You made me think hard about this question!

I find it difficult to answer it because I’m self-absorbed. I don’t care so much about the world; I only care about my highs and lows haha

But in order to answer your question, I would have to say 2005. Because Steve Jobs gave his commencement speech at Stanford University.

Now, since that iconic speech, word has come about in regard to how Steve Jobs was an abrasive bastard. This still doesn’t take away the fact that his speech impacted me deeply. So much so that I used to make his speech my last lesson when I taught a cohort of students. One year (2008), I even blogged about it. xxxx The (Second or) Last Lesson with CTG 207/218/229

It was a lesson on Life. My favourite kind of lesson:)

You know you like conducting a lesson when you don't tire of revisiting Steve Job's commencement speech 3 times in a week but instead listen to it with the same rapt attention you did when you first encountered it.

Mr Heng's life isn't as inspirational as Steve Job's but i hope my students sensed how a typical product of the Singapore education system and society tries to take Job's advice to heart and struggles to see if this is indeed applicable in our context.

wa, macham like AQ answering. Haha.

2.5 years into teaching, I can honestly say I don't regret my decision. Although there are larger forces beyond my control, I like the process of meeting different kinds of personalities, getting to know them and interacting with them. Although I dread asking the third class to highlight conjunctions and punctuation marks yadda dadda, I feel okay-maybe even energised-once I'm in the classroom.

I never expected to meet interesting students in my profession. It's true what educators say--You learn with your students and from them as well.

Xxx sorry for the Singlish used