The cheeky ones, the angelic ones, the diligent ones. The creative ones, the smart ones, the leaders, the followers, the outspoken and the shy ones.

Teachers have seen them all, taught them all, and persevered and enjoyed through them all.

As a trainer at Halogen, I conduct workshops in schools. As much as I enjoy it and am very rewarded by the interaction with the students (I love my job!), I’m only in classrooms for about three hours each week. The amount of energy used and variety of students I meet often makes me wonder – teachers are amazing! How do they do this day in, day out, for hours on end?

I must say – some superhero work is being done in schools!

This Teachers’ Day, Halogen held a Facebook contest titled My Teacher, My Hero, Our Story, to share about their “teacher heroes” who have inspired, challenged, encouraged or empowered them. Entries told of how teachers were encouraging, persevered or never gave up on them. Teachers out there reading this – your efforts are worth it!

HOW MR OH MADE AN IMPACT ON JEFFREY

Jeffrey Low, a former Temasek Secondary School student, wrote about Mr Jared Oh, the teacher-in-charge for Peer Support Leaders. it garnered 104 Facebook “likes” and came out top for the contest! For that, he won his teacher, Mr Jared Oh, a The Leadership Challenge^® Workshop Voucher worth $880, as well as two Universal Studio Singapore tickets for himself!