Yu Jen and I

In 1967, Catholics established the first church school Yu Jen Catholic Elementary School in Taichung city to meet everyone’s expectation and got a lot of attention. As for me who just graduated from the university and had my heart filled with educational ideals, because of my teacher’s recommendation, I decided to join the school and then started the teaching life which is different from my classmates—namely, I started the challenging trip of building a school.

Because it was a new school, all things started without anything and it is hard to say how difficult it is. But Yu Jen is a church school, it has the greatest teaching environment: personnel matters are simple, facilities are perfect, and there are sisters and colleagues who are kind and like to devote themselves to the school. Therefore, I had my heart filled with passion to show my ambition and wanted to grow up and get strong together with Yu Jen.

Sisters treat us like their own sisters, trust us, support us, and let us make our educational ideals come true. After work, we are like a family to search for new knowledge, to sing, to go out together, and to talk about our dreams. We were a group of passionate young people to make efforts for Yu Jen’s beautiful future together.

At present, with the guidance of former principals of Yu Jen, new staff and teachers continue joining us and the school makes progress and is also creative. After everyone’s efforts, the school overcomes poor management and becomes glorious. Yu Jen has nurtured a large number of elites for Taichung city as well as our country. Undoubtedly, Yu Jen is the glory of Taichung city.

Yu Jen is my first work place and also my only work place. In Yu Jen, I become a sophisticated gardener from a teaching new hand, become a mother owning two children from a young girl, and become good friends with colleagues. Yu Jen is a paradise filled with warmness and gregariousness—namely, sisters, teachers, parents, and students love each other like a family; especially, the construction of new building gathered everyone’s heart together. I cannot forget that everyone in Yu Jen celebrated in the inauguration ceremony of new building.

Yu Jen is the place where I grow up and develop my talents; Yu Jen is the place where I have a lot of memories. I love Yu Jen and I am proud of Yu Jen.