今天想跟大家分享一個在我回學校教書後第一次開教職員會議上的特別活動，也順便分享我自己的體會。
Just thought I'd share an interesting activity In my first staff meeting since returning to school as a teacher, and also some of my own take aways from activity.
活動一開始，主講人說：「接下來這個活動，有可能會讓你感動得掉眼淚。」我心想，哈哈，真的假的？我已經有一陣子沒哭了。
The presenter started by saying you might get tears in your eyes doing this activity. I thought ha ha yeah right, I haven't cried in a long time.
活動的內容很簡單：每個人背後貼一張白紙，然後在會議廳四處走動，讓同事們在你背後的紙上寫下他們對你的印象或看法。就這樣，我們彼此在對方背上寫下自己的想法與感謝。
The activity involved taping a piece of paper on your back, then walk around the hall and everyone gets to write on the piece of paper saying what they think about you. So we walked around the hall and wrote on each others' backs and this is what people said about me:
最後，我讀到別人對我寫的話：
「同儕敬重」"Respected by peers"
「樂於助人，總是慷慨付出時間」 "Supportive and generous with time"
「他回來了——他熱愛這所學校」"He came back - he loves the school"
「永遠敞開大門」"Always has an open door"
「總是把別人放在第一位」"Always puts others first"
「博學、熱心、友善又令人敬佩」"Knowledgeable, helpful, kind and amazing"
「你超棒，我們都很想你」"You're awesome and we missed you"
「總是笑容滿面」"Happy chappy always smiling"
「非常幫得上忙」"So helpful"
「很高興你回來了」"Great to have you back"
「永遠都很棒」"Always amazing"
「知識淵博」"Knowledge"
「最棒的」"The Best"
「強大的支援、優秀的領導者」"Great support and wonderful leader"
「總是那麼幫忙，總是為別人抽出時間」"So so helpful, always making time for people"
「笑容可掬」"Smiling face"
「總是在貢獻、在幫助」"Always contributing and helping"
說實話，當我讀著這些留言時，真的有一點熱淚盈眶。那一刻，我感受到來自同事們真誠的肯定與支持。原來，在我們每天忙碌、專注於工作的同時，別人其實一直都在看見我們的努力，也默默地感激著。
And the presenter was right - after reading what people thought about me, I did have some tears of joy and was very touched to see what my colleagues thought of me. They can see how much effort I put into my job even though they don't tell me about it everyday.
這讓我想到：我們常常擔心別人怎麼看我們，但其實，他們對我們的看法可能比我們想像中正面得多。
This made me think - we're always worried about what other people think of us. But in fact, what they're thinking may be a lot more positive than what we think they're thinking.
我真的非常感謝能有這樣一群值得信賴、相互扶持的同事。而我也為自己能成為老師的一份子感到驕傲。
I'm so grateful to have the colleagues I have had. Teachers are wonderful. Glad to be part of this profession.
p.s. 大家可能看到右下角有一句話是"You're awful at cod"，這是我同事跟我開玩笑的，說我不會玩《使命召唤》這個電玩。 You can see there is a line in the bottom right saying you're awful at call of duty, that's a joke from one of my mates, he told me about it afterwards.