Once I heard a story of the professionals who died and and should pass a screening before they could enter the gate of heaven. Each were asked what is the good deed they have done. Each of them answered:
Architect: I designed the most prestigious hotels and buildings in the world.
Engineer: I built all the buildings and hotels designed by the architect.
Doctor: I healed men from contagious and fatal diseases.
Teacher: I neither design/built a building nor cure men from fatal disease but I worked on the precious minds of these people.
Before entering the corporate world I was once a teacher and in my heart I will always be. On a class response, I sworn before my colleagues and mentors that I will practice the noblest profession and vowed to mold thy precious minds. I got lost somewhere in the middle when I decided to take a slight detour but in my heart this vocation will always be remembered and above all be loved.
My heart sank in pain when people talk s*** about my beloved profession. I know there' no money in teaching and if you don't know that, the more reason you should be thankful for the dedicated people out there who still devote their time in teaching.
Fulfilling this calling isn't easy at all. You can't wear this, you can't do that, you have to be like this and you have to be perfect. People demand that you should be perfect but they will degrade your profession in return. You will always be a subject of criticisms. They criticize this profession but without it, no profession will ever exist.
Teachers are not perfect, they have their flaws, they are humans and most of all nobody is perfect.
I will give you the rights to criticize and degrade educators if and only you will be doctors, engineers, and architects without passing through a molding hand of a teacher.
such a lovely read, dear. :)
ReplyDeletep.s. i'm so jealous. i want to be a teacher too :)
Haze I remember you want to be a teacher. It's tiring but fulfilling.
ReplyDeleteLovely post sey. You know I also want to teach and I am so happy that I was given a chance to do that even for a short period of time. I'm enjoying it. It is difficult but fun.
ReplyDeleteI hope someday you'll find your way back to teaching. I can sense that you still want to do it. take care sey..
Mayen I know that and I am glad you were given the chance to teach even for a short period of time. It's laborious but indeed fulfilling.
ReplyDeleteI still have the heart and I look forward to it but I am still contemplating on some few things. I have to decide carefully and besides I am still enjoying my stress stricken job. LOL!!!
my father was once a teacher ... before he became an elections supervisor.... kaya nga.. kapag nagtuturo yun sa amin noon noong maliit pa kami eh parang teacher talaga.. eheheh.. kahit ngayon.. kapag may tinanong ka tapos sinagot niya.. kapag di mo nagets.. huwag ka na gumawa ng follow up question.. kasi tiyak magagalit yun.. kasi ewan.. ayaw ko nga nagtatanong masyado sa kanya eh.. kasi grabe yun.. ehehehe... pero cool talaga yun.. lalo na kapag bagong sweldo.. madaling madelesyahan.. ehehhehe
ReplyDeletenow he is retiring from comelec.. and was planning to go back to teaching.. ehehehhe...
try to go back to teaching.. follow your heart SEY... always follow your heart...
ako din.. nagturo rin ako.. kaso tutorial lang.. sa computer .. noon yun when I was still working in tawi-tawi...
ReplyDeleteMusingan LOL! Talagang delehensiya pa naisip mo maganda sa pagiging teacher niya ah! Ikaw talaga Al.
ReplyDeleteako gusto ko may follow-up question palagi para masaya. May challenging tapos mas broad na yung topic and it will open more gates for knowledge.
Al, if I followed my heart baka nawala na ako! I always decide with the combination of my heart and my brain. pag puso lang talo.
Musingan Talaga? computer pa ah! galing mo. bakit di mo tinuloy? sayang.
ReplyDeletechildhood dream ko maging teacher. i can remember saying the line, "when i grow up i want to be a teacher" nung pre-school graduation ko. hihi. =)
ReplyDeletefeeling ko, it's heroic to choose that profession. hands down ako sa inyo. ;)
yeah right and very well said. Hats off to you Sey and all the teachers out there. :)
ReplyDeleteteacher ka pala ma'am sey? good! i was raised by a teacher kasi retired teacher nanay ko.. :))
ReplyDeleteit's a nice post Sey.. be proud to your profession. Our Family is a family of teachers too and i am so proud of them.
ReplyDeletei may not like to teach but i admired the dedication of the teachers in teaching.
You can still continue to teach and impart your knowledge in teaching even though you're not in the world of your profession.
I agree with you! teachers are the foundation of every profession and people have to learn to stop looking down on educators.
ReplyDeleteIn my mom's hometown there is one classroom there that has 3 primary levels, from grade 1 to grade 3 but if the population of a certain level is just a few the teacher would sometimes open the grade 4 level. When I had a talked with their teacher he said it's a kind of MULTI-EDUCATION SYSTEM and it wasn't really hard coz if he have to tackle a lesson for grade 1 he will leave an activity for the remaining levels. And when the students are all done with the 3 or sometimes 4 levels they will then have to study on the other town for grade 5 to grade 6, this is a hard-way for them just to finish their study because they will have to walk 3-4 kilometers a day. And when they have graduated from elementary, again they will have to study in other town which will took them for more than 1 hour of walking. That's why in their young age they would just agree to be a house maid just to study in high school, you are lucky enough if you have relatives on that town but still you have to work for your stay. Others would just be satisfied having their elementary education, it's a very sad story that I so badly want to help them that's why my mom want me to take up Education so that I can help her hometown, but I took up IT instead and promised my mom to help her hometown in other way. Sorry for making it too long.
ReplyDeleteNice to read...namiss ko mga teachers ko tuloy..isa akong teacher's pet noon..
ReplyDeletetouched ako dito "Teacher: I neither design/built a building nor cure men from fatal disease but I worked on the precious minds of these people."
I believe that teaching is one of the most powerful professions in the world. There could be no better influence on children than teachers. But unfortunately many of the teachers have forgotten their power.I wish they could only understand. On the contrary, there are some teachers who just become the epitome of role model. And probably, because of them, the world is still a better place.
ReplyDeleteGusto ko din maging teacher.Teacher ka pala Sey.ang mga guro ang pinagkakautangan ng lahat ng magagaling sa mundo dahil sila ang humobog dito.
ReplyDeleteHanga ako sa teacher na piniling magturo kahit mababa ang sahod kahit meron kakayanang pumili ng ibang trabahong may malaking sahod.
When I was in college, there was this one teacher that I admired. By the way she carried herself, you'd know that she should be respected. And she deserved the respect. I still have all the respect for her.
ReplyDeleteDi ko na po tinuloy.. kasi di naman ako ganun kagaling sa computer... puro average lang lahat ang alam ko.. average lang talaga,, ehehhe... at saka basic lang ang tinuturo ko.. wala nalang iba.. tapos.. onti lang nagenrol sa akin.. ayun lang... ehhehe...
ReplyDeleteehehehhe...
Thanks for a wonderful post. I was a teacher for over 30 years and loved it. Most teachers are dedicated and conscientious, and we would all be lost without them.
ReplyDeleteSo true.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, people will find reasons to criticize you no matter what you do. So do what you love.
Thanks for the comments everyone. Sorry wasn't able to reply to this one. Been so busy, But I'll make it up to you. .
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