Unlike before, in Ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, where teachers are mere pedagogues, teachers are heralded today as molders of the young. Thanks to the awakening during the Middle Ages, the interest to educate the children and to intensify education methods evolved. What happened next remains and will remain a part of history.
Being an educator is a noble profession, but the young of today has their own perception what a teacher is. I should know I am a mother of two watchful students. There were times when Kay and Daryl would discuss during supper how one teacher would utter ‘did not went’ or ‘does not washed’. This with never-ending laughter that ceases when a ‘shhh’ sound from me would ensue. Or how one teacher would make a slave out of my daughter running errands for her because she is ill or busy. This with an irate hissing. Or how one kind teacher would let her submit her formal theme the following day because Kay has to go to the bank to tender the papers needed for the SC account. Or how Daryl laughs at one teacher’s sense of wisdom and humor.
When teachers excel…
Teachers can be the proxies Mama or Papa, because they can also be there and be ‘a shoulder to cry on’ during moments of tension because of an intense break-up with a steady. Teachers can be friends that students could entrust their private feelings. Teachers can be inspirations when they educate, care and achieve. Teachers can be leaders when they choose to be followers and not influence or manipulate their students. Teachers can be the fad when they impregnate their students with updates. Teachers are also students, passing on their knowledge as senior students to their juniors.
When teachers fail…
Teachers are ‘pain in the ass’s when they are faultfinders, nitpickers, bigmouths, señor/a/itas, etc, etc, proving how inadequate they are to their vocation. Teachers can be adversaries when they do not listen but instead criticize. Teachers can be intruders when they delve into personal affairs instead of just being ‘listening ears.’ Teachers are students’ frustrations because they do not learn from their haphazard, conventional and boring mode of teaching. Teachers can be the passé educators ignorant or trying to ignore that the earth is revolving and people are moving. Teachers are flops, like some students, when they fail to educate, to mold, to inspire, or simply, to possess human-caring skills.
Being an educator is a noble profession, but the young of today has their own perception what a teacher is. I should know I am a mother of two watchful students. There were times when Kay and Daryl would discuss during supper how one teacher would utter ‘did not went’ or ‘does not washed’. This with never-ending laughter that ceases when a ‘shhh’ sound from me would ensue. Or how one teacher would make a slave out of my daughter running errands for her because she is ill or busy. This with an irate hissing. Or how one kind teacher would let her submit her formal theme the following day because Kay has to go to the bank to tender the papers needed for the SC account. Or how Daryl laughs at one teacher’s sense of wisdom and humor.
When teachers excel…
Teachers can be the proxies Mama or Papa, because they can also be there and be ‘a shoulder to cry on’ during moments of tension because of an intense break-up with a steady. Teachers can be friends that students could entrust their private feelings. Teachers can be inspirations when they educate, care and achieve. Teachers can be leaders when they choose to be followers and not influence or manipulate their students. Teachers can be the fad when they impregnate their students with updates. Teachers are also students, passing on their knowledge as senior students to their juniors.
When teachers fail…
Teachers are ‘pain in the ass’s when they are faultfinders, nitpickers, bigmouths, señor/a/itas, etc, etc, proving how inadequate they are to their vocation. Teachers can be adversaries when they do not listen but instead criticize. Teachers can be intruders when they delve into personal affairs instead of just being ‘listening ears.’ Teachers are students’ frustrations because they do not learn from their haphazard, conventional and boring mode of teaching. Teachers can be the passé educators ignorant or trying to ignore that the earth is revolving and people are moving. Teachers are flops, like some students, when they fail to educate, to mold, to inspire, or simply, to possess human-caring skills.
A teacher affects eternity. (Henry Adams, 1938-1918, US historian). If this is so, how would you want, as a teacher, to shape the youth of today?
how ironic. teachers carry the burden of educating the nation yet they're paid as if they don't matter in our society at all.
ReplyDeleteif only their salaries are increased and the country's education be given due importance then perhaps there's future for our youth.
but i know it's not as simple as that. ewan.
ay salamat ako ang nauna :)"Teachers can be friends that students could entrust their private feelings. Teachers can be inspirations when they educate, care and achieve. Teachers can be leaders when they choose to be followers and not influence or manipulate their students. Teachers can be the fad when they impregnate their students with updates."totoo eto at naniniwala ako kasi yung isa kung prof naging isa sa naging bestfriend ko tawag nga niya sa 'kin "cousin"kahit di kami magpinsan.
ReplyDeletepangarap ko din maging teacher gusto ko maging -cool-yun tipong nakikipag kuletan din at may sense of humor para sa'kin kasi mas maganda ang masaya ang klase at banayad ang relasyon sa estudyante na sasamahan.
:)magandang araw sa inyo ni kuya daryl
nakangiti ako ngayon kasi ang dami-dami ko ng napupulot na moral lesson sa pagba-bloghop ko mula kanina pa kay teacher sol.
ngiting pa cute,
lws
Hi Bing, I fully agree with your theories and observations. When I was in college, I wrote for the school paper an essay titled "Educating Educators", a kind of exposition where I posited that teachers are molders of the students mind and heart, and must be aware of not only the need of the pupil to fill with facts and information but also, should find ways to enervate the pyscho-social build-up of such pupil. Like a scientist, the teacher should formulate schemes as well as conduct experiments but also, like an artist, the teacher is also one person where he/she goes out one more mile just in order to mold the student into one that is well-rounded and understanding of all the elements of existence, like the love of nature and the faith in God.
ReplyDeleteAltogether, it is my propound belief that teachers plays one of the most important role in any man's upbringing and growth, and thus they become prime movers of the society.
