A big ‘aye’ to teachers who try

IN RESPONSE to the letter entitled Buck Up, Teachers (Star Education, Feb 5), I would like to share my experience with your readers. I studied in a government-funded college which conducts a pre-university programme in English. However, most of the teachers there have been teaching their respective subjects in Bahasa Malaysia almost all their lives.  

When I first started the programme, I was disappointed to see that the teachers allocated to teach my class Chemistry and Biology were not proficient in English. Initially, I was full of criticism and complained whenever the teachers made mistakes. But eventually, I learnt to concentrate more on keeping up with the content of the lesson.