there was once a girl who met this lady that she never liked yet the lady treated her very well.
this girl met this lady during her secondary school days, she(thelady) was her chinese teacher for the last two years of her secondary school life.
the girl never liked that lady, she(thegirl) tried to be rude during lessons which in turn was forgiven or not even taken into account, she tried to make the lady's lesson hard to continue, giving non-constructive remarks, exclaiming how chinese will be useless in time to come and other ridiculous comments.
one fine day, however, the lady had to go back to her hometown for some medical treatments and never to be back. she passed a letter to this girl.
here goes(translated):
XX,
you are my favourite student. in fact, i'd never see you as my student but my child, my little friend. be it that you're naughty, big-mouthed, i had never disliked. childrens are like that moreover a clever one.
when i first started teaching in SG, i'm really not used to it, classes are scary. however, slowly, i started to realise the characteristic of all of you and that you people are not revengeful but blithe, dont like to learn, basic principle were still kind. being with you people though sometimes might filled with anger, but after a moment the anger will disappear into the thin air, like you people, dont remembered it.
you are a very loyal, righteous child, even though you tend to be rough but your inner world is very rich, understand every bit of teacher's effort. i saw many outstanding quality in you, so unforgetable.
hope in future you can get to learn something you love and able to display skills in your superiority position, also wish that your chinese will be improve and wish to see you in china, the mischievous yet mature you.
Wishes,
Happiness and Success.
Your Teacher and Friend,
XX
XX/XX/2003
the lady left her address and phone number on a paper in the envelope. at that very moment, the letter left the girl's eyes filled with tears at the brim. it was really a touching one because of how the girl had treat the lady, that was what actually the lady felt. quite silly and dumb as the girl had never felt the same the lady did.
the lady asked the girl to email her when her Os result is out but the girl did not.
then on, they stopped contacting.Labels: ramblings