When I was asked by Dr Edwin to come up with a metaphor to describe myself, I was thinking of songs. That was the answer that I gave when Pn Johana, my lecturer back in Institut Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim asked us to draw an image that represents ourselves as teacher. Songs because there are songs that we hate while some other songs just would not find their way out of our head. It stays with us and we remember them; in other words those songs are timeless and evergreen. The same goes to teachers, a teacher will always be a teacher and some of them stay with us throughout our lives; not in person maybe but definitely in our memory.
However, I chose not to give the answer of songs because I already did back then, so I decided to use GPS or global positioning system as a metaphor for a teacher. When Dr Edwin mentioned that a teacher is supposed to assist students in their journey, and not to determine the students’ destination, I think GPS best sum up the description in one term. GPS is a technology boon that can help you to find you way when you are lost. It will lead you the right path and give you the directions to go to your destination. A teacher in today’s context is not the provider of knowledge but rather a facilitator that help students to unleash their potentials and lead them to the right path in life. So, GPS and a teacher bear the same characteristics; as an aid to support and help students to grow to their optimal performance.
I guess who you think you are depends on how you define a teacher. As for me, I know there is less than a year for me to prepare myself to be a teacher, but the very reality is surreal even though I know I have to accept the responsibility to be a teacher. I just hope that I would follow the footsteps of those teachers that I enjoyed studying with instead of being the teacher that students can live without.
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