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Title - A Student That Has Been Inspired
By - Sarah

This is a story of how inspired I was by my fifth grade teacher.

My name is Sarah and I just finished the fifth grade. My teacher's name was Mrs. Wilston and she has truly inspired me. We have a wonderful relationship. She is more than just a teacher to me; she is a friend. I really know a lot about her because I really admire her. She has done so much for me and I've done a lot for her too, especially encouragement and so forth. She has helped bring out the inner me. Mrs. Wilston knows just what to say to make you feel good about yourself. She has that smile that makes you smile. I want to be a teacher because of her. I know a lot about teaching because I have tutored and stayed inside for recess to help the students with corrections. I'm not going to lie, teaching is hard work, but when you teach a student something new and they finally understand with a smile - it makes the frustrating day completely worthwhile. Mrs. Wilston is really dedicated as well as devoted to her job. To see her frustrated or upset or sad makes me feel the same way, so I do something to help, like encourage her with words or a smile to show I care and understand. I love reading and writing poetry about teachers and reading stories here on lessonplanspage.com. That is what brightens my day. Mrs. Wilston is my #1 teacher and role model, I want to be just like her when I grow up. She has seen something in me that no other teacher has. She sees faith deep inside me and I brighten her day like a star she says for she is the center of my universe - everything revolves around her!

She is an A+ teacher.

Title - This is the Child that Teachers Built...
By - Rachid Khouya

When people show their homes to others, they proudly show off the many different rooms, the nice furniture, the beautiful decorations and how well built the house is, but they never talk about the builders who worked so hard to make that house what it is today.

When parents talk about their successful children, about their jobs, their social, political, and economic status and about their many degrees, parents never talk about the teachers who have placed the bricks, one upon one, to make those kids what they are today.

Being a teacher of English for more than five years, I have learned one thing: if I am successful today, it is thanks to the work of all my former teachers who have taught me how to love the ABCs from the cradle to the grave.

Being a good teacher today means being faithful to the memory of all the good teachers who have motivated me and pushed my life boat within the oceans of life, through its waves and storms, and even when it occasionally got stuck in the sand of a shore.

My teachers, both good and bad, have done a lot good things to me, to my mind and to my heart. Today it is easy to remember all those bad teachers and think about how harsh they were. But it is better to remember that I do not have to be like them and to be aware that my kids don't have to think bad thought about me one day.

Today, thinking and remembering all the good teachers who have taught me makes me feel the great responsibility I shoulder to be like them and to become better than them, because I want my students to see me as a role model in the future.

Parents also need to remember that if their students are successful today, that is because their personality skyscraper is built upon the shoulders of teachers.

Title - Never Judge a Teacher by their Appearance
By - Taryn Sennott

My story is about my 8th grade history teacher. He was the best teacher I think I've ever had and without him, I don't think I'd be where I am today as a Sophomore in High School.

Mr. Hagar was the scariest teacher I think I'd ever had. He was very tall, and loud. But once we all got to know him, he was the nicest person in the entire world. He would teach my classmates and I how things were and have us act things out in class. He was always yelling, but through all the yelling, there was always a smile.

When I was in 6th grade, he had to leave school because he had cancer. The year I had him, he was recovering, and then he had to leave for a couple of months to have reconstructive surgery. When he was gone, I was so lost because there was no more yelling; school seemed so quiet. Then when he came back, he had a scar and a cane. He was still the same guy, but he couldn't yell as much, but just the same... He was back and we were so excited.

I realize now, 2 years later, that he had to go through so much and I am happy he is in remission now. He also retired so he can enjoy riding his 5 horses. He was a great teacher, and a friend. Anyone who knew him would agree. He is the bravest man I know, because I know he had to go through a lot of suffering and painful surgeries. Although now, 2 years later, he has fully recovered.

I don't get to see him that often, only once a year, but I am so glad that I do. Just to see him and know he's okay and to tell him that his inspiration still grows, and also thanks to Mr. Hagar, when I grow up I want to be a history teacher just like him, and honestly...he was the only teacher at my middle school to actually be called "Mister".

Title - The Difference a Good Teacher Makes
By - Carolyn Hopkins

I have been teaching for four years now. I am a tenth-grade English teacher. Needless to say, I love my subject and vowed to one day impart my love of literature to my future students. Well, I must admit, I have made more than a difference, I have changed the way students perceive literature and have even inspired some to become English teachers.

I have received countless thank-you cards, gifts, letters and certificates in appreciation for my time and effort and I hope compassion. If I could pick one or two students with whom I have come to love as my own, that would be difficult. There have been several students each year who stand out and a lasting bond between us is formed.

One student in particular, however, is named John Doe. I met him last year when he was a student in my English class during eighth period. He has expressive brown eyes that light up his face. He sat in the back often, saying very little. However, I sensed that he was taking in all that I taught. John was never absent nor was he late. He was a mild mannered student who seemed very mature for his age.

