15 October 1999, Friday

First thing in the morning today, my level coordinator went up to me and told me that three of my students told her that I made a mistake in what I taught them yesterday. At first, it was hard for me to accept especially for a choleric person like me. But I had to accept the fact that I committed that mistake. So I reflected for a while about it and realized that hey, I think I am good teacher after all because I have students who learned and dared to criticize me. I have always told them before that they should be critical of everything I write so they learn how to think. But this is the first time that they were critical and that they were correct.

I entered the classroom gathering up the courage to be humble and accept my mistake. First I was afraid to admit it because I was thinking that my students have lost their trust for me as a teacher. But I guess, they know that their teachers do not know everything that they ask them. I clarified my mistake with them because I myself was confused with it after the mistake was pointed out to me. But again, I just have to accept the fact that the solution set is a null set and not a "no solution set." I was happy.