Tribute to Teachers

TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS

Teacher’s day is celebrated every year on the 5th September in India.

It is a dedication to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was the President of India.

He was basically a dedicated teacher and a believer in education.

The birthday of this great scholar is been observed as Teacher’s day.

Since I was a teacher, I received SMS, e-mails and greeting cards from my students who are now teachers too.

They remember me on this auspicious day as their beloved teacher.

I feel happy to receive their greetings and good words every year on this particular day.

The teachers range from school to colleges.

In fact, the responsibility of school teachers is very important as compared to that of college teachers.

Teaching children is very difficult, because the teacher needs lot of patience and dedication.

Women teachers are good at it and there are a good number of them devote their life for teaching.

Someone said that teachers bring you the brighter side life.

True, we should agree, because the knowledge we receive guide us to progress in the proper path.

Education is the basic culture we need to lead a good life.

Teacher, Parent and Student are the three people involved.

The harmony of these three brings better education.

Teachers of today are of various kinds.

Most of them opt for teaching, when they fail to get other attractive opportunities in life.

No one thinks that teaching is equivalent to a profession like engineering, medicine, law or information technology.

Although, much is talked about teaching and teachers, they are kept in the low side of remuneration.

Those who come to teaching, become best teachers because of their love for this noble profession.

Teachers especially school teachers invariably lead a simple life.

May be they do not have much money to lead a luxury life.

However, they teach their student the best things of life.

We do find some teachers are harsh to their students.

During the past, students used to have lot of respect towards teachers.

In the present day, students do have respect for their teacher, but with a difference.

Students talk to the teachers freely and teachers too are more friendly with their wards.

More freedom is enjoyed by the students of advance countries like the US.

Students call their teacher by first name.

Thus, the association with teachers is greater.

However such relationships have not yet come to our country like India.

Moral values are taught to every student who tries to absorb and adopt.

Teachers learn many things from their students and vice versa.

Teachers make teaching more enjoyable by simple stories through joy and happiness.

Young children, grown ups and the college going teenagers are being managed by teachers.

The day these students pass from one class to an upper class, is the real achievement day for the teachers.

Students look for good teachers who can inspire and motivate.

Therefore, teachers have to learn more about education technology and update their knowledge regularly.

It helps not only the teacher but also the students.
Each student is proud of his or her school or college.

When a student enters his earning age, most of them end up as the best engineers, doctors and businessmen who visit their school or college and meet the new students and teachers and tell them about their past school or college days.

Some of them even contribute money, books, scholarships etc., to their alma mater because of their love and affection to establish a link.

The human gratitude is being seen all over the world.

People prefer to uplift the schools in which they studied.

The teachers are happy to receive such encouraging contributions for their schools and colleges.

The standard of living of college teachers has gone up whereas that of school teachers is still on the brink.

In every Teacher’s Day, some selected teachers are being honoured by the Government.

State Governments also honour selected teachers.

These honours are simple encouragements for this particular community.

Above all the greatest honour a teacher gets is a phone call of greetings from one of his unknown students on the Teacher’s Day.

Long live Teacher’s Day!