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?
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.
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!
j,
ReplyDeletewent to that blogsite already. nabisita ko na. ill leave a mssg on the tag board na lang when i go back, ok?