The Last Day

Friday. 6th March, 2009.

Today is the last day of Form Seven students in my school. My secondary school life is officially ended. The weather of these days is rainy and gloomy, creating a dismal circumstance. Does it mean something? I don't know.

I thought I would not care when I had to leave Wah Yan. Many people around me said that I am callous and cold-blooded, I think they are often right, but not for this time. I know that there is something I am going to miss. I cannot be so sure to say what it is - could be the schoolmates, the environment, the atmosphere, or simply the feeling of being a secondary student. But it is certain that I will miss something in this college.

In these five years in Wah Yan, there are two people who I must thank, one is a student and one is a teacher.

Thank you, Jonathan Ting!
I knew him when I was in Form 3, and we became friends in Form 4. I was very glad that I could find a person who had a mind similar to mine. He is my true (and very likely to be the only) friend in the school. He is generous and always ready to help. From leading me to lavatory to buying lunch for me, from helping me find a teacher to lending me his own tutorial notes, from accompanying me to go to school picnic to teaching me the way to Hong Kong Records, Ting has helped me a lot. As I can recall, he has never refused any of my requests. I must admit I might sometimes rely on him too much, but I must also express my thanks to him as a friend for me to rely on these years. He truly is the man for and with others.


Thank you, Mr Eric Yip!
He is the person who I must thank. Mr Yip taught me Chinese History in Form 4. He taught very well and I was eager to have Chinese History lessons. Sadly, the teacher was changed when I promoted to Form 5. Although Mr Yip only taught me for one year, I am sure that I have never met a teacher better than him in the past, and perhaps in the future as well. His teaching style is systematic, efficient and, in my opinion, effective. He 敬業樂業 (sorry to use Chinese, but it helps express the exact meaning). He was the only teacher in WYHK who really knew what a visually impaired student needed and did all the things promptly letting me be able to follow the teaching progress. His ways of seeing things are enlightening and wise. He has some famous words, examples are as following:
「我反對教育改革。」
「Rule #1:考試局永遠是對的。 Rule #2:如果你發現考試局出錯，請refer to Rule #1.」
「愛你的閱卷員。」
「不願一人沉淪，但願人人得救。」
「中史並非要死記硬背，我們要生記軟背。」
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「新牢騷集」 is his blog, and I strongly recommend you to visit it. It is really a pity that I may not be his student anymore. Hope that the school will finally treasure the teachers like him. I sincerely wish him and his family health and joy.


Before sitting in the exam centre like an arena with certain death, please allow me to end this post with the words which a gladiator would say to his Emperor before engaging in a deadly combat,
We, who are about to die, salute you!