the sessions conducter, she is structured in her lesson planning. She equipped the pupils with the technical aspects of photography before she conducts hands-on activities. It is a good start of her and hope she has all the opportunity to share her passion to more people in the world.”
When the bell rang and it was time for me to say good-bye to them all, I bid my farewells , smiling while seeing them once more through my watery eyes, and then turned to the doorway in a decisive manner.
“Thank you so much, Ms Zhang.” That was the last sentence I heard, uttered from these children’s mouths.
They bowed low as I turned around once more. That was the last image etched in my mind.
I am stunned by their great debt of gratitude, and get consumed by a strong sense of fulfilment. Life is beautiful anyway, of which I try my very best to make most.
Zhang Qiong
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your experience with the lovely pupils. I believe that you are a very good teacher because you have all the characteristics that a teacher needs: patience, enthusiasm, skills and a heart filled with love. I know how difficult it is to be a teacher, because once I was a home teacher of a boy. Only teaching one boy was very difficult indeed, no need to mention 40. You are always serious about life and I have seen you effort to make the most of it. You attitude towards life is what I admire so much. Once I was also very passionate about life and wanted to live it to the fullest. But as time pass by my passion has more or less gone and I became very lazy and aimless. It was after I meet you I knew that this was one thing called perseverance. I will try my best to learn from you your passion and enthusiasm towards life and live my life to the fullest.
ReplyDeleteI think the moment staying with all these children is very enjoyable. Although you come from different culture, you can still get along well and be good friends. This is very uneasy. I think you should treasure this experence for the rest of your life. In fact, I think it is not very easy to make a foreign friend. Because you come from differnet culture. Sometimes it is very difficult to understand each other. But if you really have one it is really very brilliant. I am really jealous that you have such experience.
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