The legacy of a teacher
Teachers are the architects of any developing nation. It makes me feel on top every time I remember the quote: “Teaching is the profession that creates all other professions.” But sadly I couldn’t fathom the fact that very few of us are in this profession by choice and most of us are in this profession by chance. In the last three years, I have hardly found one or two students who were proud to acknowledge the existence of this profession.
When a child is born, parents begin to see their child in a doctor’s apron or engineer’s outfit. Even my parents saw the same dream as the parents of other teachers. Even when we advise our students, we also show them the dream of being a doctor or an engineer. We as parents or teachers do not want our children or students to be the future teachers. My conscience is always bombarded with various questions. Why don’t we encourage them to become teachers? And then, without consulting any book or expert, I get the answers and have to shut up. How can we encourage our children for this prestigious profession when we know that the world is made up of millionaires? Whether from the public sector or the private sector, we all know the poor financial conditions of teachers, the salary they receive and the exploitation they face every day. Teachers in the public sector are not paid on time and teachers in the private sector are not paid enough.
Another major issue I ran into was that we came to this profession unwillingly when we couldn’t cross the standards of modern criteria. And we are left thinking that we have no other options except to test our skills in teaching. We join in enthusiastically, but our motivation level drops with each passing day for one reason or another. So our talents are shackled by exploitation by the authorities and we keep ourselves confined to jobs that are only assigned to us and don’t bother to suffer any additional pain.
Surfing the internet I found a summary of an interesting seminar that took place in France or in any other country (I don’t remember the exact name). That seminar was to discuss the problems facing teachers worldwide. As the discussion progressed, the teachers brought up common problems they faced. (Lower salary, disrespect, exploitation by management, job security, late payment, etc.). An old teacher was quietly listening to the arguments, when the opportunity came to put his point of view, he expressed it very calmly. He argued, “What do we want? Don’t we have the most valuable resources in the nation? They are far better than any of the riches in this world. Make them our wealth and the wealth of the nation and we will surely do it.” be the richest people on earth. Tell me who will be better, millionaire or us?”
I did not read the full contents of that seminar summary and was motivated and excited to put our whole hearts into teaching and turning the nation’s invaluable resources into assets.
Finally, I came to the conclusion that if we are not sincere and hard-working in our teaching methods today, I am sorry to say, “We are robbing you of the future, and we are just as much a part of every other robbery that happens in this world. Remember, you may we will not be condemned in the eyes of worldly jurisdiction, but we will be condemned in the jurisdiction of the almighty Creator.’
So let’s start on a positive note and be honest with our tasks, if some of us have already started, keep up the positive momentum and there is no turning back.
