the-unwritten-vista
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday. 31 July 2009.
Current Mood: Everything is coming(and leaving) too fast.
Message: Happy Birthday Angela(:
Have you ever felt like you lost a very very good friend of yours before, the special someone who have caused a great change in your life. The someone who cares about you, the someone who wishes the best in everything you do, the someone who impacted and transformed your life. The someone who guided you through your times of high and low, the someone who everyone likes a lot. The someone who was very patient and always there to clear your every doubt. The someone who did his very best to motivate and wished, doing all that he could to help us get good grades. That special someone caused a major turning point in my life this year. I used to be a constant Mathematics failure, someone who always scored single digit for every other test. I used to see no sense in any Maths topics, I was a complete retard in Maths. Truth be told, I knew my grades could have easily landed me in a Pure Science class. It was really Maths that caused me to end up in my current class. My class was regarded as a class of Maths failures(nobody in our class passed Maths in sec 2). Everyone sees us as the worst Secondary 3 Express class.
Yet, with some luck, this year we have Mr Jay Loh as our Maths teacher. He was far more than a patient Maths teacher. Mr Loh was the dream and ideal desired teacher of every class. I have friends in neighbouring classes whom wanted Mr Loh as their Maths teacher. To us, Mr Loh was more than a mere Elementary Mathematics teacher. He is our favourite teacher, this is common knowledge around the school. Even teachers, students from neighbouring classes or even our form-teacher(Mr Neo) knew this. Over time, Mr Loh had gone beyond being our Maths teacher and favourite teacher, he has somehow became our good friend. Every member in 305 loved Maths because of him. I used to hate Maths to the core, dreading every Maths lesson, wishing I need not take Maths at all. Now, after 7 months, Maths is my favourite subject. School days are only interesting and fun if there was Maths lesson. Even if that Maths lesson was a short 30 min lesson, it was enough to add colour to my boring school day. We used to sleep during lesson times, perhaps till today for some subjects, but nobody ever slept during Maths lesson. Without having to say, we all know deep down our hearts how much we liked Mr Loh's lesson and how much we loved his lessons. He is the best teacher anyone could ever have, despite being sick, he still gave us long hours of remedial during our Mid-Year Examinations. He marked our homework and tests as efficiently as he could, so as to allow us to get our work and results back earlier. Mr Loh never pushed work to the last minute, he always cleared our doubts and problems right away(not that we have any with Mr Loh). Nobody cheated in his tests(not that we dare not, we just didn't want to), we put our best foot forward in our Maths as our way of gratitude. Homeworks and assignments were done with loads of effort, we tried till the very best, before turning to him for help. Perhaps these are just a few of the many reasons why our class respected, loved, liked, enjoyed having Mr Loh as our Elementary Mathematics teacher this much. Mr Loh, rarely took leave, I remembered after our MYE, he took leave for a couple of days. Most of my classmates were very shocked and worried for him, for Mr Loh is a teacher who rarely absents himself despite what happens. Mr Loh was someone who managed well discipline in our class, not because he is fierce or a Military Band teacher. The reason was everyone respects and liked him, we did not want to make him angry. Amongst all our teachers, Mr Loh has the least problems with us. We did our best to submit his homework on time. You might think it's because of the lines he make us write for late submission, but I can tell you it's not. Didn't Mr Neo detain us and make us write lines too, but people continue to submit their Physics homework late too right?! We never feared to voice our our doubts in Mr Loh's lesson, and we knew he would always clarify it for us. Mr Loh is like a genius, he seems to know everything we didn't. But what really amazed us was his super memory. He could easily recall who owed him homework, who and what careless mistakes they made in the test or homework. With this gifted memory of his, he would apply it in our lessons. If he knew you were weak in angles, he would ask you more questions regarding angles during lesson time. It's really amazing, as if it was no hard work at all to remember whom and what he should focus more on. He seems to have every of our mistakes well kept in our memory, always available to recall it anytime. Furthermore, he was a teacher who scarifies, willing to spend his holiday to teach us topics we were weak at. Where else can you possibly find a teacher who spends Saturdays with you, just to teach you topics you didn't understand at, topics of your lower secondary? Did you have a teacher who spends most days of his Jun holiday giving Maths consultation(which were 3-5 students per 2-5hour session)? I believed he could easily gave us a single session of Maths consultation as a class, saving the time and trouble. Why did he bother to conduct them in small groups? It's not that he have got nothing better to do, but on the other hand, he wishes that we understand better in smaller groups and learn more, right?
