As the title suggests, my student, Gordon, said it to me. Somehow, I didn’t feel that I’ve achieved much because to me, I’m really just doing what I ought to do. But in their hearts, it truly meant sthg to them. Guess that’s how it works?
as long as they feel good about it. Next time, I will reply to that and say, “This simply tells you that you can do it! Correct?”
Then another of my audit student, Sonia, emailed me to say sorry for not being ready for her audit paper and hence failing it. My first thought was, I’m ok with it once it’s not my results. But then, I recalled that I did email my Dean when I thought I didn’t even get a 2nd upper class honours, to say sorry. That was done because at that time, I seem to have failed to meet her expectations of me. Even though I had a legitimate reason to screw up then, I still felt that I’ve let her down. Amazing how one sees things differently when one takes on different roles.