1999. The y2k thing was fun. We got "The Matrix" too.

The 90's was just a fun time to be alive really.

2007: Was the last year I remember before smart phones came along and started to suck the life out of me.

1996

Nintendo 64 Released

DVDs Introduced

First Pokémon Episode Aired!!!!!!!!

But what season of 69 was your favourite?

Hmmm...good question...
My answer is late, but I thought a lot about which year to choose. I finally chose 2023.
My reason:
It was the first time that two Hungarian scientists received the Nobel Prize in the same year. (In 2023, Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz)

Yes, I know...this is not such a "big deal" for some, but for a small country like Hungary (less than 10 million inhabitants) it is a remarkable achievement

You made me think hard about this question!

I find it difficult to answer it because I’m self-absorbed. I don’t care so much about the world; I only care about my highs and lows haha

But in order to answer your question, I would have to say 2005. Because Steve Jobs gave his commencement speech at Stanford University.

Now, since that iconic speech, word has come about in regard to how Steve Jobs was an abrasive bastard. This still doesn’t take away the fact that his speech impacted me deeply. So much so that I used to make his speech my last lesson when I taught a cohort of students. One year (2008), I even blogged about it.
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The (Second or) Last Lesson with CTG 207/218/229

It was a lesson on Life. My favourite kind of lesson:)

You know you like conducting a lesson when you don't tire of revisiting Steve Job's commencement speech 3 times in a week but instead listen to it with the same rapt attention you did when you first encountered it.

Mr Heng's life isn't as inspirational as Steve Job's but i hope my students sensed how a typical product of the Singapore education system and society tries to take Job's advice to heart and struggles to see if this is indeed applicable in our context.

wa, macham like AQ answering. Haha.

2.5 years into teaching, I can honestly say I don't regret my decision. Although there are larger forces beyond my control, I like the process of meeting different kinds of personalities, getting to know them and interacting with them. Although I dread asking the third class to highlight conjunctions and punctuation marks yadda dadda, I feel okay-maybe even energised-once I'm in the classroom.

I never expected to meet interesting students in my profession. It's true what educators say--You learn with your students and from them as well.

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sorry for the Singlish used

It's a tough one.
I'll go with 2020 when we migrated back to our small town leaving the chaotic city behind. It's 1000x better, simple and peaceful here.

For the 69-memes, clearly

2024, yeah, that's when I finally learned what Bitcoin was all about.

2004
When I first entered into the college. Although we also traditionally speak our 6th -12th grades school as college, but here I'm talking about University.

That was the first and the last year when I studied passionately. Before that I used to work for hours for my family needs, and that was the first year when I first realised how it feels like to be studying with purpose in your mind. That was kinda freedom for my mind. It's not that I wasn't working but teaching 9th or 10th grade students felt much more satisfying than to be a Newspaper distributor or being a salesman of ink.

I choose this year because it was a turning point that completely transformed my life.