TRY TO BE A HUMAN BEING, NOT JUST A TEACHING MACHINE.

DO NOT TEACH ONLY A SUBJECT, BUT RATHER TEACH US, STUDENTS.

LET ME FEEL THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ME AS A HUMAN BEING , NOT JUST A NUMBER IN YOUR RECORD BOOK.

DO NOT JUDGE ME ONLY BY THE MARKS I GET IN MY TESTS, BUT RATHER BY THE EFFORT I MAKE.

DO NOT EXPECT OF ME WHAT IS BEYOND MY TALENT OR POWER, AND GIVE ME ENCOURAGEMENT FROM TIME TO TIME.

DO NOT EXPECT ME TO THINK OF SCHOOL AND STUDIES AS THE GREATEST PLEASURE IN LIFE. THEY ARE NOT, AT LEAST FOR ME.

DO NOT EXPECT ME TO LIKE MOST THE SUBJECT WHICH YOU TEACH. OTHER SUBJECTS MAY BE INTERESTING, TOO, AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO, AT LEAST FOR ME, BECAUSE OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE TEACHERS.

HELP ME TO LEARN TO THINK AND TO JUDGE FOR MYSELF, NOT JUST MEMORIZE READY-MADE ANSWERS. HELP ME RATHER TO FIND THE ANSWERS MYSELF, THOUGH THIS WAY MAY BE PAINFUL FOR BOTH OF US. AS WELL AS TIME CONSUMING.

LISTEN TO THE QUESTIONS I MAY SERIOUSLY ASK, HOWEVER FOOLISH MAY SOUND TO YOU. IF YOU CAN LISTEN, I MIGHT LEARN TO LISTEN , TOO.

BE STRICT ENOUGH WITH ME, PROVIDED YOU ARE JUST. I KNOW THAT I NEED IT, THOUGH OUTWARDLY I MAY REBEL AGAINST IT, TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT KEY TO MAKE ME BEHAVE.

DO NOT RIDICULE ME, ESPECIALLY BEFORE MY CLASSMATES. IT HURTS, AND IT WILL TURN ME AGAINST YOU. AN EARNEST BUT KIND WORD IN PRIVATE WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

DO NOT PITY ME, ESPECIALLY NOT IN FRONT OF OTHERS IF I DO NOT SUCCEED SO WELL. PITY CAN BE SO EMBARASSING.

DO NOT POINT OUT ANOTHER STUDENT IN CLASS AS AN EXAMPLE TO ME, I MIGHT HATE HIM- AND YOU- FOR IT.

AND IF I SHOULD HAPPEN TO DO WELL, DON'T POINT ME OUT AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS. IT WOULD EMBARASS ME VERY MUCH . BUT AN OCCASIONAL WORD OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS MOST WELCOME.

KEEP YOUR PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND POLITICAL IDEAS TO YOURSELF. I CANNOT SOLVE OR JUDGE THEM ANYHOW.

REMEMBER THAT ONCE UPON A TIME YOU WERE A STUDENT YOURSELF. DID YOU ALWAYS GET THE BEST MARKS? AND DID YOU NEVER FORGET A THING?

PLEASE KEEP STUDYING YOURSELF, AND DO NOT MECHANICALLY USE IN CLASS THE SAME YELLOWED LESSON PLAN WHICH YOU WROTE SOME 10 YEARS AGO.

DO NOT EXPECT A WORD OF THANKS EVER SO OFTEN....

I AM GRATEFUL , BUT I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE IN WORDS.

AND SO...... THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOUR CHERISHED STUDENT