I reckon teachers’ day is the best known professional day everywhere… Ever since we were little kids going to school with a lunchbox we know about teachers’ day. Some students bring apples or chocolates in recognition to the man or woman standing if front of the class, but they have no idea how hard it is to be there.
I grew up with teachers, my father and my mum were teachers since before I was born and are still, so maybe I’m only doing what I was born to do. I must say, though that a bed of roses it ain’t. Every teacher is a student, our lives are ruled by the learning of new things in order to teach them right.
For every class we teach, there are hours of preparation, correcting exercises, and listening to coordinators and principals, who sometimes don’t even know the students. We are criticised every day and not often complimented. Sometimes students just don’t feel like having classes.
Sometimes we feel the urge to go inside a classroom with nothing planned, we have something to talk about, something that drives us, something we are passionate about, something to teach. These are the best classes, these are the real classes.
Happy faces, students that feel the class shouldn’t be over, the feeling you’ve given someone new information, “thank you, teacher”. This is why we really do this job, this is the biggest reward in the world, this is the reason teachers will never disappear.
Just today, in this, “our day”, tell your teacher you’re thankfull and that you appreciate what he or she does. This is the best thanks they can ever get. And to all teachers out there, happy teachers’ day to you, and don’t forget to have fun.
I leave with a joke now, hope you enjoy it:
Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and, gathering them around him, he taught them, saying:
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
Blessed are the meek
Blessed are they that mourn
Blessed are the merciful
Blessed are they that thirst for justice
Blessed are you when persecuted
Blessed are you when you suffer
Be glad and rejoice for your reward is great in heaven
Then Simon Peter said, “Are we supposed to know this?”
And Andrew said, “Do we have to write this down?”
And James said, “Is this examinable?”
And Phillip said, “Is there an answer guide in the library?”
And Bartholomew said, “What came after poor?”
And John said, “The other disciples didn’t have to learn this!”
And Mark said, “Don’t take the overhead off yet.”
And Matthew went to the bathroom.
One of the Pharisees who was present asked to see Jesus’ lesson plan and enquired of Jesus, “Where are your anticipatory set and your objectives in the cognitive domain?”
And Jesus wept.
