Belated post for 2nd Dec
Last Thursday, Dr Quek was talking to the class and doing a quick survey regarding our length of service in Education. In a blink of an eye, it has been 10 years. I entered service in 1999 and what have I achieved? What legacy have I left behind?
I am not sure if I should be elated to have contributed to the service and helped to mould the future generation or if I should be depressed that I find myself stagnating in my present situation. Perhaps stagnating sounds to negative, but maybe it is true. That staying in one school for these 10 years have been to my detriment. That saying in one place makes you too comfortable and makes you resistant to change. But perhaps it is precisely that there is this comfort of familiarity that makes it difficult to introduce change. I know that going to SMSS was not by fluke and that God has His plan to send me there… and I believe that He will call me out in His time. The question is then, in the meantime, what do I do? How do I introduce change that may propel me into a momentum of new challenges?
Taking up Headship of the Humanities Department is a challenge. But I think that I have found that managing my teachers is one of my strengths. Taking up my Masters is a challenge. I have never been a good student and am not an academic like my sister or can write well like my husband. So this is a challenge that I am sure will introduce some change in my life. So maybe even if I stay in SMSS for another few years, I may still contribute to some change there as I experience change in my own life.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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