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"Make my students understand the importance of the words 'Thank You Teacher', bcos that will lead to a future generation of better people"-Anwar Hadi First page.A story about teacher. Thank you for the reminder.I'll make sure my future students know it.In sha Allah..😊😊 #whateveryousayI'mOK #anwarhadi #englishteachers #pembakarsemangat #lol #marwahshope #onlineshopper (at Taman Sepekan Makmur,Pulau Serai 26600 Pekan Pahang.)

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Philosophy & Me

By Anwar Hadi

I guess my first explicit foray into philosophy would be when I was in my first year of degree studies in the teacher training institute I went to.

In one of the semesters, we were required to take the subject “Philosophy in Education”. I never really took it very seriously. I basically just sat in lectures and tutorials to absorb all the things I needed to in order to get my assignments done and get through the exams. I didn’t really fully understand the importance or relevance of philosophy in my daily life. For me, it was just another subject to get through

But then in the following semester, we had a class called “Classroom Management”. My tutor for this subject was and still remains one of my favourite lecturers. She played a significant role in developing my understanding of the world as well as myself.

Anyway, at the end of the semester, on our last tutorial session, she asked all of us to write to her our own personal philosophies of education.

What did we believe about education and what did we want to achieve through education? From writing that piece (I still have that document until today, but it’s in an external hard disk that I don’t have with me at the moment), I came to understand just how important philosophy was in life.

As you might have been already informed (come on, you are all EJ after all), the word comes from the ancient Greek term “philosophia”, which means “the love of knowledge/wisdom”. Your philosophy basically means your fundamental beliefs, views or attitudes towards something.

Everyone has a philosophy, whether they are aware of it or not. No one can say that philosophy doesn’t affect their lives, because it is at the very core of your being. What kinds of questions you ask, what things you choose to focus on, your general attitude towards life, all of that (and more) forms your philosophy. It’s just a question of whether you choose to engage philosophy head on or not.

After I formed a better understanding of philosophy and why it matters, I started engaging with it a lot more. I asked a lot more questions about myself, my beliefs, my understanding of my surroundings, how I came to form those beliefs and opinions as well as why I find the things that are important to me.

Thanks to asking these questions, I came to understand myself better. Mind you, in no way do I mean that I am absolutely confident about who or what I am. But I think it’s safe to say that I do know myself a lot better than I used to, back when I didn’t bother asking all those questions.

I have also developed some sense of empathy towards other people, since I’m always trying to get inside their heads and trying to wrap my head around how their understandings of the world came about. In no way is my understanding anywhere near perfect, but I am definitely working towards bettering myself in that department.

I’m happy that I came to realise how important philosophy is while I was still in my youth (20 years old isn’t too old, right?). However, I do wish that I had realised it earlier even, since I have found that it has made me a much more decent person, a human being I don’t mind being.

You can judge here that I wasn’t too decent human being back in the day, and in my view at least, that was the case. Looking back, a lot of views I held back then were not very pleasant, and to top it all off, I didn’t even realise that I was holding those views.

I think philosophy is important for everyone, to help them start better understand themselves, and down the road, others as well.

It can encourage worldviews that can bring about peace in the world through a human race that is philosophical. Not in a sense that everyone is balding, grows a big beard and wears togas, but in the literal sense of the word, that is knowledge-loving. That would make the world a much better place to be in.

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Connecting the dots...

"You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something … because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference." - Steve Jobs

anwarhadi:

To me, he just said “believe in Qadha and Qadr”, you know, the sixth pillar of Iman? That’s why Islam is the only religion to turn to, because Islam encompasses everything. A Muslim should never feel despair, because we trust in Allah. We trust that things will work out for us in the end, that as long as we’re holding on to the rope of Allah [3:103], we’ll never lose. It also serves as a reminder to me that I should remain steadfast on the road that I believe that will bring the most benefit to the most people. I hope this feeling remains within myself, as well as in everyone out there.

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