Are you the carrots, the eggs or the coffee bean?

Hai everybody,
Today I attended the LDP (Latihan Dalam Perkhidmatan) in the school. The first talk was about Memartabatkan Profesyen Perguruan. This talk was conducted by Mr. Charles Tiong, the only Pengetua Cemerlang DG54 in Sibu. He was formerly the PPG of Sibu.

He provided us with an insight of what happens if we are teachers not by choice, but because of the long holidays and secure job. He also compares teachers who are passionate about their work and those who becomes teachers and wait for their salaries at the end of the month.

I was very tickled by the last few slides that he showed us. He said that we can be either the carrots, the eggs or the coffee beans, all of which undergoes boiling for 15 minutes. The carrots were hard, after boiling became soft. The eggs were soft but came out hard while the coffee beans dissolved in the hot water and have a nice aroma. He concluded that some teachers were full of zest when they started teaching, but withers away due to the challenges in the teaching profession and he likened these teachers as the carrots. The eggs category are teachers who are soft but eventually toughens up due to the trying students. The coffee beans refers to teachers who are able to provide the aroma and warm that they are able to change the students' behaviour. That is why the boiling water changes from white to black!!!

So which category do you belong? Think and ponder...