Hi guys! Long time no see.
How’s everything going on? All well? Of course it has to be!
So where have I been these days? I was busy taking care of
my classroom, my students and myself. Yes, myself! We teachers too, need a lot
of care and self-motivation. There are times when I think that I am really messed
up with life and I am fed up with what I am doing and I wonder that what am I doing
with my life? Am I stuck? Am I done? But then I remember all those innocent
faces waiting for me every day in the class. I felt the same a few days ago. It’s
like I had a mental breakdown where I stopped talking to everyone and I just
wanted to be left alone…
And I know everyone feels the same sometimes or the other and
let me tell you the best person who can help you out is you – yourself. Think about
all the people who love you and all the things you need to be thankful about.
So where was I? Ah yes - I was busy, busy reinforcing my ‘super
powers’. Ha ha!
We all have powers – power to make somebody smile, power to
make somebody feel comfortable, power to listen and power to be patient. And then
there are people with ‘super powers’.
Now super – humans are people with unusual strength/power or
abilities who use them to help others. And I think that ‘Teachers are super humans’ and there is no doubt in that. Every day
I observe my peers, my colleagues and the hard work put in by each one of them.
Being a part of residential school, our responsibility is enormous. We are
responsible for their overall development for a particular period of time.
Every day – the first thing that pops up in my mind is my students. People say
mothers are super heroes and so are teachers. Where a mother has to take care
of 1 -2 children at a particular time, a teacher looks after 20 – 30 students
and some schools even more! Still you would find each one of them smiling at
the end of the day because of the efforts put in by them for their students.
I decided to write this article because I heard an elderly person
once saying that “teaching is the easiest profession! People who have no job
usually end up teaching!” That’s so sad and so not true at the same time!
I believe – teaching is the noblest profession. A teacher
creates human material! A teacher nurtures a child from a tiny young sapling to
a perfect human material who has to take care of the world. All the professionals
are born out of teaching. Teachers take care of the future – the future of
mother Earth. Times are changing and so is the world. There is so much to do,
so much to conquer but we are still stuck in the rot and partial norms of
society.
So people out there let me tell you – It takes guts to be a
teacher. We have to sacrifice, not for our children but for the children of the
future. Children who will make this place a better place to live in. So kindly
start respecting teachers and believe in their abilities to transform…
Live, love, laugh and spread that awesome smile on your
faces.
