English Teachers

I learned “British” English from

• Karen
  e.g. Teacher Kywe
• Burmese
  e.g. Daw Khin Khin Aye
• Chinese
  e.g. Ms. Amelia Kyi
• Irish
  e.g. Brother Austin, Brother Xavier
• German
  e.g. Brother Felix
• Anglo-Burman
  e.g. Des Rodgers

I later had to learn American usage and unlearn “British” English.

Ms Hong Kong

• Ms. Amelia Kyi was known as “Miss Hong Kong” not because she was a Beauty Queen
• She was from Hong Kong.
• She married the maternal uncle of Dr. Tin Wa and came to Burma.
• She taught English at St. Paul’s High School.
• She also gave private tuition to her relatives (e.g. Diana Tseng) and neighbors.
• She was our English teacher in Standards VI (D) and VII(D) at St. Paul’s High School.
• She used “the Carrot and the Stick”.
• She would give weekly tests and fine fifty pyas for those who failed, and reward fifty pyas for those who excelled in the tests.
• My daily pocket money was twenty five pyas, so I had no choice but to study hard.
• She had three sons.
  The eldest became a monk.
  U Win Kyi was RUBC Gold. He worked for Sports and Physical Education Department).
  U Min Kyi was RUBC Green. He was a pilot for UBA/BAC.
  As a Char Taik, I saw U Win Kyi and U Min Kyi at RUBC. They were contemporaries of my brother and cousins.
• At the 2019 RUBC Annual Regatta, I met Naymyo Thura.
  He is RUBC Gold.
  He is the son of U Win Kyi and grandson of Ms Hong Kong.
  His mother taught at SPHS.
  He said that he would like to save the SPHS photos.