Friday, June 11, 2010

A day with Kak Leen



If last week happened to be the very busiest week I've ever seen since I came here in this section (IPD), this week would be the most silent week to all..I guess so!



There are 6 members in this section excluding me (as I'm not part of this dept staff), 5 of them are all PPLV..and of course, they have more experience in this field. and Kak Leen...is one of them..30s, married, has 2 children, Azim and Damya.




Kak Leen has served for JTM for 6-7 years if i'm not mistaken..She has her own 'klik' and I have my own. Even we seldom get the chance to talk one-to-one, we still have a good relationship to each other.


Today, there're just me and Kak Leen the only woman in the office. Everybody are taking their leaves.

So, since there's nothing much to do, and the students have just completed their portfolio task, she asked me out for breakfast. We talk about many things..Personal, students, & career..She loves to tell her experience being an instructor, and how the students who have the differed character should be dealt..I love to listen, and it's quite funny..haha..

Again, in the afternoon, she asked me out for lunch. We had our lunch at McD Ayer Keroh..being with her all day long has gave me the opportunity to get to know her more better..and spoken to her has brought me afterthought on what is being an instructor (or in a common term, a teacher) all about..and then, what should I highlight is, she had advised me to create a few characters in front of the students, let them not to understand u to bring their respect to us (because she said, we definitely won't understand them all), just treat them as our children, it's ok to be harsh with them (dgn niat untuk mendidik dorang) and hit them if necessary.. don't show if we want to help them..because they'll know themselves and understand what we are doing once they have completed their study..let them think..
i was very amazed..know what, a very naughty student has come to her (before we go to lunch) and seek for her apology..he cried out loud and tarik tgn kak leen sambil cium tgn kak leen..semuanya berlaku depan mata aku...sambil dlm hati berkata, "oh, begini rupanya menjadi seorang cikgu.."..kagum dgn kak leen, dia begitu ikhlas dlm mendidik...I hope I can be one...
then dalam kete menuju ke Ayer Keroh, ktorg bersembang...

aku: ape kak leen da ckp kt dorang dlm kelas td?
kak leen: takdelah..ala...biase2 je..standard kalo budak da nak abes, kite mintak maaf la...bg dorg nasihat sume
aku: nape Ijam sedih sgt tu?..
kak leen: entahla...dia kate dia tersentuh...sbb dia rase dia mmg bdk nakal
aku: sy mmg tak tengok muka Ijam td..sy ni mmg tak leh tengok org nangis, nanti dgn saya2 skali
nangis...hahaha
kak leen: akak pun tahan2 je td tu sbnrnye...hahaha
aku: tp rase nk gelakkan dia pun ade kak..bile akak ckp, ape kenangan awak yg indah sgt dgn sy ni smpai awak nangis mcm ni skali...sy slalu marah awak je..hahaha

ktorg pun gelak...hadoiii la...macam2....


Afterall, it was a very interesting job though..like what kak leen said, I prefer to be an instructor, rather than sitting under the Unit...Biarlah memeningkan kepala, berdepan dgn student...tp sebenarnya, ia byk mematangkan diri kita...

I'll take all the good things I've learned from Kak Leen..and thanks for all the advice. You're such a good teacher, mother, and sister!



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