WONG KA WAI

I'm Wong Ka Wai, a student from the Education Department of the University of Saint Joseph in Macau. Like many others, I chose to study education because I have a deep love for children. Since I was a child, I have aspired to be a teacher, and my greatest hope is to influence life with life. Children are like young seedlings just emerging from the soil. Teachers must provide them with the necessary care - sufficient water, effective fertilization, and weed removal to ensure their healthy growth and development.

In my opinion, the process of becoming a teacher had helped me develop the courage to express myself. I often feel nervous and pressured when facing a crowd or an unfamiliar situation, and I'm afraid to show myself off. During some presentations, I would unconsciously make many small movements and lack the ability to adapt. Even though I had prepared well before the start. However, through multiple teaching trials and presentations during my university years, I gradually observed and listened to how my classmates handled situations and began to try things I wasn't good at. I hope to continue to improve.

During my year 4 internship, I had the opportunity to teach a primary 2B class. As I spent more time with the students, I gradually got to know the personalities and learning abilities of the different children in the class. In my view, the advantage was that I had more time to focus on understanding the students in this class, learning their individual learning styles and unique characteristics, which enabled me to teach them better. However, I also lacked the opportunity to interact with students from other grades or classes. In addition to my school internship, I also tutored students at educational centers and in private homes, which allowed me to understand the different learning styles and personalities of children, helping me learn how to convey knowledge to different students in various ways.

School is to learn knowledge. For me, education is not just the transfer of knowledge, the development of skills; education is more about how we can become better people and how we can warm others. I like the words of educator Tao Xingzhi: Learn to be an Excellent Teacher; Act as an Exemplary Person. Learning is important, but educating people is even more important. It is often said that teachers are the role models of students, and it is not unreasonable. Children's ability to imitate is very strong, they can easily imbue the teacher's words and deeds. Therefore, teachers must establish a good image and influence students with their own actions. In the stage where students are still learning to distinguish right from wrong, teach them the truth of being human correctly.

In my opinion, teacher is not only a profession, but also a professional and a sense of mission. During the internship, I told my students that my relationship with them is a teacher-friend relationship. You have to make friends with them to better understand what they really lack, what they really need, because they will be more willing to express themselves to you. Of course, it is also necessary to be strict when making friends with students, and to be both rigid and soft is the highest state of managing students.