Author Archive for Marilyn Chee

2009 is coming to an end. With the new year approaching, what do you hope to achieve in 2010? Reflecting on the happenings of 2009 gives us a chance to see the lessons that can be learnt, and to make 2010 a better year with added knowledge and wisdom.

There are many different ways to come up with creative ideas. Common and yet useful ways include going to your local library to loan out books on creativity or signing up for a creativity workshop where the facilitator would get you to participate in certain activities to get your creative juices working. Allow me to [...]

Each profession offers nuggets of wisdom based on the people we work with and the people we serve. As an educator who works with children, I have certainly learnt many lessons from these young lives. The teacher teaches and the student learns. The student teaches and the teacher learns. It is a two-way dynamics of [...]

I joined the working world 8 years ago upon graduating from the National University of Singapore. During the span of my career, I had been a researcher, an analyst, a project officer overseeing infrastructure projects and a customer service manager. Being a teacher is the latest entry in my career history. Life has offered me [...]