Last Friday night ago I came home drenched with rainwater after I had tuition at Taman Melawati. I was thinking to myself, "Why do I need to go through all this?". It's Friday night and I suppose to have a rest at home. Again it is a matter of choice for myself. I had chosen to spend 1 good hour teaching Science on Friday night at Taman Melawati as charity work. Therefore, it is not right for me to complaint or to whine.

It has been two weeks since i started teaching Math and Science tuition at Rumah Anak Yatim Bakawali, Taman Melawati. At first, my students were a bit cautious (probably it is a wrong word to describe their reaction) but later in the first week they became friendly and quite jolly.

As usual, I told them about rules in my class. Number one; everyone must ask questions. Number two; learn to speak louder. Number three; everyone must have paper and pen/pencil during Math tuition and finally number four; don't forget to bring the brain as well to the classroom.

Last week I gave them an assigment. The assignment is to write to me of what they want to be in future. They must describe to me what is their goal and reasosn why they choose their goal. In addition to that, I also stressed that they must include challenges and strategies they adopt to overcome the aforementioned challenges. Some wrote to me in short paragraph and some returned to me with essay.

All I can say after reading through the writings is they don't know much about what they want to be. They based their goal, I mean, their ambition, on common perception and society's perspective. For example, to be a medical doctor one must obtain Ph.D. Hmmm, I'm pretty sure this is so wrong!

I'm now writing a reply letter to everyone personally. I know it's gonna take sometimes but it is important for them to realize that some people do care about what they want to be. Perhaps, tell them to do more research on their goals so they have better understanding of what they want to be in the future.

Anyway, I need a few volunteers who can teach English to these kids. I am now teaching them Math and Science for PMR. I think I've got someone to teach Math and Science for SPM, but still we need somebody to teach them English. Their English is so poor, seriously!

Anybody want to volunteer?