.....and I am dreading for the next semester to come. Can't stop thinking of the practicum I am going to face on my seventh semester in few months time.

I know during my first Classroom Management class with Madam Shiha was a disastrous. I've stupidly blurted out--during the ice breaking session--that I have no interest in being a teacher. In fact, teaching profession is not my cup of tea. And I would do my very best just to pass for the practicum.

Madam Shiha criticized my statement. She said that to merely pass a practicum means that you just do averagely to get a C. And getting a C will ruin the look on your CGPA later on.

True. Teaching profession has not been my first choice in the list when I first applied for college. It was my parents' idea that they wanted me to be a TESL student. They said that I don't exactly have to be an English teacher soon after I graduate. There's another option to life that I could choose. A lecturer perhaps. But still, it requires teaching. Seriously, I have no interest in teaching.

But that doesn't stop me from trying. I could try. Not for the sake of passing my practicum. For the sake of experience. Doesn't mean I don't have high passion to teach like Erin Gruwell or Dewi Amelia or Elvera Nancy means that I am not capable of teaching secondary school students. I am not that handicapped.

I personally believe that passion is just like a bonus for a teacher. It is like a stimulator. A stimulator to motivate you to teach your students, regardless of their attitude. A stimulator to teach you to be patience. A stimulator to reminds you of who you are when you're in school. A stimulator for everything!

Additionally, if you simply teach with honesty, the passion will come gradually. Who knows, today I may say I don't like teaching. And I may end up in teaching profession as my career the next day. There are quite a number of possibilities that I may or may not end up being a teacher/lecturer. The future is unpredictable.

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