My student failed his O level English.

I felt quite devastated. I had an impulse to just cancel my classes and go home to sleep but of course, I didn't do so because I needed to be professional.

While I was breaking the news to the class, Faiz remarked, "Life is too short for unhappiness", a sentiment which I conveyed to them months ago.

sometimes, as a teacher, you wonder whether your kiddos have internalised your "golden advice". I suppose my words were not said in vain. that's a consolation.