The Sense of Achievement

As a teacher, he or she might easily be touched by students' warm blessings, such as a Christmas/ New Year/ birthday card, or comfort after some angry moment. However, the most touching moment might be that his/her students get greater honor or realize something greater, especially in the subject he/she is instructing.

Yesterday I got a text message from one of my students in extended courses in NKFUST two years ago. The students told me that he was awarded a second position in a nation-wide undergraduate English composition contest, in addition to a notice about an interview for an NTNU graduate program. Well, this is not the first time he informed me good news. He used to be awarded a scholarship from StudioClassroom Magazine and be assigned to a university to study English in spite of his specialty in electronical engineering.

Also another student from the same extended courses used to phone me for additional conversation practice (Of course it's in English!). He is a hard worker despite his poor pronunciation and grammar. This student is a vet who loves travel. Once he told me how important English was to him after he visited Japan. He was greatly motivated by talking to Japanese in English. He even phoned me from Japan and told me in English about his trip.
On hearing them what they did greatly in English, I was really moved. What a great sense of achievement for me to contiune my career as a tutor. Because of them, I will try my best in this field and pass on the happiness of learning in English.


22:10 December 04, 2005.