Little Butterfly : Teacher's day

A very rewarding day indeed.

I think every Teacher will be remembered by at least one of her/ his students for something you taught them that was of value at some stage of their life. Maybe they don't always remember you as the person who taught you this but a teacher knows in her heart that there is a person somewhere in the world she took under her wings and taught how to fly.

Even if I remember back to my own school years there was at least one teacher who was my favourite or one teacher who gave me some food for life or even just made me feel better on a day I felt a little off. I would also like to believe that teachers get to know a side of a child that parents don't always get to see, a side of eagerness to learn or an eagerness to succeed in life. I also would like to believe that it takes a certain teacher to give her students the courage to come speak to them about private matters.

If I should define a teacher I would say it is somebody who teaches those around them the values of life and not the content of books. A teacher cannot teach without learning as well and the most difficult thing is to find the balance. The balance between being righteous and being knowledgable and humble. They are some of the most loving and friendly people on earth and they are some of the strongest.

Teachers see and hear every thought that goes through the mind of a child and they hurt just as much as that child for the same reasons the child is hurting. You cry with them. You take children that is not your own into your care and love them, care for them and build relationships with them as you would've done with your own children.

I also think, although I'm bias for saying this, that teachers aren't given the credit they deserve. Teachers create the lawyers, engineers, scientists and billionaires of the world. Every person on this earth started by learning the alphabet from a teacher. Learned how to read and write and do a little math through the help of a teacher. It's the fundamental building blocks that matters not the content. It takes a big heart to shape little minds. Yes the content is important but if you are taught how to read you will be able to read any book in your language. If you can write you will be able to put your knowledge onto a piece of paper. But teachers teach you how to learn which is why the content is so important. Without an excessive amount of learning material you will never learn how to handle the loads. A teacher teaches you that.

I would like to use this blog post as a special Thank you to all my teachers in life. I had teachers that aren't teachers in profession but they were teachers nonetheless. I have been around you my whole life and so far I am learning how to become a good teacher myself. The one thing I have learned in life is that you must never stop yourself from learning something new and that you can learn even from the brabble of a baby. We don't know everything in life and we need to be strong and smart enough not be be righteous but to admit if we don't know something.