No easy task to educate
By Alina Amir
September 2014 FEATURE
A teacher’s contribution to nation-building, especially in high-need schools, is more important than we think. And it’s no walk in the park either, as Teach for Malaysia fellow Alina Amir discovers.Nothing could have prepared me for school. If I thought having a degree from a US college and a job at a big consulting firm in the city were enough, I was wrong – none of those did anything for my self- confidence when faced with rowdy kids in a...
Alina Amir
is a second-year fellow with TFM. She has a degree in Actuarial Science with a minor in Business Administration from University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Prior to joining the fellowship, she was an analyst with Accenture Consulting. She is very passionate about education and transforming the system for the better.
