{"id":4995,"date":"2013-03-13T07:16:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T07:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/why-i-teach-for-malaysia-joyces-story\/"},"modified":"2013-03-13T07:16:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T07:16:11","slug":"why-i-teach-for-malaysia-joyces-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/why-i-teach-for-malaysia-joyces-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Teach For Malaysia: Joyce\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Teaching high-need students can be an exhilarating yet exhausting\u00a0\u00a0endeavour. Being a leader in the classroom for 150 students requires tenacity, grit and an incredible amount of passion. While some days may bring unspeakable joy, others can be downright frustrating. So why\u00a0<em>do<\/em>\u00a0Fellows choose to Teach For Malaysia?<\/p>\n<p>Here, \u00a0we look back on why Joyce Ching, a 2012 Fellow teaching Science in a Klang-district school, chose to Teach For Malaysia. And why she chooses, every single day, to persistently pour her energy and best efforts into the students who need her the most.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/blog\/2013\/03\/why-i-teach-for-malaysia-joyces-story\/joyce-ching\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-721\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-721\" title=\"Joyce Ching\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.teachformalaysia.org\/blog\/home\/teachfor\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Joyce-Ching.jpg?resize=270%2C270\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joyce Ching, TFM 2012 Fellow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo me, education is more than a means of survival and financial security. Education is that which shapes a person\u2019s thoughts, without which an individual is void of an identity.<\/p>\n<p>As an educator, I hope to 1) equip my students with basic knowledge and skills, 2) instill in my students a thirst for knowledge and the spirit of excellence, and 3) help my students discover themselves and develop as young adults.\u00a0As a TFM Fellow, I hope to change the perceptions of teachers, peers, family members, and the larger community on \u00a0underprivileged students. Although it may sound idealistic, a small foot forward each time will bring about changes in the years to come!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Every day, Joyce along with each and every Fellow demonstrate their commitment to a larger mission \u2013 that One Day, all children in Malaysia will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching high-need students can be an exhilarating yet exhausting\u00a0\u00a0endeavour. Being a leader in the classroom for 150 students requires tenacity, grit and an incredible amount of passion. While some days&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,113],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-fellow","7":"category-movement"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachformalaysia.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}