Hi Bing,
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher (but retired now), I've always wanted to be able to help my students make their dreams come true. So their dreams became my dreams, too. (Ang dami kong dreams! But God is good, He made a lot of these come true!)
As the area head, I always told my younger teachers to always tread softly because whatever they do, good or bad, a student is bound to carry it for the rest of his life. Moreover, I always reminded them of how powerful (even if lowly paid) a teacher is - it is only a teacher, among all professions, that can touch the future and shape the lives of his or her students.
Thank you for this post. I am always happy when people appreciate the role of a teacher. It's the only reward that we expect to get.
i regard teachers with much respect because they have the innate ability to inspire each one of their students with lessons in life and living that will make us appreciate life better.
ReplyDeletesome friends are even asking me of my plans to become a (college)teacher after i graduate, to which i'm amenable thereof. our country lacks high-calibre professional teachers because of their mass exodus to foreign lands. it's frustrating to know that the people who will mold the youth of today is leaving our own hometown to serve the youth of other lands.
i hope we can do something about it...
ps. thanks bing for your support, thanks for touching my little life..
NICO, really ironic. i am not forgetting that though. teachers have low morale because they are underpaid. the government claims that they give importance to the cause of education but then the effort is really vague especially for the teachers.
ReplyDeleteei, lws! muk'a ka ngang angel ngayon sa tingin ko LOL. pwera biro, di biro ang role ng mga teachers. di biro din ang magiging kinahihinatnan ng mga estudyante sa mga half-baked na teachers.
ReplyDeletei am glad na meron mga teachers na katulad ng naging teacher mo.
that is a nice one, major tom, hmmm... 'educating educators'. reading the title only would surely catch my interest. it is important that the teachers' human caring-skills should be honed primarily. that would help in developing their students EQ aside from the IQ.
ReplyDeleteteachers like you, bugsy bee, should be hailed with honor. with some of the teachers that my children related to me, i wonder how they could even be addressed as teachers. probably because excellent teachers had already migrated to the foreign lands and what were left were the half-baked ones?
ReplyDeletenot a bad idea, ruff. if you wish to go on with that plan of yours to be a teacher, that would be a great idea. i bet my ass you will be a fine teacher. you make sense.
ReplyDeleteP.S., too (",) you are very much welcome. glad i was of help.
glad you liked it, sol. pinag-isip mo rin naman ako dun. it would be an enjoyable experience, i bet.
ReplyDeleteoks lang naman kung i-po-post ito sa BB. if that is ok with you and with Mr. Rolly.
Thank you for joining us. We are so glad to have you as our parent advocate. I believe you can contribute a lot as a parent of your great children who excel in their own fields in and out of school.
ReplyDeletehello bing -
ReplyDeletei completely agree with your point-of-view. i have had great teachers whose wisdom still remains in my mind, and bad memories from teachers who got away with a lot of inappropriate things.
overall, i have traumatic memories of my school days at st. joseph's college. i attended this school from kinder to 5th grade, when it was still an exclusive girls school. i cannot believe the things that some of the teachers were able to get away with, without the knowledge of the parents. some teachers would blatantly ask for items from the richer kids. favoritism played a big role. a lot of times, we were under the mercy of a teacher who has had a bad day. being asked to stand on a teacher's desk or forced to parade around the different classrooms while holding a sign that says, "i didn't do my homework" - or various humiliation tactics. a male seminarian who taught religion behaved inapproriately among some girls --- me included :(
anyway, i am so glad that i am more aware of what's been going on with my children. i have homeschooled them for the past three years, but now, they're going back to their old parochial school. i am praying that they get good teachers who will instill the proper (catholic-christian) values in their minds.
thanks for allowing me to vent, and thanks for visiting bughaw. we haven't been able to update because it's summertime here. anyway, i turned '40' last july 30 --- we're now the same age! :)
salamat mukha na akong anghel marami na nagsabi niyan sa'kin siguro pang one thousand siete mil ka na -lol-laugh out loud :)alam mo pinakita ko sa dad ko etong pic niyo pala this morning d2 kahawig niyo kasi auntie ko recy(name niya) as in kahawig na kahawig.
ReplyDeletedown ang tagboard niyo kaya gusto ko din magpasalamat dahil ginudlak niyo bagong nilipatan ko :)thank's sa good luck alam ko kasi na walang limit yung amount ng goodluck na padating na kaya kong i-enjoy . again thank's :)
PTN,
ReplyDeletethanks so much..! overwhelmed, i am!
milkphish,
ReplyDeletelike you, i had the same experiences. only a few're remembered fondly. sad fact, for me. i heard those stories about male seminarians, too. why is it that those things happen in schools that are supposed to be promoting religion and GOD-fearing principles? kakataka din, pero human nature siguro.
i am glad that you have the chance to be there for your kids and assist in educating. parents should always be vigilant. it is a wrong notion to assume that all the good things are learned in school.
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!!! So what if we are forty? he he
hey j,
ReplyDeleteme look-alike ako? wala ba namang sakit sa puso ang dad mo? LOL di ba na-shock when he saw me? buti na lang kamukha ko yung sinasabi mo at di nabigla dad mo.
mukhang angel si J? wow!
ako at at ako (lws)at j ay iisa di pa pala kita natitimbrehan may blog ako na tagalog pinalitan ko yung kung puwede lang sana 'eh
ReplyDeletej,
ReplyDeletewent to that blogsite already. nabisita ko na. ill leave a mssg on the tag board na lang when i go back, ok?
new look ah. mas maganda. no more tag board?-->
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