today marks the official last day of Rab who has lent great support to me this year.
another thing I would like to note down in this storeroom is two other graduating students that i had 缘 to teach this year (earlier on I posted the first BSh):
the second student is ZQ. despite “我不喜欢华文” and dad’s pressurising was not too helpful, he has put in a lot of efforts when doing my homework. for someone who struggled so hard with foundational knowledge such as 词汇 and 句法, he still gave his best to compose 2.5 pages (that’s easily >600 words) essays. for someone where single digit score is common place, he has perservered in our 6 mths learning journey together. I’m glad he obtained a final grade that opens door for him to enter JC next year. and thanks to his dad for finally letting it go and not forcing his boy to retake in hope of further improving in grades.
the third student is JX. he is another student who has struggled with foundational knowledge in 词汇 and 句法, and I learnt that he had been looking at offering CL B at the beginning of this year. at the beginning of the year when I am officially his 老师，we had two chats, where I encouraged him to continue to study express CL and to sit for the exams at O-levels, and only consider switching to CL B if results were unsatisfactory. like ZQ above, he has also demonstrated great perseverance in his work, and receiving essays >800 words is not uncommon. I knew he had a good chance of making a pass, but 天意弄人，he had fallen quite ill in June, and that greatly affected his performances for oral and listening compre which are important components of the whole exam.
with these 3 students who we had 缘 and fought a difficult battle together, 2021 has been a good year for me despite some distant echo reminding me that teachers are only good and worthy if they produce 5-point value-added results.
2022 is going to be an exciting year ahead, for I’ll be once again teaching 12-13 yrs old after a 20 yrs break hahaha.