This is what Mr Loh is to our class, but to me, Mr Loh changed my viewpoint of Maths. He is the teacher whom helped me walk out of failure in Maths. I used to constantly get F9 or E8 in Maths, now I managed to pass Maths. I always thought me passing Maths was something beyond the hope. That was my thinking, until the first day of school this year. Upon his first lesson, I knew Mr Loh would be the teacher who would make a turning point in my Maths grade. But as times passes, Mr Loh did more than bring me out of my failure. He was the teacher who gave me a second chance to prove my abilities, he allowed me to take Additional Mathematics as a private subject. It was impossible for someone who got F9 in her EOY Maths exam to take up A. Maths, hence I didn't even appeal after getting my streaming results. It would be a joke, for a student whom performed so badly in Maths to take up A. Maths right? But Mr Loh helped prove that impossible is nothing. With his lessons, I seem to see the light in Maths. That was why, by February I decided to take up A. Maths as a private subject. Even though I failed my MYE A.Maths, but I decided to put all my effort and work extra hard for my EOY. I must not disappoint everybody, even Mr Loh. Without Mr Loh, I would never have understood Algebra, Indices and many more. If not for Mr Loh, I am sure till date, I would not have passed my Maths. I might even be a complete failure in Maths, still my old-self, hating Maths. If he was not my teacher, I would not be the Vanessa I am today and now. I am sure, without doubt I will never have performed so well in Maths. If it was not for the presence of Mr Loh, I would never have passed my E.Maths and moved on to take A.Maths as an additional subject. When people look back at me now, classmates and friends of mine who used to know I have no talents in Maths. They were all shocked beyond description upon knowing that I actually am no longer a Maths failure. Mr Loh brought me out of my title as a “Maths idiot”. Mr Loh created a miracle in my life. I know, without him, me still as a failure in Maths, I would never make it to a school of my dreams. Now, with a pass in Maths, I could have more choices. I have greater freedom to choose. I felt Mr Loh did more than just simply teaching us Maths, he transformed my life(:
Yes, I have a heavy heart now. It feels like a good friend of mine is going to be leaving soon, the teacher we will a miss a lot. Today, Mr Loh introduced us a new teacher. He said he would still be there in the next 2 months. But I think next year, he might not be our teacher anymore. Of course, nobody wishes for this to happen. We all liked him so much. But it's time to understand, life is not up to you to control. This one year we have with Mr Loh was more than we could have asked for. One year might be a short time, but Mr Loh did many and changed us in this short time. He showed us hope, that one might be a failure once, but that's not for a lifetime. Words cannot express my gratitude to have such a great teacher. All I can say is, thank you very much Mr Jay Loh. I really hope he could follow us up to our last year in Deyi. Even if it is impossible for him to mark the perfect full stop in our secondary school years, thanks for making such a great impact to my life. This impact was for the better, the best so far. I am really thankful to have Mr Loh as my Maths teacher, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US(:
Yet, with some luck, this year we have Mr Jay Loh as our Maths teacher. He was far more than a patient Maths teacher. Mr Loh was the dream and ideal desired teacher of every class. I have friends in neighbouring classes whom wanted Mr Loh as their Maths teacher. To us, Mr Loh was more than a mere Elementary Mathematics teacher. He is our favourite teacher, this is common knowledge around the school. Even teachers, students from neighbouring classes or even our form-teacher(Mr Neo) knew this. Over time, Mr Loh had gone beyond being our Maths teacher and favourite teacher, he has somehow became our good friend. Every member in 305 loved Maths because of him. I used to hate Maths to the core, dreading every Maths lesson, wishing I need not take Maths at all. Now, after 7 months, Maths is my favourite subject. School days are only interesting and fun if there was Maths lesson. Even if that Maths lesson was a short 30 min lesson, it was enough to add colour to my boring school day. We used to sleep during lesson times, perhaps till today for some subjects, but nobody ever slept during Maths lesson. Without having to say, we all know deep down our hearts how much we liked Mr Loh's lesson and how much we loved his lessons. He is the best teacher anyone could ever have, despite being sick, he still gave us long hours of remedial during our Mid-Year Examinations. He marked our homework and tests as efficiently as he could, so as to allow us to get our work and results back earlier. Mr Loh never pushed work to the last minute, he always cleared our doubts and problems right away(not that we have any with Mr Loh). Nobody cheated in his tests(not that we dare not, we just didn't want to), we put our best foot forward in our Maths as our way of gratitude. Homeworks and assignments were done with loads of effort, we tried till the very best, before turning to him for help. Perhaps these are just a few of the many reasons why our class respected, loved, liked, enjoyed having Mr Loh as our Elementary Mathematics teacher this much. Mr Loh, rarely took leave, I remembered after our MYE, he took leave for a couple of days. Most