Where we were Part 3

Er brought home her report card last week. I did not expect much alahai darjah satu ja hehe but she made me proud as she got 5As. (Eh apasal 5 subjeks ja ek budak darjah satu takda sejarah and Geography?) 



2 of the subjects were 80 plus but still under A category (best nya). I went through with her some of the wrong questions for the right answers and she said she knew them actually and she got it right on the first time. Then, she erased it and rewrote her answer because she said her friend said that she got them wrong- so beriya la tunjuk bekas padam and memang nampak la situ sikit sikit.


I asked her, ‘ why do you do that?’ why you have to listen to your friend?. You have to be confident of your answers k and if you got it wrong on your own then you learn from it but if you got it wrong because you allow yourself to be influenced by your friend and got it wrong instead – that is very pitiful. Teranguk anguk tak tau la faham ke tak but her father repeated the same remarks to her. Kalau salah or even if you scored bad but you do it all by yourself we will still be proud of you.


Hmm back to the A’s, senang ja bebudak sekarang dapat A kan. I never got straight A’s when I was in secondary school :(. I told you kan that I was not that smart of a girl then :). I was only an average student, never in A class but always in a B class. Averagely in science and Math and always fail in English. Remember penilaian darjah 5? I got D for my English. If the others went to boarding school, I remained where I was as my PD5 was bad.


Yes my parents always said, ‘study hard study memolek, we all sekolah atap ja we don’t know English but you must learn’. But there were not enough help. The language was so foreign to me. I went to Tadika Kemas at 6 years old . Er went to English Kinder garden starting at age 4 years old. My tadika kemas was one teacher taught all. Er’s kinder garden was one to one teaching after the group teaching. My father only finished standard 6. I completed a degree (cehhhh)- yeah there were so many factors- but I am forever thankful for where I am today. I got lucky. Not simply lucky though. I believe that is Allah’s plan for me- itu bahagian hidup saya and yes I am so grateful for my parents prayers of course.  - they sent me to a school located 20km from my house just simply they wanted me to make friends with Chinese and India so I could speak English with them ( sekolah terdekat jalan kaki semua melayu ).


Back to the school then :), English class was always a nightmare. I was afraid if the teacher pointed at me and said “eda now your turn ” oh how I dreaded reading in public and reading in English pulak. I would normally sit quietly staring at my book or try to cover my face in it. I figured that if I stayed still and keep very quiet, my teacher would somehow forget that I was actually in that class.

As I proceeded to standard 2, 3, and so on. I notice that the only subjects that I could score were the subjects that required me to memorize. History, Geography, Spelling heheh these were my favorite. I think that I was kind of proud of myself in that area- that I got such a great brain that could remember things – a lot of things hehehe.


When I was in standard 6, I met one teacher – he was tall, fair, good looking (at least to me) and he focused on each of us instead of us as a group ( I awalys think that teacher is another variable factor whether one can excel or not ). He was young, 22 years old, just got back from Japan – he not only taught me Bahasa Melayu or  Mathematic (I could not remember)but he was also my class teacher. He was inspiring us (or maybe only me :)) to study hard, to do good deeds to our parents, to excel, to jadi orang berguna. He brought all his photo albums and showed them to us as a way to motivate us – I guess- all his photos in Japan, his photos in the snow and all – we were inspired and we were dreaming :)


Oh I love you then and I love you still now as you had given me such an impact – made me want to change – made me want to at least pass all subjects. Made me want to go where you went (hmm I always wanted to study in Japan malangnya tak kesampaian heheh).


I never come across him since I graduated secondary school. wherever you are cikgu – thank you

p/s
Class of 1982-1987 Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Salak South, Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur – thanks for the memory

Dear dear semua where were you 1982-1987 ?:)

Ada yang pernah terjatuh cinta ngan cikgu cikgi hehehe :)

Please read  part 1 and part 2:) as well