The Many Faces - A Tribute to Teachers

Assumption's Academic Day 2010

(A Teacher's Entry 1) 

One day, a woman visited a fortune teller and asked him why he  told her years ago that she’d be  going to have many faces yet she has just become a teacher.

During my pregnant glory.

“My dear,” the old woman replied “you have many faces because you perform many roles towards your students. Aside from their parents, you are a great part in discovering their potentials.” The young teacher was enlightened for her calling.

Some has almost forgotten his/her oath as teachers and live each day teaching students as his/her bread and butter. Here are some reminders why each maestro should be proud of the “road” he/she has chosen:

Bonding time. Let's party!

It is very rewarding to have teachers whom you consider a friend. Someone you can confide to in the midst of your troubled days that are unselfishly willing to lend their ears listening to your desires and defeats.

Learning becomes more relaxed as teachers portray “motherly figure”. Although students have innumerable mistakes and lack of interest to education, their remarkable qualities of sensitivity and kindness have successfully nurtured everyone holistically.

How can anyone ever forget the “ohh” and “ahh” of the students as teachers become actors and actresses on their own stage at their own rights? The waves of their hands, their enunciation and pronunciation, and their gestures and postures stimulate the students’ interest to learn more.

Despite the busy schedule inside the classroom, they still manage to prepare lesson plans, compute grades, attend meetings, and write lesson reports. Over the years, they have mastered their secretarial skills even outside the classroom.

 

The best thing of being a teacher is that they become a part of the learning curve of the students. Henry Adam said, "A teacher affects eternity; she can never tell where her influence stops."  Teachers are mentors, instilling great values and wisdom, molding every individual in becoming a better citizen.

When you are a teacher, you become an amalgamation of characters both famous and unheard. You portray various tasks with great dedication. You become a confidant, a mother, a performer, a secretary, a mentor, and a boss.

Yet with these tremendous tasks at hand, few only recognize the extraordinary love and knowledge they share. Few have given recognition to them. Worst, some would curse their teachers for being punished on home works undone.

This Teacher’s Day may this be an opportunity to thank all the teachers in the world who are painstakingly doing their jobs at their utmost ability. I am indebted to my parents, my first gurus who firmly ingrained me the principles I needed and provided me the avenues for better living. It was until I become a teacher when I fully realized how heroic this profession is.

It is true that you will never find gold to this kind of occupation. But at the end of the day, teachers find total satisfaction and contentment in helping students reach their “future” through their inspirations and actions. That’s the greatest treasure.