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The cast of ChildAid 2024: The Dream Emporium performing during the 20th edition of the annual charity concert in November.

The cast of ChildAid 2024: The Dream Emporium performing during the 20th edition of the annual charity concert in November.

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Kelvin Seah Lee Nguon

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In 2024, I met up with an ex-colleague and good friend who retired as a senior lecturer at a local tertiary institution. She had been teaching there for the past 30 years.

Chatting over a cup of coffee, we talked about her retirement and what she recalled from her final months of teaching. Of the many anecdotes she shared, one stuck with me.

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