Learning Journey Edited

One of the few people who have impacted my life thus far would be my Secondary School Vice-Principal (VP), Mdm Koh.

Mdm Koh has done more than what is required from her. Typically, VPs would just need to stay in their office to ensure that everything in the school is in the way it should be. They can just delegate the works to the teacher and let them report back to them.  However, Mdm Koh can always be seen around the school doing her staffs, visiting the classes to ensure that we students engage ourselves meaningfully in our lessons.

She also taught us folk’s songs during the assemblies as she believed that through these songs, we would be able to learn values from it. I like how sporting she is by just picking up the microphone and sing for us. An example of the song would be “You Raise Me Up” by the Secret Garden Duo. Personally I feel that this song is very meaningful especially the line, “You raise me up… To more than I can be.” From this line, it never fails to remind me that I should always be grateful for everyone who have contributed and brought me to where I am today.

During the year of my “O” Levels, Mdm Koh is no longer like a VP to us. She’s more like our mother in the school. She will always show concerns to the students, knowing almost everyone’s weaknesses and she be there for us whenever we need a listening ear. She can be at home resting or somewhere enjoying her after work life but she chose to stay behind in school till late at night to guide us in our work. She will form smaller groups after school to help us with our English essays by going through the questions with us. Obviously this is out of her job scope and it doesn’t give her any extra monetary benefits for doing so. Her selfless act had served as a motivation for me to do well from then on.

Ultimately I got a B3 for my English in “O” Levels, I will not say that it is a very good grade but I feel that it is a huge improvement from my usual borderline case. Although I will not discredit all my English teachers, I will say that Mdm Koh is the one that motivated me as I doesn’t want to disappoint her despite her putting so much effort in helping my friends and I. From then on, I’m more interested towards learning as I doesn’t want to disappoint anyone that had faith in me that I’ll do well.

In addition, I feel that learning English doesn’t just stop here, it should be something that should be done continuously. English had never lose its importance in my life. Today, I still need a certain standard of English to engage with my peers and for academic works. I believe that when I join the workforce in the future, I’ll definitely bring all these valuables knowledge from school and apply it whenever possible.