If there's someone called a teacher in my life dictionary, it would be my father then my late mother. Being my first educator, they surely deserve the title. However, it's still unfair to ignore the most important factor of my success(or i would say what I have got so far) which is a TEACHER. Why? Because without them, I would not be here right now :D
Teacher - an easy word to spell and pronounce, a simple imagination of what it is but a strong figure to be. Let me tell you a story, not a story on myself but a story of a person with the name Teacher.
I still remember, maybe not all but some of the memories....
In Kindergarten
The one who clean my discharge when I vomit on the bus - Teacher
The one who cooked for me and bring me to swimming pool during my kindergarten - Teacher
In Primary School
The one who calmed me down and took me to my father when I was crying - Teacher
The one who took away my whole holiday week by giving a ton of work and made me cried every single time struggling with it- Teacher
In High School
The one who calm me down and share my sadness during my mother's death - Teacher
The one who brought me food at the school just to see my joy - Teacher
The one who crumple my drawings until I can draw well - Teacher
The one who called me son at the moment I have no mother - Teacher
The one who threw a slipper at me to wake me up for Subuh prayer - Teacher
The one who scolded me because of my poor time management during a school trip - Teacher
The one I shared my problem with - Teacher
The one who spent time doing research for innovation competition - Teacher
The one who appointed me to be the leader for my group - Teacher
The one who treat me lunch when we meet - Teacher
The one who spent time with me just to see my drawing even though she's tired because she's pregnant - Teacher
The one who told me not to be a crap - Teacher
The one who cried when I decided to drop a subject - Teacher
In College
The one who stayed up late with me to finish my "personal statement" for university application - Teacher
The one who believed in me to study abroad and push me forward until I achieved it - Teacher
The one who ran and jogged and acted just to make us understand physics - Teacher
The one who held external classes just to make us better - Teacher
The one who taught me to be "internationally open" - teacher
In Uni
The one who told me not to give up and encourage me - Teacher
The one who give me a new chance when I was about to give up - Teacher
The one who threw away my model which I spent few nights working on - Teacher
The one who recognized my effort and saved me from a bad group - Teacher
and yes, the list goes on. They are all memories that consist not only me but also my friends who were their students that time.
I have done a lot of wrongdoings to them but still, they treat me as their student like nothing ever happened(well at least for them who still remember me).
This is what I want to say, to all my dear TEACHERS
For everything I have done wrong when I was your student - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not visiting you at old school - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not being by your side when you are sick or having problems - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not being a medical student and aiming for a doctor as you wish - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not being able to wish you when you got a new child - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not being there during your wedding - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not being able to contact you via fb and phone - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not bringing you anything when I go to school - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
For not being fair in visiting each of you - I'm sorry, Please forgive me
and yet, the list also goes on.
Time might be my excuse, friends might be one of the reasons I told you. But, to be honest, that is not it. It's because I am embarrassed. I am afraid/scared/shy to see all of you because... just because I do not know whether I have done my best to be your student or not. But believe me, I have always thought of you because without you, I would have been here.
Thank You TEACHER and I am really sorry for everything.
Happy Teachers' Day to all my teachers!!!
Your Student,
Syahmi
