Thursday, 3 January 2013

A Teacher Creates Devils and Angels


Before sekolah nak start ni, saya ada gak la mengajar jiran sebelah ni Add Math. Okay la takde karat sgt sebab 70% tu saya ada belajar kat A- Level. Okay la budak tu just need more interest in Math. But the point is, I baru sedar yang cikgu ni punya responsible nak tentukan muridnya jadi saintis ke penagih dadah nanti. And in Malaysia, syukurlah kerajaan kita sangat menitik beratkan pendidikan. Sekolah awam yang bersepah, buku teks free, pelan pendidikan baru, sistem sekolah berprestasi tinggi and more.
                                       


This is totally different with some other countries. In Pakistan, women cannot get an education for so called 'religious' reasons. In the US, there is no free education at all. That's why you see in movies parents work hard to send their children to state college yg tak seberapa tu. Kat Palestin ta pyah cakap la. Kecik-kecik da pegang senapang. Now you know why kita patut bersyukur gilaaa???


Back to the teacher topic. My late grandpa was a teacher, my mum was an English teacher, my Dad is a Math teacher and hell even I am going to be a Physics Teacher. HAHA. And parents they are both excellent teachers. So excellent that a lot of people sent their kids for tuition with my dad, so excellent that my mum got promoted to become the Director of English Language in Hulu Selangor, so excellent that I managed to work with NASA. HAHAHA AMINNNN!!! :p okay serious. So saya rasa bangga sangat kerana atuk, bapak dan mak saya dah bantu ramai orang supaya jadi orang yang berguna. And even masa saya kat high school dulu pon, syukur la STAR sangat 'crowded' dengan guru berdedikasi. Tak kisah la dari segi akademik mahupun koko. Sampai ke Italy kot saya dulu buat trip. HAHA. 

Dan saya perasan they all one in common -HEART. A pure one. Ta kisah buat extra class, belanja budak bila dapat result bagus, bg kata-kata semangat bila exam. Kita pon bila belajar rasa semangat sebab nak balas balik jasa cikgu tu. Ingat lagi masa saya and my band perform for anugerah cemerlang, Big Mac dibelanjanya and ada lebih kurang 50 orang buat persembahan!!  NOM NOM! 

Tapi kita tak sempurna kan? Kalau yang bagus tu, ada gak yang ta bagus. I've watched an American film tajuk 'Waiting for Superman'. That film dedahkan betapa teruknya tahap pendidikan kat US and paling teruk is, no of kids yang buta huruf paling banyak adalah kat Washington sendiri!! Belakang White House tu ajo!! And ada diorang buat espionage rakam guru mengajar. Ada cikgu tu tidur masa kelas and biar budak maen poker kat belakang! Apa kejadah??? --" And bila budak teruk, they say that bad neighborhood creates bad students. Tak rasa mcam terbalek ke?


Tak payah jauh. Kat sini pon ada. Kat sekolah ada la sorang cikgu kimia nama MR M. Cikgu Kimia. Haishhh.... sabo je la. Masuk kelas lambat, mengajar pakai slide kawan and kekadang dia pon sendiri tak tahu apa dia ajar. Tp bila sembang pasal MU, abes sampai rehat terlajaknya. He didn't teach my class but kesian la kat my friend yang blur je effect kot result SPM dorang. hmmmmm. . . selfish tau cikgu camni. Kekadang dorang jadi camni pon sebab tanak jadi cikgu mula- mula, tp dah takde job laen. But then if da pilih jadi cikgu tu, jadi la betul-betul.

Tapi syukur la, sekarang KPM dah ketatkan syarat nak jadi cikgu. Macam program saya ni nak hantar bakal cikgu belajar ke overseas. Harap produk-produk ni (termasuk saya) akan mampu melahirkan anak Malaysia yang mampu mencorak dunia denga lebih baik. acehhh. HAHA. Saya pasti ramai setuju kalau saya kata guru ni antara pekerjaan paling penting untuk membentuk akhlak, pengetahuan dan ekonomi rakyat Malaysia. Dan ini merupak tugas yang perlu diserahkan kepada orang yang betul. Majulah cikgu cikgu untuk Malaysia. HAHA. okay sampai sini je. Salam. :)

3 comments:

  1. ehem2...jalan2 sini smbil baca blog najmira..hewhew

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  2. really and eye opener...teaching is a seriously important job...in Europe somewhere I forgot...the teaching profession is the highest paid...

    As you mentioned also, a teacher has to have a good heart...they see that teaching is a big responsibility...even leaders need teachers..

    Yang belanja Big Mac tu cikgu Azli ke??...haha

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