decade ++ years worth of education... ????

was giving tuition this afternoon, teaching sec 2 science - chemistry, and i suddenly felt that what i was doing was very important.

once again, my rather stunted expression skills does not allow me to describe what im really thinking/feeling.

but i think what im trying to say is, on hindsight, at the point where we are learning something, especially when we are very young, most of the time we dun really know why we are learning say maths (i still dun know why we need to learn differentiation, integration, etc)

or is it just me who just (attempts to) absorb everything like a sponge without comprehending what and why im learning? haha

like my tutee (who's like *does some mental calculation* ummm 7 years younger than me but at least 10 cm taller than me :(( ) was asking me questions abt atoms, chemical formulae, and what is its relation to chemistry, it struck me that what he's learning, and what im attempting to teach, is really the foundation of chemistry. not just the foundation of what he is going to learn for the next dunnoe how many years, but also of his understanding of E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G.

ie to say, really everything is made up of atoms.

once again, i still dun know why we learn maths beyond its relation to $$$ lol phail

i suppose sometimes our education system really focuses on the destination, which is to teach a syllabus within a certain time, to achieve good paper results, that we lose sight of the journey, which is really to educate our children.

and for me, education, should be the knowledge and application of the knowledge gained to understand Life.

howwww i wasted my past decade ++ of education not really understanding what im learning :( haha but not too late, i hope, cause well im still studying :)

and probably for the rest of my life as required by the career i chose :/ lol

but i thiiiink i might have found the motivation to mug. cause well, im learning stuff thats related to Life. as in really human life :)

so hopefully, i can really help my tutee understand why and what he is learning and really apply it to life and dun just mug aimlessly

be good teacher (of Life) is not easy k!

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was riding on bus 33 to my tutee's place at telok kurau, passing thru joo chiat, and i saw all the conserved shophouses with their elaborate carvings, mosaic tiles and wooden shuttles.

and suddenly i felt like being an architect so that i can build nice pretty buildings