Thank a teacher today.
From the time you were in nursery learning the alphabets to the moment you took your PhD, it was your teachers who guided you every step of the way. So, today as we celebrate the World Teachers’ Day, it’s time to pay tribute to the people who help shape and challenge our minds, and guide us for lifelong learning.
Since 1994, the World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on October 5 with the aim of honoring the noble profession of educators and to stimulate international standards for the teaching profession. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization encourages students and concerned government and private organizations to embark on activities that will show appreciation for the contributions of teachers in education and national development. With the theme ‘Teachers for Gender Equality’, teachers, both male and female aim to unite and urge the students for the crusade against gender inequality by being good examples, themselves.
This year, the university will be unison with the effort of UNESCO by resonating the organization’s campaign to mobilize support for teachers. With the charism of St. John Baptist De La Salle as the patron saint of all teachers, a Teachers’ Tribute program spearheaded by the College of Education student council will be held at Santuario De La Salle at 3 p.m. in honor of the teachers’ mighty efforts of teaching minds, touching hearts and transforming lives.
Teaching is more like a vocation than a profession. Let’s face it; no teacher has probably earned a fortune by merely teaching. Students should be grateful for their teacher’s hard work and perseverance when they could have chosen another profession that would have made them big shot professionals or probably work in other countries just to earn a higher pay.
They do not only impart academic knowledge but together with the parents, they are the frontliners of inculcating values and correct moral judgment to the children. They should be thanked, if not more, equally as the parents. Parents only give life to the children when teachers teach them how to live their lives.
Students are encouraged to send a teacher a letter or a card of appreciation but perhaps the best way to thank them on World Teacher’s Day is to show them that we are striving to become the best that we can be- caring and responsible individuals. All we are and all we ought to be- we owe it to our teachers.
