Friday, July 23, 2010

I Am a Student

Currently, my status is as a student in International Islamic University Malaysia. After graduating from my degree, I never expected to continue my studies into higher level and never dreamed to study overseas. My parents also never forced me to study after graduating from my degree. But, they never block me away to continue my study. I said to my parents “I would like to try to be an independent student”. And my parents answered “Yes, that's what we want you to be because you are still young, we are getting old and you will be our next generation”.

When I went back to my home, my father always asked me “what were you doing besides your studies?." Because I am getting fat and at that time I'm in my home town for holidays. He also asked me "what were you thinking of your life? Did you never fasting?," I understood what the messages are all about... I couldn’t tell it here. It would be so many explanations.


As you know earlier that my status is a student. But my activity after studying in the class is a part-timer’s teacher. I am happy to teach. I could share my knowledge with my students. Even I felt tired but I didn’t feel tired during teaching. I opined that a teacher is only the status in front of the student. Honestly, I learned so many things indirectly from them. Formally, I am a part-timer’s teacher. Certainly, I acknowledge myself as a student in front of them and they are my teachers informally. So, you can imagine who is the teacher actually..?

Normally, to be a teacher is to be paid for his prosperity. I don’t know, I never thought of this matter. When the head master asking me “How much should I paid you?”. I answered “I don’t know and it’s up to you?”. It sounds like an unprofessional teacher. For me, it doesn't matter, I would be happy to say that, because whenever I had been asked about the amount of salary from him, it wouldn’t make me to be a rich man and it doesn't fit my feeling to teach. I just want to share of what I knew and I want to know of what they knew. It makes me happy...:)

When I decided to be a teacher, then I never expected to have so much money from this profession. Because a teacher is not a seller who has weekly or monthly income expectation, a teacher is not a money investor that could doubled his own money. And I'm still remember that I am a student and my status in Malaysia is as a student and want to be a student forever. I know who I am..please remind me if I forget and do not study.


Thank you..

1 comments:

Syahruzzaky said...

Woww... your Gontorian identity still exists even you've been in Malaysia... Keep fighting...

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