What writing means to me

Dear blog,

To become a good writer, it requires a lot and for some people like me it takes me more than motivation and guts to start writing.  In some ways writer like me is a sorry lot. I rarely look at something I wrote and say ‘perfect!’

Give me a moment or a day I will come back to the same article and I’d find dozens of mistakes. Well, to me writing is simply a craft that I never get it perfect. 

Each day I always strive to be better. Somehow I know creatives tend to be perfectionist and writing requires us to keep learning and improving. But that’s good because the drive makes us improve our work and only through practice and effort will make us a good writer. 

I may not be born with good writing skills, but I can say I am one of those who are driven.

Toodles!

What is it really like?

Dear blog, 

Its been 5 years since I reported myself in the system. I’ve grown so much ever since. Working in this field is not solely focus on the teaching but I need to be prepared in so many ways. Teaching is just imparting knowledge but as a full fledge teacher I must be ready for students to open up their hearts, sharing their dreams and deepest fear. We were once kids and we knew how it felt like growing up without guidance and no one to talk to. What I can do is to help them as much as I possibly could to achieve their potential and provide opportunities for later part of their lives. 

Besides, what I noticed is that, being a teacher we need to be more flexible in everything we do as well as when dealing with students’ problems and the issues including childhood experiences, abuses, social life, family, bullying, inequality and all sorts. 

Truth to be told that these students will soon grow and enter different stages of life. So they will eventually experience whats the real deal of the world they live in.  It is a challenge for us teachers to provide good advice and set good examples for them. 

Well, life is not always a bed of roses.