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I Just Love Teaching Young Children …
am Mrs. Maheswaran( Nasamany Nadarajah). I was
I a teacher in Temenggong Abdul Rahman School in Johore Bahru for the first thirty-three years. From 1st January 1962 to 10th January 1995, till my retirement at the age of fifty-five years.
Inspiring Lives Beyond Services
Story by Mrs Maheswaran, PCS Woodlands Childcare
our students growing into useful citizens and telling us,“ Teachers thank you very much, you all were our stepping stones that laid our foundation for us!”
For the 33 years I have dedicated myself in educating young children, so with my retirement I started my teaching journey again. I read an advertisement in the newspaper that they wanted teachers. I went for the interview in Woodlands Childcare Centre and was selected.
On the 13th of February 1995 I started my teaching career there. I was given a K2 class. The environment and setting were very different from the primary school but soon I was able to adapt myself. Most of the time I was teaching K2 classes and that was easy going because the children were able to understand and grasp the teaching that was taught to them. They were very encouraging and happy learners, so the teacher was happy to impart the knowledge and values into them.
Soon my second retirement came in the year 2003 in February. I was sixty-three then. After five months, that is in July, Mrs Lau who was then the centre’ s principal called me and offered me a job as a part time teacher in Woodlands Centre. I gladly accepted the job.“ Thank you Mrs. Lau for the concern and love for me.”
I started with two hours of work from 5pm to 7pm and the three hours in the year 2003, and gradually to four hours and now at present I am doing six hours. Two hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon.
I have enjoyed my teaching life tremendously all this while, and the greatest pleasure and reward is to see
“ Teachers thank you very much, you all were our stepping stones that laid our foundation for us!”