Teachers Day - Happy?

Almost forget today is Teachers Day. Nothing about it in the TV or the supermarket. Only Mother's Day offer ... what the taukehs do not have teachers in their life. Just to show how insignificant are their teachers. Got la celebrations but in Ministry level and pity those teachers forced to volunteer to attend the ceremony. At least declare tomorrow as a holiday mah...

Received a nice poem from Mr Lee Chiah Kuen

Teachers are
like rainbows - they colour the sky
like rain that soak the earth giving life to the greens
like the air that we breath and warm sunlight on our skin
like the shining stars plastered across the black velvety universe
and like beautiful flowers that bloom with each new day.
Teachers are indeed very special people
That's what you and I are

Thanks Mr Lee, but I had another version that sounds like this

Teachers are
like rainbows - they give you false hope (say that there is pot of gold at the end of the rainbow)
like rain that soak the earth drowning the creativity in you with rules and regulation
like the air that we breath that pollutes and clouded the mind with syllabus and formula
like the shining stars that are not bright enough to light up your life
and like beautiful flowers that will wilt and would not last a day
Now, are Teachers that really special?
Well, we still need them as punching bags and spring boards
to be left behind after we had leaped to our successes
That's what you and I are

kts  2010