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From an early age, Frederick POON Siu-chi always knew he wanted to be a teacher and enter the field of education. Now Principal at St Paul’s Co-educational College, Poon was fueled by a desire to spark passion in others, the same way he was inspired by two of his mathematics teachers during junior school.
“Those two teachers not only taught me maths, they also taught me how to be a good person and to have wisdom. They taught me that education is fundamental to the development and growth of teenagers,” Poon said.
For this reason, when the time came for him to kickstart his career, Poon knew he wanted to earn a degree in Education. “I told myself I would like to be a teacher. That was my aim, so I had to find a course that would help me to do that,” he said.
At the time, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) was offering a BA in teaching English as a second language, and Poon decided to take up this subject because of his experience at his alma mater, St Paul’s College.
It was there that his old English teacher had encouraged him and his fellow students to read the South China Morning Post’s Young Post supplement every day in order to build up a solid foundation in English. “That’s how I got interested in English and why I chose to do my BA in English at CityU,” he said.
Passing on the Torch
The years that followed at CityU proved to be an incredibly valuable time for Poon as the courses he embarked on and the lectures he attended helped to refine his career goals. In particular, he recalls how his lecturers would share their experiences of working as secondary school teachers before they joined the University. They would explain how they dealt with different situations, providing insight into what it takes to be a good teacher.
Poon said the beauty of having both foreign and local lecturers was in hearing different perspectives on how different cultures deal with various issues in a classroom.
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