Present,The Teacher, My Favourite

Okay, I know it's not Teacher's Day yet, but recent happenings have sparked an urge for me to write about and thank my teacher. Wait, I wonder how should I address her now. Let's just say she was Ms Elaine Lam back then. Why did she get a special thanks from me? Probably because my maths took centre stage while she was my mathematics teacher. She is a woman of great talents, probably someone like Mr Terence Toh, minus the occasional arrogance. She was the most eye pleasing teacher in Zhonghua back in those days.

If you have read my past posts, you may have got a hint that my secondary school life wasn't that great, especially in Sec 3. I was constantly in turmoil at school, new subjects, classmates that don't seemed to get along (at least on the surface they did), not to mention a form teacher that constantly picked on me. Mathematics became my only solace in the gloom as I sat quietly there, hoping that at least something good should happen in these bad times.

Perhaps that something was her. She said that maths is never a difficult subject and she would help the class get through the 2 math subjects. That is really true, for there are like 8 out of 10 people getting A's for 'O' level Mathematics and Add. Mathematics. My maths was good but not the best. At the class level, I was never the top, but among the top. And so like a supporting actor, I never got as much attention as the lead, at most a few fans. This year was different, I came out tops with 90% for add. maths, the best part was the 2nd best in class managed only a 62%. Wow talk about sparrow transformed into a phoenix.

I shall not go on with all the hoohah about what happened next. Point is I got to work more closely with Ms Lam after that, for my work proved to be of standard to supplement her teaching materials. Furthermore, I was the AV personnel back then. So I was real proud when I was setting up the OHP and this close to hearing that Ms Lam was once again using my work for reference. Those were the days when my glimmer of hope came from her (my form teacher still picks on me). Thank you, Ms Lam, from the bottom of my heart.

Ya, Ms Lam got a facebook account recently and I'm glad she still knows who I am. Time really flies, I watched her (figurative) from being single to being married to having kids now. All the best to you, Ms Lam, my favourite teacher.