This blog post has been intended for more than a month, but i am just too busy with my graduating classes to sit down comfortably and pen type this post.

1st September is a special day for all teachers, tutors and coaches in Singapore. This is an official school holiday for MOE (Ministry of Education) teachers and celebrations are normally conducted the day before, where students usually get half a day off from school.

For me, i have no offs, no leaves, no elaborate celebrations such as dancing, singing and performance put up by students. In fact i was teaching my Sec 4 O-Levels Wednesday Revision Class from 6 – 9pm in an intensive mode, to get them prepared for upcoming GCE O-Levels Chemistry exams.

I wasn’t expecting anything but there were surprises – presents, “Happy Teacher’s Day Mr Chua!” wishes and more importantly their appreciation that i was using all my energy and knowledge to make Chemistry a more interesting subject for learning (also, coming up with strategies for them to score the marks they desire in exams).

I wish to use this blogpost to thank all of you for the wonderful wishes and lovely presents – they serve as great encouragement for me to put in even more effort and new ideas to coach you! =) I appreciate the gestures!

The ‘sunflower’ is now spending quality time with potted plants outside my house…good to see it every morning. Wish all my students would be smiling like sunflower….always.

Reading their thoughts was always motivational………

Consumed and digested when i was working late night to answer student’s email enquiry. haha

Still eating this lovely chocolate set..each actually has slight alcohol content. Wow! 1st time in my life i am tasting so many variety of alcohols…lol..not recommended for students though.

Always nice to see SMILEYs…don’t you agree with me?

Last but not least, i would also like to take this opportunity thank all my teachers and lecturers that have taught me in my life. Thank you so much for imparting knowledge and life skills to me. I will not be who i am today without you!

“Hi Sean, thank you and i wish you a very happy Teacher’s Day too! Keep up the good work of supporting all of us in school by coaching the weaker ones. Your successful venture is a testimony of a job well done ”

By: Mdm Phua, my ex-teacher that inspired me and is still an inspiration to many others at the moment. Keep teaching Mdm Phua!

PS: If you like to find out more about my Teacher’s Day 2009, click HERE!

PPS: If you are an educator (teacher, trainer, coaches, tutors, etc), i would love to hear from you.