“Sir, is it okay if the long test will be put off for tomorrow? Please. We haven’t got time to study.” Or “Madam, could you please move the deadline of the project from Monday to Wednesday?” All these, students, like me, say to teachers well, let us admit it, we say it most of the time. And if they these teachers don’t agree, some would say that they are so inconsiderate and so dependent on their status as teachers that they would just do what they wish to do to their students. Sigh. I used to think that being a teacher is an easy job, give tests so long and difficult that the students sweat to their feet and assign projects to be passed on the day after the project was given, making students cram, but now, I guess not.
Our school had a Know your School Day or what is more popularly known as KYSD several months ago. It was a two day event wherein, students get to be teachers and teach their classmates in a subject they can freely choose. Did I apply? Not a chance. I feel I don’t have the patience and the abilities a teacher possesses. Teachers are needed to be patient and learn to discipline their students without raising their voices. Well, I know of one teacher in our school, he was our Home Technology teacher, he spoke ever so softly in class even if the class was so noisy, we asked him why he always spoke so softly, and his reply was, ”I do not want to raise my voice, now, if people at the back do not hear me because they are constantly talking with each other, it is not my fault if they fail because they did not listen to me, if they persist to talk louder and ignore what I am saying in the front, I will just make my voice more soft” and surely, the whole room would be quiet once he speaks softly for you need to listen carefully. He was a great teacher because he taught us to listen. By now I know, you realize that being a teacher is not at all a holiday, once you are a teacher you have responsibilities to fulfil.
Now, my other classmates applied as student teachers for the said event, and surely, they were the ones who taught us the lessons for two whole days. It was a nice experience being taught by our classmates. We non-student teachers paid attention to them and respected them for we know in our hearts that being a teacher is not easy and it requires a lot of guts.
Nowadays, when parents ask their children what they want to be when they graduate high school and if the children’s reply would be to be a teacher, they would say,”Be a teacher?! Why become a teacher?! Teachers are paid so low and what would our neighbors say when they hear about this? They would say you took up teaching because you are dumb! Be a nurse instead.” Sad to say, the Philippines are in short of public school teachers. Being a teacher is not at all dumb, when you are a teacher it means you teach lessons to children, you pass knowledge and wisdom to the younger generation. It is a tiring job, but even though they are paid low, they still continue to teach for they care for the future of the children and they do not want them to go astray.
Let us value our teachers and honor them, for they have shaped our minds and fed us with the knowledge we hunger for. To all the teachers, I say thank you.##
Our school had a Know your School Day or what is more popularly known as KYSD several months ago. It was a two day event wherein, students get to be teachers and teach their classmates in a subject they can freely choose. Did I apply? Not a chance. I feel I don’t have the patience and the abilities a teacher possesses. Teachers are needed to be patient and learn to discipline their students without raising their voices. Well, I know of one teacher in our school, he was our Home Technology teacher, he spoke ever so softly in class even if the class was so noisy, we asked him why he always spoke so softly, and his reply was, ”I do not want to raise my voice, now, if people at the back do not hear me because they are constantly talking with each other, it is not my fault if they fail because they did not listen to me, if they persist to talk louder and ignore what I am saying in the front, I will just make my voice more soft” and surely, the whole room would be quiet once he speaks softly for you need to listen carefully. He was a great teacher because he taught us to listen. By now I know, you realize that being a teacher is not at all a holiday, once you are a teacher you have responsibilities to fulfil.
Now, my other classmates applied as student teachers for the said event, and surely, they were the ones who taught us the lessons for two whole days. It was a nice experience being taught by our classmates. We non-student teachers paid attention to them and respected them for we know in our hearts that being a teacher is not easy and it requires a lot of guts.
Nowadays, when parents ask their children what they want to be when they graduate high school and if the children’s reply would be to be a teacher, they would say,”Be a teacher?! Why become a teacher?! Teachers are paid so low and what would our neighbors say when they hear about this? They would say you took up teaching because you are dumb! Be a nurse instead.” Sad to say, the Philippines are in short of public school teachers. Being a teacher is not at all dumb, when you are a teacher it means you teach lessons to children, you pass knowledge and wisdom to the younger generation. It is a tiring job, but even though they are paid low, they still continue to teach for they care for the future of the children and they do not want them to go astray.
Let us value our teachers and honor them, for they have shaped our minds and fed us with the knowledge we hunger for. To all the teachers, I say thank you.##
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