Teachers Play a Tough Balancing Act In a classroom full of students with different learning abilities, the teacher faces a formidable challenge -- how to teach each child to his or her maximum potential. While some children in the class may find the lesson too mundane or boring, if it is dumbed down, other children may find it difficult to cope with difficult concepts. So how does a teacher teach at an optimum level, such that both sets of extreme learning abilities are nurtured? Who Is a Good Teacher? A good teacher plays the role of an educator, guide, inspirational guru, and a friend. While gently nudging the slow learners to climb the steep learning curve, she engages with the bright minds to delve deeper into concepts and thereby meet their need to be ahead of others. Teachers tap the fertile mind of young children and plant the seed of curiosity in them. This inculcates the values of self-learning, exploration, and philosophical inquiry. I have seen many young children who took the spark of imagination to unimaginable heights. I have known little origami enthusiasts to grow up to become engineers of cutting edge technology. I have met kids suffering from dyslexia who grew up and became famous surgeons. Who, other than a great teacher, could have been instrumental in this phenomenal rise? You Owe Your Success to Your Teachers All that I have achieved in my life is because of my teachers. Some of them were formally designated as my teachers -- in school, college, and university. Others, such as my parents, were my teachers nonetheless. Here are some happy Teachers Day quotes to celebrate the best teachers in our lives. Dan Rather The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth. Henry Brooks Adams A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Robert Brault The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity. Cicero The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Jacques Barzun In teaching, you cannot see the fruit of a days work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. Helen Caldicott Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. Albert Einstein It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Nikos Kazantzakis Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows and rows of natural objects, classified with name and form. Ken Blanchard Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners. William Butler Yeats Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. Forest Witchcraft A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank, but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child. Teaching For a Cause Teachers are the building blocks of society. Dedicated and selfless teachers have reached far flung areas of the world to impart education, and help change the lives of millions. They do so not because teaching will earn them awards or tons of money. They simply want to teach. Many volunteers go to backward regions where lack of amenities, medical aid, literacy, and other socio-economic factors have kept people in the dark. However, there are many teachers who have relinquished their high-flying careers in their urban nations simply to help the ones who were not blessed with similar opportunities. These unsung heroes may not find their names splashed in your morning newspaper, but they are all the same the greatest teachers in the world. Make Teachers Day Memorable If you believe in doing something for the society, volunteer your time to teach some of the less fortunate. Make Teachers Day a day of sacrifice. Share your knowledge with the less fortunate. Replace the begging bowl with a job. Illuminate the path for those who dont have the resources. You will find how immensely gratifying it is to teach and empower others.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 07:52:44 +0000
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