A Person who has made a Difference in my Life
Miss Carol Chen was the last of my three elementary school teachers,
who taught me from my fourth year till my graduation two years later. Out
of all three teachers, she taught me the longest, and certainly handed me a
lot of important life lessons, which many of them is still useful to me today.
I know little about her background, since she rarely shared these
information with me. It’s known that she was born in late 1980s, in either
Ciaotou or Gangshan (Or Cijhen), Kaohsiung, Taiwan to a couple who are
both public servants in the local government and that she remained unmarried
till today.
She, in my memories, is a strict, no-nonsense, yet also a kind person at the
same time. She cares a lot of things about our class; our cleaning work, academic
performance, homework etc.……. and often reprimanded or even scolded us
heavily when we failed or slacked off on these things. But, she also deeply loved
and cared about her students, often treating them like her own children (probably
due to fact that she’s unmarried).
However, the one lesson she gave to us was the most influential to me till today
is still the moral and the conduct that she taught us. She always said “Honesty,
respect and thankfulness are the best attributes that a person could have.” and that
quote from her pretty much summed what I said above up.
“Honesty” taught that I should not cover up my mistakes with lies. It will only
make the matter worse. It also taught me the mutual trust between people is
something you should cherish, because once it’s broken, it will be very difficult to
rebuild it.
“Respect” taught me that I should put myself in other’s shoes more. And it also
taught me not to look down or judge on other peoples, especially to those who are
different from you. Because everyone is a like a flower; every flower in world will
have its chance to blossom.
And finally, “Thankfulness” taught me to cherish what I had now, and don’t worry
about what you don’t have now. It also taught me to not to treat everything as
granted.
who taught me from my fourth year till my graduation two years later. Out
of all three teachers, she taught me the longest, and certainly handed me a
lot of important life lessons, which many of them is still useful to me today.
I know little about her background, since she rarely shared these
information with me. It’s known that she was born in late 1980s, in either
Ciaotou or Gangshan (Or Cijhen), Kaohsiung, Taiwan to a couple who are
both public servants in the local government and that she remained unmarried
till today.
She, in my memories, is a strict, no-nonsense, yet also a kind person at the
same time. She cares a lot of things about our class; our cleaning work, academic
performance, homework etc.……. and often reprimanded or even scolded us
heavily when we failed or slacked off on these things. But, she also deeply loved
and cared about her students, often treating them like her own children (probably
due to fact that she’s unmarried).
However, the one lesson she gave to us was the most influential to me till today
is still the moral and the conduct that she taught us. She always said “Honesty,
respect and thankfulness are the best attributes that a person could have.” and that
quote from her pretty much summed what I said above up.
“Honesty” taught that I should not cover up my mistakes with lies. It will only
make the matter worse. It also taught me the mutual trust between people is
something you should cherish, because once it’s broken, it will be very difficult to
rebuild it.
“Respect” taught me that I should put myself in other’s shoes more. And it also
taught me not to look down or judge on other peoples, especially to those who are
different from you. Because everyone is a like a flower; every flower in world will
have its chance to blossom.
And finally, “Thankfulness” taught me to cherish what I had now, and don’t worry
about what you don’t have now. It also taught me to not to treat everything as
granted.
