Obviously, I have too many to mention on Twitter but of course, I couldn't help mentioning MRS. WONG SIEW CHIN, my A-Levels Chemistry Teacher. One who really got my life together for me, not only in terms of education, but also spiritually. She's actually a combination of all those that was mentioned. She's kind, caring, gentle, strict, funny, and basically everything nice that you can think about. Her methods of teaching me, definitely paid off because she got me, my one and only A-Level distinction, which till this very day, I'm very proud of! :) She was my teacher, and even though she's my colleague now, I still call her teacher, because she really deserves so much respect. Especially cos she's really changed my life! I can't stop talking about her, because she really is amazing :) So proud to be her student!
Once upon a time, believe it or not, I HATED MATHS! Until, I went for this tuition, and my teacher's name was Mrs. Chan. I don't really know her full name, but her tuition was in her house, over at Jalan Gasing. From then on, I had perfect mathematical skills. I LOVED AND ADORED MATHS! <3 I'm what I would call, a Maths Freak! Since then, the only teachers I loved in high school are my maths teachers. My teachers who deserve a mention are Pn. Faezah, Pn. Jamaliah, Pn. Kwan, and Mrs. Lee. And then, I found Add Maths, which happen to come together with THE BEST ADD MATHS TEACHERS EVER! I had Pn. Kwan in school, and Mr. Lee Chin Choy in tuition. Since then, I'm very proud to say, I've never achieved less than a 95 in Modern Maths and less than 98 in Add Maths. Yes, thanks to Pn. Kwan and Mr. Lee, I have achieved 100 in Add Maths before! Am I proud of myself, or am I proud? :)
So those are my academic teachers :)
Then, there are my dance teachers! My mummy, Ms. Leong and Ms. Tham who taught me Ballet. For pushing me as a child. And then there's Ms. Tham, Mr. Chris, Aunty Siat Peng (Ms. Loo), and gang for teaching me Tap. For bringing me so much closer to Tap and now, I'm spreading the joy of tapping to my students! And then, there's Mr. Chris and Vivian Chan for bringing me closer a teeny bit to Jazz. I do regret not going deep into it though, but thank you for opening my eyes to the life of Jazz. Then there's Mr. Loh, for bringing me closer to Latin. I didn't do it for long, but I did love it a lot. Especially the part where I wear a skirt, fling it about and dance in HEELS :)
Then there are all my HIP-HOP teachers!!! I have many, but there is one, I really adore, till today. The one who pushed me so hard, I refused to give up! FELLEST YAN SUN SHUNG! He brought me into the Hip-Hop world. I love and indulge myself in Hip-Hop today, because of him! Once upon a time, he taught a beginners' class in my studio. I was a beginner and had never touched hip-hop before. The entire class consisted of girls, and all of us were/are ballerinas. During that session, he got so upset at our shy-ness and refusal to follow his orders, he stomped out of the studio in anger. At the end of the session, he made a very bold statement. A statement which changed my life. He said, "Ballet dancers can never be good Hip-Hop dancers". I took that statement as a challenge, making Hip-Hop my life. Since then, I have joined a televised competition, Astro Battleground 2007 (Top 4!) with CID Crew, and many other competitions since. :)
Among my many other teachers are, Sharlin, Bobby, Raymond, Kelvin, Alex, Ah Fai, Dion, and many many others. Even those who taught me via YouTube and don't even know it. I have too many hip-hop teachers. Even International ones, like Shay Normann, Marcus Tucker.. I have learned so much. And then there's Celica. He really has taught me so much, and so patient. Thank you!
So those are/were my dance teachers!
And then, there are teachers, who do not necessarily teach you academics, or whatever, but teach you about life.
I want to thank my ex, for teaching me how bad of a bastard men can be. I'm not saying all men are like that, but you were, and I thank you for opening my eyes to how bad a breakup can be. I learned a lot about relationships through him, as he was my first. I admit that I made a lot of mistakes in my past relationship. He's not the only one to be blamed. Sigh. Can't believe I just said that! :P
Thank you to my current bf, who has taught me so many other important things. The best thing he's taught me, is that small little gestures, can count as showing someone how much you love them. He actually likes the fact that I like to lie on his shoulder, and he says that it's a small gesture of me showing him, how much I want to be him/be with him. :) So sweet right? He taught me a lot about football. I started supporting United, initially because he likes United. Then I started indulging myself in the fact that I adore watching 22 men running around trying to put 1 teeny tiny ball, into a net. It's actually a really technical game, and I really enjoy watching United playing! Then there's Starcraft 2, and basically so many other things. But most of all, he taught me how to love myself. Something I haven't been doing for quite some time now. I think that's the most important and biggest lesson he's ever taught me, and I really thank him for that!
Thank you to my family, who's taught me that having a big and loving, fun and funny family, is actually really cool! I have a super huge family, especially on my dad's side, and I'd like to think that we are kinda close, although we usually see each other once a year! But when we do get together, we go really crazy! So much fun!
Thank you Aunty Mary for teaching me how to sing! :)
Thank you to my church members for helping me grow spiritually, especially Daniel & Eunice, Joseph & Jamie, Davin, Andrea, Andrew Khoo, etc. and all who's names I have left out. You know who you are and just, THANK YOU!
Teachers, I believe are not just about academics. There are so many different kinds of teachers. It's a question of whether you acknowledge them or not.
Love, Sheryl1986 <3
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