“Felina. Diana here. Hope you still remember me.” It was a text message I received from Mikhail and Mirza’s granny. Many years have passed but I still remember teaching her son, Hafiz

Hughes texted me “ Thanks for teaching me Bio in 2019. By the way I got A2” Hughes was a student referred to me when he was in only Sec 4. He came to me around the time when I was just embarking on a journey of conducting group classes.

3 years ago, this date, I received the good news from David and his mother. He achieved a total score of 8 points so he could enter Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP). This is a programme offered to students who have done exceptionally well in their N levels and they could then skip out O levels and enter their desired Polytechnic in Singapore and choose their field of interest to pursue for their diploma.

I remember Katherine vividly at grade 4, having a low self esteem and having a lack of confidence in Math. That was also my first opportunity to teach international students then. She was also shy. She would not even say she didn’t understand a single thing unless I asked her or found out myself by observation. The change took place gradually for her.