SMK Tawau..My Perspective...

SMK Tawau, I've never thought before that I actually would be studying there, even if it's only for about 4 months. At first, I thought it was a humiliating act just to step into that school and claiming I'm an honoured student of that academic centre. However, after a few months, I am no longer ashamed to tell the world I used to study there for a few months, and learned millions of things books, cannot tell our enlightened minds.

SMK Tawau was not an ordinary school that usually focuses on academic results. The school, amazingly, has outstanding co-curricular results unfathomable to my by-then, blinded mind. Before I stepped into this school, my mind was already set to "ANTI-SMKT" mode, as I believe SMSP is my only school that has nurtured me to who I am then. Well, yeah, from the IQ perspective, not EQ.

My first day here was not an exhilarating one. I have to sit in classes in which I'm way behind, listen to the teacher about topics notably beyond my primitive Form Five-mind, and on top of that, sat for a Mathematics T test which I'm not even aware of. Well, out of sheer luck, I got 2 out of 50 from that test.

The first 2 weeks was the worst fortnight I had ever had in my 14 schooling years. The teachers were my mom's old colleagues, I've got lots of homework to catch up, and I knew sheer brilliance ain't gonna help me. Oh well, hardworking attitude have to be ingrain in me now or I'll die.

Yet, slowly, I begin to love this school I used to hate. I begin to appreciate what the teachers have taught us, and also appreciate more of my friends, regardless of who they are, especially the one person who sits in front of me. I've learned that sometimes, logic is not the primal solution to daily problems, but our hearts and soul is.

I admit, I've made many friends sad or mad about me because of my attitude, mostly because of my hatred to this school. But with my despise towards SMKT now gone, I could only hope that they would forgive me, my classmates, especially the one boy whom I liked, yet, suddenly we turned a cold shoulder towards each other. How I wished that we could be friends again!

For my eighteen years as a boy, I have never give thought that friends are so vital to our lives, their feelings inclusive. However, I was a bit too late to attain that knowledge when I hurt her one time too many. But now, I'm dedicating my heart and soul to her needs as if I'm her elder brother, attending to a younger sister's needs.

SMKT, could improve dramatically, if they could allow certain changes to their administration, as it seems really unorganised. English usage too, needs to be accentuated in this school although SMKT is a government school. En. Darman Shah, as a former and proud student of SMKT, I deeply wish that SMKT will turn into a new image by focusing more on academic results as the school used to favour co-curricular success achieved by students.

Lastly, my deepest gratitudes to the best teachers one could ever had:
Pn Hayati, for her irresistible humour,
Cik. Yaminah, for her patience towards our incapability,
Mrs. Chong Boon Peng, for her endeavour glowing upon us,
Ms Siow, for her undying resilience towards our noisy class,
Ms Agnes Raja, for not giving up on us in the works of Chemistry,

Not forgetting, the girl who sat in front of me in class, for everything...