Teachers Day Celebration 2009

Today, we celebrated Teachers' Day at our school level. It was entirely organised by the students. There were dancing, and singing, and drama, a gamelan performance, a band performance, telematches, and of course, a party. I think everyone enjoyed themselves tremendously.

It is in events like this that students are able to showcase their talents, and it always warms my heart to see them putting their best feet forward.

Today, in front of all our students, we renewed our annual pledges to commit ourselves to our professions. A challenging profession, but nonetheless rewarding.

Here is a stanza of the late Usman Awang's poem Guru Oh Guru, written way back in 1979, speaking of the nobility of the teaching profession :

Jika hari ini seorang Perdana Menteri berkuasa

Jika hari ini seorang Raja menaiki takhta

Jika hari ini seorang Presiden sebuah negara

Jika hari ini seorang ulama yang mulia

Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara

Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka

Jika hari ini siapa sahaja menjadi dewasa;

Sejarahnya dimulakan oleh seorang guru biasa

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