New Hires Training Module 1 & 2 - Concluded

Today marks the end of the 3 weeks of intensive training. At the last hour of the training, I think many things came to light. "What would you do if the script you mark fails to meet the passing mark?" That was the question Ricky asked us before the test. It was rhetorical yet thought provoking, just like the scene in The Dark Knight, when the human beings of 2 ferries were put to test. After the test, our papers would be marked by people from another table.

As I was marking the paper, it was probably a 9/36, but I pushed it up to 18/36, i.e. a 100% increment. Because I am the marker, I can decide on the quality of answer for open-ended questions, and I have the ability to awards marks, therefore my decision is final. When the girl got back her paper, she was screaming and jumping around, coz she expected herself to fail terribly, but someone has made her day. Not to boast about myself, but this reflects that a little action can make or break someone, can destroy or reignite someone's self-esteem. By affirming her, she was lifted.

The truth is, some people choose to kill, to steal and to destroy, while others choose to give life, and life more abudantly.

When May Yann got back her paper, she got 14/36. I had 12.5/36. I didn't try to fight for more marks, not because I have given up on myself, but because I have given up on the marker. Those who failed went to the trainers for marks review, to squeeze out as many marks as possible so that our records will not be tarnished. I chose not to, coz I know that that result is not reflective of my capabilities. That result simply reflects the condition of the marker's heart, a heart so hardened, a heart so cold, a heart that could have stopped beating...

Qiu Jiehui Ricky

This man worths all the space in Cappuccino. He took my script to the trainer without me knowing, and fought for marks. He scrutinized my open-ended answers and fought hard, and pushed my marks to 18, that's about 50% increment. The truth is, when you don't believe in yourself, someone does. And because that someone else believed in me, he turned things around. He did well for his test, and while nobody cared that May Yann and I failed, he cared. When nobody stood up, he stood firm and strong. Not only did he stood up, he advanced and fought so that our records would be forever different. What else can I say? Isn't that what laying down our lives for someone mean? Not out of obligation, neither for fame, but to cover my shame, because he cares... He helped May Yann too!

The whole training has exposed things under the light, and as I pondered and observed, I want to be like Ricky...