My Last Day

TOday is my last day at EPPS. It is also Racial Harmony Day. I did minimum teaching today. Just the simple marking of corrections. The rest of the time was sent on fixing the puzzle for KDF. Some of the children knew that today would be my last day and they made cards for me. Simple words of appreciation and gratitude. That is enough to lift my spirits. KNowing that they enjoyed my lessons and that they learnt something from me is enough to put me on cloud nine.

I taught 6 Respect lyric appreciation today. We only had less than 30 minutes and so I could not touch on the topic in details. All I could do was to be direct in telling them that they should try asking themselves who they really are deep inside. What will they be in the future? What do they want to be in the future? What I really hoped to achieve was to get them to understand themselves better so that they can motivate themselves to work hard enough to get through PSLE.

I can sit here and read their cards over and over again. We are not looking for perfect English or perfect presentation. A simple work of 'Thank You' or 'We will miss you!' is enough to bring tears to my eyes.

Some of them looked sad. Take Denise for example. She could not sing during the lesson and I did not see a smile on her face today as I have seen the other days. While they were all very active and happy as usual, I could feel some emotions stirring too. Amos was exceptionally expressive today. THe class sang louder and with expression.

The girls in 4 Courage waved their hands to say their goodbyes, with their sweet-looking smiles and bright shiny eyes. I miss their faces. I miss their laughter. I feel bad that I cannot put their names to the faces a hundred percent.