BE THERE + PLAY +MAKE THEIR DAY + CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE = FISH ATTITUDE…the four simple to write, simple to say practices yet difficult to practice. Still I do agree that the four practices of Fish attitude if practiced or employed could create a positive workplace. As in term of being a teacher, I think these are what I should learn and force my self to embrace. It is because and I do admit that I am not practicing all that fully yet. Back to the article on Fish Philosophy, I like to quote this favourite and I regard as beautiful sentence, "We're not afraid to use words like ‘love’ and ‘soul’ and ‘spirit’, because those are an essential part of our humanity”. Ermm..what do you think? Doesn’t this sentence strike you? From my opinion and experience, I think these most essential part of human sometimes are incidentally forgotten. Not that we don’t appreciate that part of humanity or in simple word, the human touch, but then we always think it already in us. But then, ‘human touch’ should be expressed or shown so that the people around us know how we appreciate them. Thus, the four practices of Fish philosophy could help us to improve this part. In teaching, knowledge and theory and lesson are not the only main focus. If teacher can’t be able to reach pupils' heart, it might be a tough job for teacher right? Teachers (especially me, as a future teacher) should always remember that children and even all human being has emotional state and effective filter that determine how much they can take what the environment gives to them.
There is also one more thing that I would like to share. As related to the Fish philosophy of the four practices, it reminds me on a book that I read entitled ‘Life is an open secret’ by Zabrina A. Bakar. She mentioned about what Federick L. Collins said which is ‘There are two types of people-those who come in into a room and say, “Well, here I am!” and those who came in and say, “Ah, there you are”’. Well, this make me questioned myself am I a ‘well, here I am’ person who always be there to those needed or am I just the one who is “Ah, there you are”? Now I know why one of the Fish practice is BE THERE. She also states an answer that came from our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) which is ‘Do not belittle even the smallest act of kindness, even if it were no more than meeting your brother with a smiling and cheerful face’. This can be related with one of the four practices which is MAKE THEIR DAY, am I right? Thus, after reading the Fish Philosophy, I get one more answer besides of what she has gave me.:)
