Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Happy New year 2010



New Year message From Moderators

It’s almost New Year and this time we will embark into the year of 2010, leaving behind our life in 2009. This year we call ourselves a full-fledge teacher. We are no longer building castle on the air; planning artificial lessons and teaching friends who pretend as our sweet and lovely students.

2010 is the year where we step into the adulthood, where the real battle awaits us; real lesson plans, real students, real work and real burden. It is, therefore, the School-Matters-To-Me (SMTM) wishes everyone good luck and may you have pleasant experience.

However, as we are becoming a teacher, are we all aware how difficult the work could be? Good! SMTM is glad that you all realise that teaching is one of the difficult works in the world; only a man with beetle brain will stand up and say ‘teaching is easy’. But, in reality, people say teaching is easy because of our own fault. Ask ourselves, have we ever met a teacher who neglects his or her duties? Perhaps almost all of us will say yes.

The author of the “The Malaysian Education System is a Crap”, has boldly attacked our educational system. The author hits the system from classroom issues and the list goes on to issues related to administration. Even though some facts written by the author are misleading and sweeping, he hits the nail right at the centre.

Friends, through human history, we change from time to time, responding to the needs surround our clan. Our ancestors were half naked and when civilization took place, we become well-dressed people; from living in caves, we now practice the housing system; from using fire to light in the darkness, we use electricity to show our way so that we will no longer step over things and fall down. Teaching? Of course it also goes into the cart and advances through the time; from nothing to something.

We are now the new generation of teachers, trained to lead the future. But of course, sometimes, our colleagues make it difficult to chew the fat together with us. It is a temporary obstacle for us to face with. Even though we might feel irritated with the unprofessional behaviour, we at the SMTM are confidence enough that smiles, humble and patience may boom the wall to pieces. Changes that develop through positive environment could well be accepted by everyone.

But, what exactly changes are we talking about here? Changes in shape? No. We are talking about changes in our attitude, changes in the way lessons are conducted, changes in the way we work with our colleagues, changes in the way we entertain our clients, changes in the way we conduct our personal life and changes in the way we admin a system. The changes can curl our hair but changes are what our society needs the most; although some senior teachers and administrators are hard to change.

So, this 2010, which side are you going to stand on? Be nothing or be something. You decide how you are going to shape your path. We at SMTM, wishes you all the best. We are always here to support you.

Happy New Year 2010.

With best regards,
School-Matters-To-Me Administrators.

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