Blogging or Lesson Planning?

'A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.'
-Henry Brooks Adams-


Seems like the temptation to blog is stronger than the responsibility to write my lesson plans for tomorrow's lessons! *promise will do that afterward :p* Well, i came across this quote when i was frantically searching for a suitable and decent quote to include in the school's 'Majlis Permuafakatan bersama Ibu Bapa/Penjaga Murid Tahun 6' brochure.

It hit me hard and made me think in what ways have i influenced my little ones in the classroom? Positive influences or negative ones? So far, were they influenced by the way i talk, the things i said, my dressing code, the knowledge and values that i tried to impart or...i have not an influence on them at all? I think it is rather difficult for me to tell. Yet, i do pray that the influences that i have on them are positive and will help me to become a 'jutawan di akhirat' *quoted from Diha who just recently posted that on her fb*, and not a 'muflis di akhirat'.

Back to the quotation, yeah, a teacher affects a student's life forever. It does not stop there, in between the classroom walls. Knowledge and values imparted with passion, love and sincerity, with God's willing, will help the student to lead a better life. The knowledge will then be passed down from a generation to another, until the end of time.

On the other hand, an irresponsible teacher who teaches 'cincai'ly and irresponsibly, will also affect a student's life by depriving him from the education that he deserves, causing him to perform poorly in examinations, land on a job yang 'kais pagi makan pagi, kais petang makan petang' and end up living a poor life *unless he is hardworking enough to free himself from the misery*.

In addition, students are good observers and they will imitate the things a teacher do or say in the classroom. As such, always watch our actions and words, teachers. Never use foul languages in the classroom, in fact, even outside the classroom. We would not want to create future generation who speak and use foul languages that they have picked from their own so-called-teachers. So, think before we act or say something.

In a nutshell, it's not easy to become a teacher. We have to be responsible in whatever we do, amanah in carrying out our duties to educate the students and we should always portray ourselves as good role models to the students. Integrity matters kerana semestinya we can never tell where our influences stop.

Tak nak la nanti berlaku seperti dua situasi di bawah nh...

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Situation 1
Ali gaduh dengan adik and Ali guna kata-kata kesat yang kurang enak didengar, mak marah Ali and tanya mana Ali belajar all those words, Ali jawab 'cikgu polan pun cakap macam tu dalam kelas, mak!'


Situation 2
Guru kencing berdiri, anak murid kencing berlari.



p/s: I finally chose this quotation for the brochure 'Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself' :p