As the year progressed, we read lots of poetry and various stories about different cultures and real-life experiences. I have always wanted literature to speak to my students so that they could find relevant connections which would ultimately give them that motivation to read, write and interpret. While reading and writing poetry, John had written some beautiful poetry that spoke of his experiences as a black male in America. I was delighted and surprised that he could write poetry so well. Of course, there was some editing to be done, but he was inspired and encouraged to write about what mattered to him.

On the last day of school, students were asked to write a brief autobiographical essay and to dedicate it to someone he or she thought was significant in his or her life.

Needless to say, John dedicated his essay to me and used clip art that decorated the dedication with roses.

He stated in the essay that "some people you meet in life are flowers, but then there are those who are roses. Ms. Hopkins, I just wanted you to know that you are a rose in my life and I have enjoyed every minute of being in your class. If you thought that sometimes I had zoned out, well, you were wrong. I would never zone out on a teacher such as you. You have shown me that I have purpose in life and that I am a poet. I will never forget you." Needless to say, tears streamed down my eyes and eyeliner was everywhere. But John's words touched me in such a profound and emotional way. I had had a particularly hard personal life that year and somehow that letter made it worth the struggle.

I needed to hear those words and I told John that his words were nourishment for a very fragile and weary soul.

Now, I see John probably twice or sometimes three times a week. He visits as much as possible and tells me how much he misses my classroom and my superb ability to teach from a real-life perspective. Making a significant contribution to someone's life is something money could never buy. Teaching allows teachers to make a positive difference in the life of someone. Thank you God for allowing me to teach.

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera dah lama aku tak mencoretkan sesuatu di sini kan...

Sekarang nie busy dengan tanda kertas trial upsr yang baru aje abis minggu lepas...letih skrg nie..dengan kelas tambahannya waktu petang,hari sabtu ngan malamnya,ngan koko nya...raser macam takde rehat aje..

oklah aku sebenarnya ada byk nak citer tp aku perlu tido awal sb esok seawal pukul 5.30 pagi aku perlu bertolak balik ke pahang semula dr kl.

aku nak share ngan korang artikel tentang tengku djan...aku br jumpa sbnrnya..aku termiss nak bli paper2 nie....

artikel2 ini aku ambil dari web the star n nst.com.my.

Drifter in control

Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal

After a lively session withTengku Djan Ley Tengku Mahaleel,

INTAN MAIZURA AHMAD KAMAL finally gets the drift on drifting.

Earning his racing stripes

By MICHAEL CHEANG

cschuin@thestar.com.my

While many only dream of attempting the art of drifting, here’s a chap who decided to try it out for real and slid ahead of the rest.

AH, DRIFTING – all those cool cars defying all laws of traffic, sliding sideways at ridiculous speeds, seemingly out of control but yet inexplicably managing to remain on the road without crashing.

You’d think, though, that something as imaginatively cool as drifting would only exist on TV, movies or comic books. But no, drifting – that art of driving with all tires sliding while maintaining a forward motion – is very real, and is in fact, very much alive in Malaysia.

Heck, we even have our very own world-class drifting champion!

Meet Tengku Djan Ley Tengku Mahaleel, the Malaysian D1 Drift Champion 2005/6, who took on the best drifters in the world at the D1GP World Series in Los Angeles, the United States, last December and ended up putting Malaysia on the drifting world map.

Currently the division head of R3, the motorsports arm of Proton, Tengku Djan is a seasoned race driver who is not just adept at drifting, but he has also won the 2005 Merdeka Millennium Endurance race with Team R3, and has been exposed to motor racing since he was five. His father is none other than former Proton CEO Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Tengku Ariff, who was also a Malaysian rally champ in 1991.

Looking spiffy in his preferred Dockers attire during the interview at the KL Hilton recently, the man many refer to as “Malaysia’s Drift King” said that he actually started out riding motorcycles when he was 13 years old at the Batu Tiga circuit in Shah Alam. He grew to love bikes so much that he considered racing them when he turned 16.

Unfortunately, his parents put the brakes on his aspirations, forbidding him to race anything with two wheels.

“They were actually okay with me racing with four-wheelers, but somehow, I didn’t really think much about that until I got my driver’s licence,” he said.

The driver

In 1995, Team Shell racing team came a-looking for novice drivers, and the then-17-year-old Tengku Djan decided to give it a go. After winning eight out of nine races in his debut year to finish as novice champion, the teen began to get – in his own words now – a little bigheaded.

“I wanted to drop out of school and race cars for a living, but my father held me back at the time and told me to study first,” he recalled. “Of course I wasn’t happy at the time, but now I’m grateful to him, because he made sure I always had something to fall back on in case the driving didn’t work out.” Unsurprisingly, Tengku Djan decided to study automotive engineering in Germany, a subject that he says gave him the edge over other race car drivers.

