I am so proud of you JAKAR!!

WOW! Look at you now!

You've really come far

From where you once started

To where you are now!

I know it wasn't always easy

You were challenged,

But now I am proud to say

I was a part of you.

            

You kept right on going

And now you are 50 years old

With many accomplishments,

Many memories……

On this event

I want to wish you

 “HAPPY GOLDEN JUBLEE”

And may you continue your journey.

What I am now is because of you

Therefore, thank you Jakar,

Thank you my teachers,

I’ll cherish you even if I perish.

You know what? You rock!

I am so proud of you!

JAKAR!!!!

I wrote this poem in the Golden Jubilee school magazine of Jakar Higher Secondary School.

Nobody can do everything but everybody can do something.

What do you do when you see a piece of paper lying on the ground? What do you do when you see captions like SAVE EARTH and KEEP BHUTAN GREEN? Some of you must have responded to it or at least thought over it. As of me, when I realize it now, I never picked even one of those papers. I just read those captions as if it was kept there to improve my reading. There are many things I never thought one can do. Actually if we think we don’t need time to do something. We just need to have a HEART, a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.

A sight of my classmate with a plastic always tucked from his waist opened my eyes. Tshewang Gyeltshen, a final year student and a CG councilor always carries a plastic wherever he goes in which he collects wastes.  We can’t even carry our books sometimes. We want to look top-notched, carrying only few books but Tshewang don’t seem to care about his looks. He looks more like a clown sometimes. Sometimes he smells too bad because of the wastes. People insult him overtly or covertly. Some of us call him a walking dustbin because he is like a dustbin walking towards papers to pick them. He is also known as a psycho because of his unique behavior and some says he is acting sincere and want to be different but did we ever think how difficult it is to be different and make a difference? We rarely admire those who are admirable, that’s the problem. It’s easy to earn bucks, not to make a difference.

We know lots of theories but lack skills to apply it. We say a lot and do nothing. There are many people in our government who talks of GNH and drive Prado themselves. Easy to tell but difficult to do, this phrase comes here. When I say like this, it does not mean that I do what I say. It is really difficult for someone like us who is used to being like this.

What I sincerely think at this point of time is: Why throw papers outside when we have lots of dustbins? Why don’t we think that nobody wants what we don’t want and directly put our wastes in bin? Why do we criticize someone doing something good when we can’t even do that? Why? We all have the answers to those questions. The only thing is we don’t want to answer it. We know the problem, have the solution but don’t want to solve it. It’s time for us to come and live in reality, not fantasy. Otherwise, it will be too late for us that we will not be able to live on this earth even in fantasy.

If it’s not our responsibility to pick those papers, than who gave us the authority to throw them? We need to really think about this. Even if we can’t be a walking dustbin like Tshewang, let us not stare at him as if he’s an alien, let’s not talk about him when he passes by, let us just accept him the way he is with a grateful heart because even if he looks odd, there’s a good intention behind what he is doing.

I have been watch dog for a long time. Now I am fed of up of just watching, instead I want to join those who have a HEART, a sense of responsibility. So, friends are you joining us? Even if we can’t make a vast difference, we can still make a little difference!

My morning assembly speech

Let Us Love Ourselves Intelligently.

At this moment, I am standing in front of you all and we are facing each other. Next year at this time of the year, we don’t know where we will be. Of course we are guaranteed to be teachers because from past experiences all student teacher gets through the teacher selection test. Though we hope the same to happen with us, a great fear reside within every one of us. So, today I am here to encourage you all, in fact encourage myself because I am also one of them.

If we think nicely there’s nothing to be feared. It’s natural for people to get nervous before or during an interview. We know we are a good teacher. We have graduated from a college with a teaching degree and we have worked with students in the past. So, why are we nervous? It’s those pesky little questions, isn’t it? The fear n my mind as soon as I hear INTERVIEW is that maybe interviewers will ask me difficult questions one after another and I will be nervous not knowing which one to answer first, ending up giving them a blank look. Though I am also unaware of interviews, I am here with some tips which may help us.

- This is the first question at almost every interview. TELL ABOUT YOURSELF. Just give a brief background in about 3 sentences. Tell them what you are certified to teach, what your teaching and working experiences are and why you would love the job.

- Arrive early and look professional. Wear something neat which shows your personality and most of all you feel comfortable in. part of your appearance is your body language, manners and definitely no one wants a teacher without manners.

- Continuously make eye contact as you answer your questions. Making eye contact shows confidence and gives you a connection with your interviewer.

- Don’t be bothered if they are writing while you are talking. Remember, they many candidates and want to remember what you say.

- Review commonly asked questions. think about what you will say beforehand.

- Don’t pretend you know everything. Be honest and sometimes accept your weakness. You should be willing to learn more.

Now you must be thinking that this girl said she will talk about loving ouself intelligently but she keeps on talking about selection test. Actually it’s all the same. As his Holiness Dalai Lama said, “be wise to be selfish”, it’s just a matter of loving our self intelligently.

Like being kind to others brings us merit and double kindness in return, loving our profession is just the same. Love your profession, love what you are doing and I bet there will not be a day in your life that is not worth living. That’s how we can love our self intelligently.

Unlike in past years let us not consider the test as fiery compulsion but a gateway to success to our new life. Fearing is good for nothing, fearing makes us impertinent, that’s what Sogyal rinpoche says. After being trained for 4 years, we can’t afford to be an embarrassment to our college and government. So, starting from today let us gain confidence from each other and not fear for anything that will stop us from being a dedicated teacher to our students and citizens to our nation.  I am sure everyone of my friends love teaching and if by any chance you are into teaching by compulsion, I think it’s high time for you to love yourself intelligently.