tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post5553302446522269057..comments2023-09-30T23:36:08.810+08:00Comments on AL-MANAR: With a sigh ( Pt 4 ) – Do I carry on or call it a day?Al-Manarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-8615133802047277322010-12-20T14:59:52.306+08:002010-12-20T14:59:52.306+08:00Azmiera,
That's very sweet of you, my dear.Azmiera,<br /><br />That's very sweet of you, my dear.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-3895689479190709942010-12-19T14:41:45.236+08:002010-12-19T14:41:45.236+08:00Pakcik,
What has happened to those children?New ge...Pakcik,<br />What has happened to those children?New generation keeps coming as time does.Children should not be blamed for this.Their parents are the ones who shape them.Pak Cik, do not give up.The ex Al-Manar students, including me, are always there for you.We always support you in whatever way we can. If you need help just give me a call.I will try the best as could to help you. If you need an ear I am always there.<br /><br />Take a good care of your health. I love you and Mak Cik.<br />AZMIERAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-64279193558887611982010-12-18T21:26:29.230+08:002010-12-18T21:26:29.230+08:00Nordinmusa,
Yes, let's give the boys enough r...Nordinmusa,<br /><br />Yes, let's give the boys enough rope!<br />Kalau balik KT beritahu.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-2679035178154867382010-12-18T20:23:05.096+08:002010-12-18T20:23:05.096+08:00Dear Pakcik Hassan,
Let the boys be missing for a...Dear Pakcik Hassan,<br /><br />Let the boys be missing for a day or two. Let the boys be boys. During this 'musim tengkujuh' it would be fun to play football in the rain etc etc.... at least that was one of my favorite activities in the 70's..nordinmusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695169212477413374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-52774013728079793272010-12-18T19:02:19.807+08:002010-12-18T19:02:19.807+08:00Cikgu Rahmah,
Cuma perasaan saja. You, being a Ma...Cikgu Rahmah,<br /><br />Cuma perasaan saja. You, being a Master Teacher, would have gone through very much more of this I am definite - just a routine maybe.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-63445685649279931552010-12-17T23:15:24.193+08:002010-12-17T23:15:24.193+08:00i say carry on pakcik!! (hypothetical or not)perha...i say carry on pakcik!! (hypothetical or not)perhaps it's the hols- everyone's in holiday mood. they need u!Rahmahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362524820677220788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-44569595908508537452010-12-16T17:59:58.586+08:002010-12-16T17:59:58.586+08:00Ninotaziz,
I truly understand your message. Thank...Ninotaziz,<br /><br />I truly understand your message. Thank you.<br /><br />I was just venting my bottle up frustration or disappoinment. It is my promise to the children that I would continue helping even if there is just one of them who truly needs my help.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-67687606014473896912010-12-16T17:54:52.493+08:002010-12-16T17:54:52.493+08:00Dear Ayah Wan,
Kalau guru Quran pun rasa macam pa...Dear Ayah Wan,<br /><br />Kalau guru Quran pun rasa macam patah hati apa lah sangat kita ni. Itulah persaan.<br /><br />But I will chug along as long as there is some need for what I can offer. Hope your 'project' is on the road again after the earlir set back. You see, like is full of this.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-76328074698061786662010-12-16T17:50:51.268+08:002010-12-16T17:50:51.268+08:00Ummie,
I do not really understand what citizenshi...Ummie,<br /><br />I do not really understand what citizenship has to do with this voluntary work. And I wonder why you have chosen not to help anymore. You must have felt very bitter over the whole issue. But if it is a good cause give it a chance, or s second chance.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-58423382695166506332010-12-16T14:44:59.942+08:002010-12-16T14:44:59.942+08:00I have no experience in teaching except for my fiv...I have no experience in teaching except for my five, providing homework day in day out, reveling when my number one's mastery in physics surpassed mine.<br /><br />I know they are my children, but I feel this immense satisfaction when they finally grasp a new concept, a new way of thinking and master a new way to solve a problem. <br /><br />And I used to teach cousins and younger in-laws mathematics which I loved doing.<br /><br />So I guess, pakcik, what I am trying to say is (and my mum and late grandma, teachers all tell me) the one child who attended class and listened is more important than the ones who did not turn up.<br /><br />And while it may seem cruel, the ones who attended will benefit, the others will not.<br /><br />Does that make sense and help you in any way?<br /><br />Salam.ninotazizhttp://www.poemsbyninotaziz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-28021377922850612502010-12-16T13:24:32.688+08:002010-12-16T13:24:32.688+08:00Dear Bang Hassan,