of my classmates were very shocked and worried for him, for Mr Loh is a teacher who rarely absents himself despite what happens. Mr Loh was someone who managed well discipline in our class, not because he is fierce or a Military Band teacher. The reason was everyone respects and liked him, we did not want to make him angry. Amongst all our teachers, Mr Loh has the least problems with us. We did our best to submit his homework on time. You might think it's because of the lines he make us write for late submission, but I can tell you it's not. Didn't Mr Neo detain us and make us write lines too, but people continue to submit their Physics homework late too right?! We never feared to voice our our doubts in Mr Loh's lesson, and we knew he would always clarify it for us. Mr Loh is like a genius, he seems to know everything we didn't. But what really amazed us was his super memory. He could easily recall who owed him homework, who and what careless mistakes they made in the test or homework. With this gifted memory of his, he would apply it in our lessons. If he knew you were weak in angles, he would ask you more questions regarding angles during lesson time. It's really amazing, as if it was no hard work at all to remember whom and what he should focus more on. He seems to have every of our mistakes well kept in our memory, always available to recall it anytime. Furthermore, he was a teacher who scarifies, willing to spend his holiday to teach us topics we were weak at. Where else can you possibly find a teacher who spends Saturdays with you, just to teach you topics you didn't understand at, topics of your lower secondary? Did you have a teacher who spends most days of his Jun holiday giving Maths consultation(which were 3-5 students per 2-5hour session)? I believed he could easily gave us a single session of Maths consultation as a class, saving the time and trouble. Why did he bother to conduct them in small groups? It's not that he have got nothing better to do, but on the other hand, he wishes that we understand better in smaller groups and learn more, right?
This is what Mr Loh is to our class, but to me, Mr Loh changed my viewpoint of Maths. He is the teacher whom helped me walk out of failure in Maths. I used to constantly get F9 or E8 in Maths, now I managed to pass Maths. I always thought me passing Maths was something beyond the hope. That was my thinking, until the first day of school this year. Upon his first lesson, I knew Mr Loh would be the teacher who would make a turning point in my Maths grade. But as times passes, Mr Loh did more than bring me out of my failure. He was the teacher who gave me a second chance to prove my abilities, he allowed me to take Additional Mathematics as a private subject. It was impossible for someone who got F9 in her EOY Maths exam to take up A. Maths, hence I didn't even appeal after getting my streaming results. It would be a joke, for a student whom performed so badly in Maths to take up A. Maths right? But Mr Loh helped prove that impossible is nothing. With his lessons, I seem to see the light in Maths. That was why, by February I decided to take up A. Maths as a private subject. Even though I failed my MYE A.Maths, but I decided to put all my effort and work extra hard for my EOY. I must not disappoint everybody, even Mr Loh. Without Mr Loh, I would never have understood Algebra, Indices and many more. If not for Mr Loh, I am sure till date, I would not have passed my Maths. I might even be a complete failure in Maths, still my old-self, hating Maths. If he was not my teacher, I would not be the Vanessa I am today and now. I am sure, without doubt I will never have performed so well in Maths. If it was not for the presence of Mr Loh, I would never have passed my E.Maths and moved on to take A.Maths as an additional subject. When people look back at me now, classmates and friends of mine who used to know I have no talents in Maths. They were all shocked beyond description upon knowing that I actually am no longer a Maths failure. Mr Loh brought me out of my title as a “Maths idiot”. Mr Loh created a miracle in my life. I know, without him, me still as a failure in Maths, I would never make it to a school of my dreams. Now, with a pass in Maths, I could have more choices. I have greater freedom to choose. I felt Mr Loh did more than just simply teaching us Maths, he transformed my life(:
Yes, I have a heavy heart now. It feels like a good friend of mine is going to be leaving soon, the teacher we will a miss a lot. Today, Mr Loh introduced us a new teacher. He said he would still be there in the next 2 months. But I think next year, he might not be our teacher anymore. Of course, nobody wishes for this to happen. We all liked him so much. But it's time to understand, life is not up to you to control. This one year we have with Mr Loh was more than we could have asked for. One year might be a short time, but Mr Loh did many and changed us in this short time. He showed us hope, that one might be a failure once, but that's not for a lifetime. Words cannot express my gratitude to have such a great teacher. All I can say is, thank you very much Mr Jay Loh. I really hope he could follow us up to our last year in Deyi. Even if it is impossible for him to mark the perfect full stop in our secondary school years, thanks for making such a great impact to my life. This impact was for the better, the best so far. I am really thankful to have Mr Loh as my Maths teacher, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US(:
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