05/31/10
So we’ve reached the end of yet another school year. Though I am glad to be venturing onto something new, I am a bit saddened. I spent the last 3 years working at The American School of Bangkok, and in a sense, it has been home to me. As I spent my last day there, I was filled with mixed emotions. It was a very busy and hectic day of checking students out, turning in grades and comments and other things, cleaning up the classroom, packing, saying goodbye and signing out for the last time.
There have been a lot of memories made the 3 years I have been at the school. Some of them were good and some were not so good. Despite what they were, they were all significant to the school. I have learned much being there and have gained a lot of experiences that I know would further enrich who I am as a person as well as a professional.
I have also met some really incredible people, without whom, I would not have survived the 3 years so easily (and trust me, it was not easy). They have been my mentors, my confidants, and true team players. I will be forever grateful to them. As for students go, there were a few that have deeply touch my heart just as I’m sure (I hope) I have touched theirs. It is because of these few students that make the profession of being an educator all the worthwhile. I see in them a lot of potential that goes far beyond the classroom and school and am glad to know that I have helped them in some form (be it great or small) in realizing and achieving this potential. It is because of students like them that I have chosen to go into this profession to begin with; nothing to do with the money (as most know, teachers hardly make enough for what they are really worth). However, the one thing that we do make, as a fellow educator, Taylor Mali once said is “Teachers make a difference”.
So we’ve reached the end of yet another school year. Though I am glad to be venturing onto something new, I am a bit saddened. I spent the last 3 years working at The American School of Bangkok, and in a sense, it has been home to me. As I spent my last day there, I was filled with mixed emotions. It was a very busy and hectic day of checking students out, turning in grades and comments and other things, cleaning up the classroom, packing, saying goodbye and signing out for the last time.
There have been a lot of memories made the 3 years I have been at the school. Some of them were good and some were not so good. Despite what they were, they were all significant to the school. I have learned much being there and have gained a lot of experiences that I know would further enrich who I am as a person as well as a professional.
I have also met some really incredible people, without whom, I would not have survived the 3 years so easily (and trust me, it was not easy). They have been my mentors, my confidants, and true team players. I will be forever grateful to them. As for students go, there were a few that have deeply touch my heart just as I’m sure (I hope) I have touched theirs. It is because of these few students that make the profession of being an educator all the worthwhile. I see in them a lot of potential that goes far beyond the classroom and school and am glad to know that I have helped them in some form (be it great or small) in realizing and achieving this potential. It is because of students like them that I have chosen to go into this profession to begin with; nothing to do with the money (as most know, teachers hardly make enough for what they are really worth). However, the one thing that we do make, as a fellow educator, Taylor Mali once said is “Teachers make a difference”.
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