“Being a race car driver these days is not just about driving – you have to understand the car and the technical aspects of it as well. You must know the car to drive it, and also how to improve it,” he said.

He got the chance to further enhance his skills while working as a vehicle dynamics engineer for Lotus in Britain for three-and-a-half years, which was where he honed his driving skills further.

“Even though all the driving I did then was work related and I didn’t do any racing at all, that was where I actually enhanced my driving skills. That was because I was learning to drive for my work, and the skills I got were engineering-based ones.”

It was also during those years in Lotus that Tengku Djan discovered the magic of drifting.

“We once watched a video of Japanese drifters, and decided to try it out at the Lotus track. There was even a rivalry amongst us to try and link up all the corners,” he said.

The drift

According to Tengku Djan, who drives a purpose-built Toyota Trueno AE-86, drifting is very different from normal racecar driving.

“In normal racing, you drive around a set course and you are constantly in control of your car. However, in drifting, your car is out of control but you are in control of it at the same time.” he said.

“The involvement of the driver is a lot more than in normal racing. Motor racing is mostly reliant on the cars themselves – meaning the more powerful the car, the more chances you have of winning. Drifting is 70% skill, and 30% equipment. In drifting, a 700hp may not necessarily beat a 200hp car.”

Calling conventional racing “formal and regulated”, Tengku Djan refers to drifting as the “wrestling of motorsports”, where the goal is not to be the first to cross the finish line, but rather, to put on a great show. “Drifting is an entertainment sport, not a syok sendiri sport like motor racing where the car whizzes in and out of the spectators’ sight. In drifting competitions, winning is not based on timing, but on the style, speed and angle. You have to impress not just the judges, but the spectators as well.”

He also reckons the accessibility of the sport is what makes it so popular amongst fans of motorsports.

“Anyone can drift, as long as you have a rear-wheel drive car. You don’t need a purpose-built car like other motorsports,” he said.

“Any open area can be converted into an arena for drifting. Thus, unlike normal motorsports in which we have to get the community to go to the sport, we bring the sport to the community.”

However, due to his work commitments, he has trouble finding time to practise his skills.

“Drifting is like riding a bike; you will never forget how to do it. However, you still need a lot of practise to be able to hone and improve your skills,” he said. “These days, the only practice I get is during events like demonstrations, competitions and so on.”

Fortunately for Tengku Djan, there is no shortage of drifting events in the Klang Valley these days.

“In terms of events, drifting is currently the biggest form of motorsports in Malaysia. There is an average of around three events in the Klang Valley each month, compared to circuit racing, which has one event in every one or two months.”

That certainly bodes well for Tengku Djan, who is now preparing for the next D1 World Series in November.

He recalls last year’s World Series as one of the best experiences he’s ever had.

“Our expectations were not very high at the time – our target was just to be among the top 16, and anything higher would have been a bonus,” he recalled.

The race

Tengku Djan’s Bridgestone Drift Team earned their ticket to Los Angeles last year after being crowned as the overall champions in the Malaysian D1GP.

According to him, there were around 100 competitors at the event, and because he didn’t even have a proper D1 license, he and another 35 drivers had to go through an extra pre-qualifying round just to be able to participate in the main qualifying round.

Even after managing to be among the five non-licenced drivers to participate in the main draw, he still had to compete with 41 other cars for a place in the final 16.“We just managed to squeeze through to the finals in 16th place; but the draw was such that the sixteenth-placed driver then had to go up against the number one qualifier,” he said. “So there we were, just managing to squeeze through into the final 16, only to immediately come up against the best driver!”

What happened next is the sort of fairy-tale that you’d expect only to see in movies.

During the final, with both cars competing against each other on the same course, Tengku Djan first conceded advantage to the other driver, and then held his own in the second round to force a third, sudden death round.

“During the sudden death round, I managed to overtake him and claim the advantage, and then went on to win the second round. Not even the judges and other competitors had expected us to do that!” he beamed happily.

“Before that race, no one really bothered with us but after that, everyone started viewing us as a threat, and we got a lot of support from the fans as well.”

Although he lost the next round, Tengku Djan looks back at the experience with pride.

“We had a really good run there, and managed to put Malaysia on the map of drifting,” he said.

“The drifting sport may be dominated by US and Japanese drivers, but we proved at the World Series that drifters from the rest of the world are equally as good.”

Assalamualaikum wahai nurkasihku,aku nak share clip sedutan dari filem impak maksima.aku beli vcd impak maksima nie pun semata2 sebab aku nak tgk scene Tg Djan dlm tue.Jadi kl aku tgk citer nie pun aku akan forward scene dia aje.Jadi untuk memudahkan aku menonton berulangkali scene yang sama jadi aku pun edit la clip tue....amik scene dia aje.

kat bawah nie adalah gbr aku,dengan my aunt dan juga Dr.Fazley.Nanti aku sambung lagi ye..ada keje nak bt n ngantuk gak nie