the part i love most about the job...

it was recess time and i was eating with my students (oh yeah i relief teach once in a while at Northland Pri) when this malay boy not from my class (at least a pri 2 student) came up to me and sticked out his hand and said "teacher, salem.." i think he wanted to do the shaking of hands followed by the touching of the heart where malay people do to express sincerity (can any malay correct me if im wrong? did i spell the term correctly, salem? coz thats roughly what the boy told me..)
anyway i told him that i am not a malay and he was rather embarrassed and ran away haha..poor kid..good thing he did not catch me consuming pork and go away with some warped idea about his religion..
the happiest time i am when teaching the children is when i get to teach them about ethics and morality..i dont have a proper civics and moral ed class but in between subjects like english, i will always seize the chance to educate them about topics such as stealing (they are only 8 yrs old lar dont expect me to teach them about homosexuality and stuff right..)
anyone who thinks that the moral standards of this world is fine and is not going downhill seriously needs to have his/her values re-evaluated.
this is what i love most about the job..for what use is there to bring up a well-educated being without a well-defined sense of morality?
oh yeah i also love flag lowering..all the high, unbroken screaming voices singing to the national and school anthem!