Growing up in a non-English-speaking household with limited resources, Mr Chan was overwhelmed when a teacher asked him to pick a thick book from the school library and take it home to read, he said.
That teacher - Miss Low of MacPherson Primary School - encouraged him to persevere, "imagining that he could finish each page like a picture book that he used to read". After he finished the book, Miss Low asked him to be a school librarian.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...progress-to-refine-and-improve-upon-says-chan
That teacher - Miss Low of MacPherson Primary School - encouraged him to persevere, "imagining that he could finish each page like a picture book that he used to read". After he finished the book, Miss Low asked him to be a school librarian.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...progress-to-refine-and-improve-upon-says-chan