Inilah cubaan untuk guru. Di man...Dear Bang Hassan,<br />Inilah cubaan untuk guru. Di mana mana kelas Arab/Quran yang saya hadiri.. bilangan murid akan menyusut secara drastic sehingga guru 'patah hati" dan batalkan kelas..<br />May Allah grant you the perseverence to seek His Pleasure.Wan Sharifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152673329947468935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-46806188939932059202010-12-16T11:23:20.806+08:002010-12-16T11:23:20.806+08:00I was approached to volunteer in improving the chi...I was approached to volunteer in improving the children's daily English in my neighbourhood.<br />The class went on for many years until when someone questioning citizenship over children's education. <br />The class was then being run by a local teacher for a while before it was closed.<br />I was approached again, but...Ummiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344599437378885689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-91739932487263131062010-12-16T11:02:26.092+08:002010-12-16T11:02:26.092+08:00C-i-S
I truly wonder what the situation is down u...C-i-S<br /><br />I truly wonder what the situation is down under with male/female ration at universities - becoming increasingly problematic here. I see problems at schools around my area where almost all have female heads and a sprinkling of male teachers. It is not that simple to handle unruly boys. Many female teachers are known to be scared of handling them - cars being scratched, tyres punctured etc.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-43955546733877180612010-12-16T10:54:45.262+08:002010-12-16T10:54:45.262+08:00Amimy 01
It is just a matter of ime the flight wi...Amimy 01<br /><br />It is just a matter of ime the flight will start again. I am hoping that when the school opens next month I will have fresh pupils joining us.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-5830486165175416402010-12-16T08:58:45.837+08:002010-12-16T08:58:45.837+08:00Dear Pakcik,
Take heart. I pray that the boys will...Dear Pakcik,<br />Take heart. I pray that the boys will turn up eventually. Small wonder then that the female population of Uni students is larger. purrrr....meow!Cat-from-Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316678270023647758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-77433511673784217402010-12-16T08:44:25.549+08:002010-12-16T08:44:25.549+08:00Dear Pakcik
I hope Firefly or other airlines will...Dear Pakcik<br /><br />I hope Firefly or other airlines will revive flights to KT, so that I can come during school breaks for reading programme or muhadasah in english with your students. <br /><br />In the lion city public libraries have volunteers doing this for children and I have been under this reading progrmme to needy children not with the libraries but a self-help organisation. This is to encourage reading habit and improve their english.<br /><br />Hopefully more students will attend your class later. Salam to you both. <br /><br />amimy01@littlereddotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-85843086005986933472010-12-16T08:16:07.278+08:002010-12-16T08:16:07.278+08:00Dear Hank,
I wonder whether you have walked in fr...Dear Hank,<br /><br />I wonder whether you have walked in from your Birdhouse or flown over from the end of your Rainbow.<br /><br />I agree we cannot simply discount the boys. But I would not go round looking for them. Hopefully their parents know best.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-21205310008978932192010-12-16T08:08:43.257+08:002010-12-16T08:08:43.257+08:00Nali,
At times one simply likes to let off certai...Nali,<br /><br />At times one simply likes to let off certain feeling of disappoinment which often comes in life when you come up against something you have no control over. You offer kind words, madam.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-68205993921933443862010-12-15T21:36:30.591+08:002010-12-15T21:36:30.591+08:00Dear Pakcik,
It was a blessing to get the 13 to st...Dear Pakcik,<br />It was a blessing to get the 13 to start with. Never mind if it’s all roses. At least they had the desire to move forward with and through al-Manar. I would rather not discount the boys. More often than not they’re somewhere doing chores to help supplement the family income. <br /><br />I knew someone before who on record was a persistent late-comer and frequent absentee in school. Years later when we met he poured out his woes and explained that he had to help at his mother’s stall selling cakes and nasi lemak in the mornings. <br /><br />Otherwise his younger siblings would starve, no thanks to the father who absconded.He made good just the same. It could have been better , though. <br /><br />A 5As student has potential.<br />There’s a way to good English. Read, read, read. Wishing them every success.kaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31195147.post-77585940433362325842010-12-15T20:58:47.152+08:002010-12-15T20:58:47.152+08:00dear pakchik, if i hadn't known the title was ...dear pakchik, if i hadn't known the title was actually a hypothetical question, i would respond with a resounding, 'please do carry on'.<br /><br />i live in a small kampong melayu in the midst of the metropolitan. while some aspects of life here still retain some degree of traditional values, there are many areas in our lives that have spinned out of orbit. as a result, we have all of the social problems you cited. and not just exclusive to the young ones. <br /><br />i know you love to be where you are and what you are doing. that alone stops me from wishing you were here, managing an almanar for our young. for i realise you don't only impart academic knowledge but also character building exercise.<br /><br />so pakchik, assuming the question is a real one, please do carry on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175835731328338617noreply@blogger.com