To be a teacher...

[On Being Taught By Students]
Making a lesson plan, checking the students’ projects, discussing the lesson with clarity, coping up with mischievous students and other numerous tasks, are what teachers have to fulfill for the rest of their career. This may be the reason why majority of our class prefer to be a nurse, an engineer, a lawyer and an accountant rather than being a teacher.
To be a teacher is a profession that is a serious one. You may be at less risk compared to an electrical engineer or not be charged by malpractice as that of a doctor yet you have a great responsibility to be a good influence to someone. And you have a big responsibility in implanting knowledge to the minds of the leaders of the next generation.
Teachers have been special to students. They served as parents to the students in school. As tribute to teachers, UP celebrates KYSD or the Know Your School Day every February. Different activities are done during this celebration. These include the offering of tributes to teachers like gifts, letters and presentations; the turning over of the school to the student principal and PED chairperson; and the substitution teachers by student mentors.
The most exciting part of the celebration is the temporary replacement of the subject teachers by the students. In this way, several students may experience the life of a teacher and being taught by student teacher for days.
In my first year in UP, I applied as a Health teacher. Truly, being a teacher is a hard task, especially for me that I don’t have a loud voice. So, I had a hard time to be heard by my classmates. That is why I did not apply as student teacher for the succeeding Know Your School Day. I learned that being a teacher is a difficult one, but enjoying your work may let you somehow barely feel the burden.
From my second year up to the fourth year, I have experienced being taught by my classmates in a student-teacher way. For me, it was fun. The class was a bit less formal than in ordinary days. And during Know Your School Days, I got the chance to be less shy on asking question with regards to our topic.
To be a teacher may be a difficult but also a fulfilling job. That is why, let us thank our dear teachers that have done great things for us; educating us.