– a Singaporean teacher's storeroom 🖖
上周四年中会考成绩放榜后，过去一周“忙”的就是学生重不重考的事宜。
刚和一对父母（都是波兰人）聊了女儿重考与否的问题。
天下父母心，身为父母，完全能够理解做父母对孩子未来所做的全盘思考。
尽管成绩不理想，最后决定——不重考。
通话快结束时，正向父母表达歉意。这时学生的妈妈说道：
“女儿告诉我们，她学了九年的华文。今年是第一次不怕上华文课。”
教师节虽是下周，这可以算是早来的教师节礼物吧？
Happy Teachers’ Day in advanced to one and all teachers (:
first saw this story forwarded to me by mallika:
A teacher from Primary School asks her students to write a essay about what they would like God to do for them… At the end of the day, while marking the essays, she read one that made her very emotional.
Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her:- ‘What happened?’
She answered- ‘Read this. It is one of my students’ essay.’
‘Oh God, tonight I ask you something very special :
Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house.
Have my own special place, And have my family around ME.
To be taken seriously when I talk….
I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruptions or questions.
I want to receive the same special care that theTV receives even when it is not working.
Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired.
And I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring me…
And… I want my brothers to fight to be with me…
I want to feel that family just leaves everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me.
And last but not least, ensure that I can make them all happy and entertain them…
Lord I don’t ask you for much… I just want to live like a TV.’At that moment the husband said :- ‘My God, poor kid. What horrible parents!’
The wife looked up at him and said:- ‘That essay is our son’s !!!
yes, this is a situation many working parents like ourselves’ guilty of from time to time, if not most of the time. did a google search and found an anecdote which could possibly be the response of junior:
I asked my son who loves watching TV more than anything else he enjoys doing …I asked” How nice if I was a tv…You would watch me whole day!!!””
He replied..” I would take you and throw you out…”
I replied..” But why just think how nice if I was the tv we could be together because you love tv so much”He replied” I would replace you because YOU WILL ONLY FEATURE THE INDIAN CHANNEL!!!”
that’s life and that’s juniors, both unpredictable many at times (:
have seen this story some years back but didn’t get a chance to store it away. there are a few variations of this story, a minor tweak here and there but more or less the same. here’s it:
There was once an American businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Mexican village. As he sat, he saw a Mexican fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore and noticed that the fisherman has caught quite a number of big fishes that is known to be a delicacy. The American was really impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fishes?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and you could catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
The fisherman simply does not agree. “This is enough to feed my whole family,” he says.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day then?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fishes, then I would go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I will take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I will join my buddies in the village for a drink, we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night. My days are ever so complete and carefree.”
The businessman does not agree with his way of life and offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD holder graduated from Harvard University, specialising in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you have to spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fishes as possible. And when you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fishes. As you go on, you will be able to afford to buy more boats, recruit more fishermen and lead a team of your own. Soon you will be able to set up your own company, your very own production plant for canned food and do direct selling to your distributors. At that time, you will have moved out of this village and to Mexico City, and then expand your operation to LA, and finally to New York City, where you can set up your HQ to manage all your other branches.”
The fisherman asks, “So, how long would that take?”
The businessman reply, “About 15 to 20 years.”
The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, by then you will be rich, your income will be coming in by the millions!”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning and catch a few fishes, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”
(copied via http://bluehaert.wordpress.com/2006/05/02/story-the-businessman-and-the-fisherman/ . another version: http://www.thefastlanetomillions.com/off-topic-discussion/20416-businessman-fisherman.html)
so do you want to be the fisherman or the businessman? 忙 盲 忙！