Love for Teaching

I have been a preschool teacher from 2015 to 2025, and since this year, a special education teacher. While my job scope has changed, the core essence of teaching has remained. While typically developing children are different from neurodivergent students, all children need the same love and belonging that they can feel from adults. They know who has good "auras", the ones who can make them feel safe.

I have a student who is attached to me, even when I try to leave the classroom, he goes after me. Thankfully, I have fellow educators in the classroom to support the students in my absence.

Recently, I have been battling with tooth pain. I have had a root canal for one tooth, and now another tooth has cracked, and my wisdom tooth has been infected, leading to a swollen jaw. I do hope to get these issues resolved because I want to be at my best at work, and talking is my main mode of teaching.

But I will still show up for work, with a box of Panadol Extra, ready to serve the little ones. I will find the strength in me to keep showing up, to keep giving my best, because these little ones deserve my very best.