towards the end of a student life
i think i've said this many times, and i'll say it again - i'm sick of my life in nus.
yes, i'm sick of project deadlines, writing airy-fairy research papers, mugging for exams. i'll rather have twice the amount of stress and work from teaching instead, cause i'll enjoy it.
but as the clock ticks towards the end of a student life, it becomes harder to say that. as class size get smaller, and you get to know more people and profs at a more personal level, suddenly things become more personal.
i'll miss the times where there are so many different courses out there in nus, and you can simply crash one to learn more things. i'll miss the times where i could borrow all kinds of books from the central library, especially when it is relevant for teaching.
i'll miss my friends, my honours classmates. although i'll see most of them in nie, they are the ones who make it harder to leave nus and reduce my cynicism everyday.
i'll miss some of my profs, who taught me so much about life, and are ever so generous not just in terms of money, but in terms of knowledge. like my thai tutors who always treat me as one of their own students even though i'm sitting in most of the time. among all, i'll miss prof ben the most, who taught me so much in his course, and taught me even more after his course, and taught me a lot more when i'm tutoring his course now. among all the debates and arguments we have about the education system and the philosophy of teaching, be it over tea or over gtalk. it's difficult to forget someone who has given you so much, continues to give you more all the time, and offer you to come back and talk to him whenever you learn something new, or have grouses about the system.
it is not that i'm not looking forward towards teaching. i do, and i can't wait, except for those expectations others have of me (which I have learnt to let it not affect me at all).
life goes on. what starts, will end. that's life. but before i thread on the path that i've been waiting for so long, i just wanna take a good look back on this path that is ending, and thank those who made it really special.
thank you
yes, i'm sick of project deadlines, writing airy-fairy research papers, mugging for exams. i'll rather have twice the amount of stress and work from teaching instead, cause i'll enjoy it.
but as the clock ticks towards the end of a student life, it becomes harder to say that. as class size get smaller, and you get to know more people and profs at a more personal level, suddenly things become more personal.
i'll miss the times where there are so many different courses out there in nus, and you can simply crash one to learn more things. i'll miss the times where i could borrow all kinds of books from the central library, especially when it is relevant for teaching.
i'll miss my friends, my honours classmates. although i'll see most of them in nie, they are the ones who make it harder to leave nus and reduce my cynicism everyday.
i'll miss some of my profs, who taught me so much about life, and are ever so generous not just in terms of money, but in terms of knowledge. like my thai tutors who always treat me as one of their own students even though i'm sitting in most of the time. among all, i'll miss prof ben the most, who taught me so much in his course, and taught me even more after his course, and taught me a lot more when i'm tutoring his course now. among all the debates and arguments we have about the education system and the philosophy of teaching, be it over tea or over gtalk. it's difficult to forget someone who has given you so much, continues to give you more all the time, and offer you to come back and talk to him whenever you learn something new, or have grouses about the system.
it is not that i'm not looking forward towards teaching. i do, and i can't wait, except for those expectations others have of me (which I have learnt to let it not affect me at all).
life goes on. what starts, will end. that's life. but before i thread on the path that i've been waiting for so long, i just wanna take a good look back on this path that is ending, and thank those who made it really special.
thank you
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