Many people say teaching nowadays is like a show that requires the actor to resort to all means in order to retain the attention of the audience. Well, actors can step out of the characters when the play is over, but good teachers cannot. Teachers who treat teaching as a lifelong vocation have their students in mind no matter what they do, and hope that their ideas will bring lifelong benefits to their students. Two teachers who received the Exemplary Teaching Award in General Education 2014, Prof. Ho Chi-ming and Prof. Gordon Mathews are examples.

Meantime, H. also compares the University workplace to a stage. Why? Let him explain it to you. If you know what your role is, know when to enter and exit, know the script and the transitions by heart, you will be able to give your very best performance.

A student of hotel management, Fermi Fang fell in love with The Stage, a cafe on campus, where his role morphed from apprentice to manager. The talented and determined young man has his mind set on taking the teaching restaurant up a few notches.

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