I remember , when I was in Sekolah Rendah and yes the school is still there , I used to learn Jawi and just the other day , a friend of mine was teacing my students and I told her that during Agama lessons , we , on the other hand would attend Jawi lessons. My teacher , Cikgu Ramlah would come in and teach us kefahaman and how to answer the questions all in Jawi . It never made sense to some of us but what I liked about it then was that , our teacher was comitted and she would help us along the way . I ,for one was so blur and I just don't know where to begin . I admired some of my classmates , who could read quite well in Jawi.
During one of our exams , a few Jawi questions were thrown in and my class teacher Cikgu Sara , ( tall , slim and she had long hair , dressed up well too ), came up to me and told me to memorize some of the Jawi words , so that I could score some marks for it . She placed a piece of paper into my hands and everyday after that ,I would write it down and memorize it . ( She did not want me to cheat but she took pity on me !!) . I scored some marks fo that and I was so gratefull to her .
Now , as I sit in class and observe my friend teaching my class , I can now spell baju . It goes something like this ba alif ja wau ju = baju . Not bad huh ? Okay how about this one then mim alif , mim alif = mama . Then another one, ba alif ta wau tu = batu . Ha ! at least three words . So when my students can't spell , I will do the spelling for them !! So tomorrow I will be having my next Jawi lesson and I hope to learn how to spell more words . Wish me luck.
Before I forget , Cikgu Ramlah has got good penmanship .
