I kept calling his name so that he would be focus; and this has been a common phenomenal in class (Like his neighbours in class, they are always occupied with non-English work during my lesson)
That day, I noticed something different about him. His nose and eyes were red and he was struggling to concentrate. I went to his table and asked him, "what's wrong?"
He said, "nothing, teacher."
But I was very sure that he had very bad flu.The bell rang and I asked for his water bottle. His friends passed it to me without his knowledge as he buried his head in his arms on the table, 'half-alive' and trying to steal some nap time before the next teacher entered the class.
I walked to the staffroom, and filled up the water bottle.
Then, I dropped two tablets of soluble 1000mg Vitamin C into his bottle and went to the class to pass it to him. I even told him that he must finish it.
On my way back to the staffroom, a thought came to my mind. What if something bad, coincidentally, happened to the student after the drink, I might get into trouble.
During recess, the boy came and said, "thank you."
I asked him, "how are you feeling right now? Better?"
He said, "yes, teacher. Thanks." He did look better.
The following days when I was in class, I was very surprised to see that this boy brought his work and books. When I was teaching, I could see something has changed!
He was attentive. He brought his books and finished his work. He even asked questions in class.
I was amazed with the impact of this simple gesture of care could do in a person's life. A simple gesture of extending love and care that sometimes we take for granted, but the impact was profound and priceless.
All these months of name-callings, 'yelling' and 'begging' them to cooperate during lessons would have been unnecessary if we could identify the need and extending love, care and prayers.
See a need, meet it.
See a sick, heal it.
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