Teachers of ACS

Principal and teachers of ACS,

You all, who lead ACSians to success.

You, to this school, your time devoted,

To you, this poem is dedicated.

Throughout the years of your teaching,

Good morals too you have been preaching.

Hoping the bad ones will slowly turn,

Once seeing the greatness of your concern.

You have all been trained,

Your temper to constrain.

Know that, though the class be noisy,

Eventually they’ll settle down nicely.

Discipline is self-control, you have taught,

That many might not to wrongs, resort.

Honesty is the best policy had also been stressed,

This has helped many in their progress.

Scolding the troublemakers is always a help,

Though also knowing how they felt.

But it is your duty to give,

Punishments to those who do mischief.

Teaching can be discouraging,

When tests’ results are worst than anything.

But it’s also very heartening,

When the pupils try their best in everything.

Besides teaching there is also correction,

Of exercises in which there is no perfection.

At times you may begin to wonder,

The boys  -  can they progress any further?

Numerous boys you must have met,

Rich or poor, you taught them the same facts.

You have brought and advised the rich,

To mingle with those whose parents’ ‘mine’ are not so deep.

The clever and industrious students,

You moulded them to become future statesmen,

The duller ones you urged to exhibit,

An improvement, bit by bit.

Written by Ong Tiong Tai

Form 5 Science Class of 1967

Reprinted from The Macsian 1967

This is a snap-shot of the soon-to-be published Coffee Table Book page for this topic:

On the left and right sides of this 2-page spread you will see the names of all Malacca ACS teachers extracted from the staff list as found in The Macsian magazines from 1948 to 2010. There is unfortunately a gap of 10 years between 1984 to 1994 when the magazines were not published and so the names of teachers joining MACS during that time may be missing.