I wish to be an apple tree......

It was quite imaginative for us to symbolize ourselves, teachers-to-be as something else during today class. At first, I thought it is just how Dr Edwin wants know how creative we can be. But then, this activity slowly changed my perception as he actually wants us to know ourselves as a teacher, what we can be and we can do for the students.

Most of us wants to be guidance and knowledge provider which stand a wide range of metaphor from living things to non living things such as to be a star, a candle, a thread, a compass, a pair of eyes, a library, ATM machine, sky, water, an angel, a mountain and an ocean. As for me, I'm ranged under this category which is an apple tree that literally full of essential mineral for human's life and the tree can be shelter for people.

There are also some of the course mates who would like to be the sun, the light at the end of the horizon, an umbrella, a shepherd, spectacles and engineer as they wish to be the hope and protector to the students.

I found it quite interesting when someone said she wants to be fire as at first I've negative connotation of it which will burn the students. However, it turns out to be the courage giver and supporter. Also, two who said they wish to be tv and the wind, they gave me a sense of unsureness as tv could stands for 'idiot box' and wind could be 'uncertainty'. Doubts aroused in my mind like: Do we wish our students to be fool? Of course not! It just doesn't convince me when they actually explained that they want to provide students' neccessary information and right path in the way of their life as both the tv and the wind just don't seem to me that indicate such meanings. Yet, we do have a lot of laughters and reflection gained through the lesson.