Diary - Morals (Mentor)

John was my high school teacher, he taught me a lot not only chemistry but also how to deal with the stress, the difficulties I have, the relationship between friends and other lots of things. I took the photo when he came to sydney 3 years ago. I remeber when I met him, I was in my last year in junior high school facing a final exam (which would decide which senior high school i would enter) in three months. I put a lot of pressure on myslef and aimed to get into the best high school. I worked almost 19 hrs everyday, and more like a machine at the end. I was so stressful at that time, the worst thing is I dont even notice. He came to me and talked to me, he tell me that I do not need to be that stressful, I have the ability to do that, just need to take it easy. I started to relax and my condition was getting even better. It sounds simple now, but at that time, definately not. I was almost in my own world, studying all the time, no one can stop me doing those paper works. But he did, not like other teachers, he acted more like a friend, listen to my ideas, analyse for me, and give me suggestions.

I do believe a mentor can change a lot. I can't imagine if he wasn't there, and I was keep doing works like that. Am I gonna be able to pass the final exam and finally enter my 'dream school'? I doubted. Or if I meet another person, would they notice that my condition is running to a wrong direction? This is a little story, what he did for me is much more than this, but I believe all he helped me reaching what I want.

He is those people who teach because they want to teach no because they need to teach