Why Teacher's Day is still relevant to me...

Teacher's Day has just gone by. To some, it is just another boring Sunday, but to people who call themselves educators or TEACHERS, it is a day to celebrate. But I often ask myself, what is there to celebrate?

As a teacher myself, I often look in the mirror and asked the image which is looking back at me, "What have you done, Masuri, that has changed your students' perception towards life?" This question is the reason why I wake up every morning and go to work. Trying to find the answer is not as easy as it seems. We often think that just by going to class, stand in front of the students and babble about today's topic is sufficient enough to leave an impact on their lives. But it actually takes more than that. It takes a lot of time and effort and a whole lot of dedication to achieve such a goal.

I wish that I have more time so that I can listen more to my students. I wish that I have the strength to deal with their pleas and problems. I wish that I have more compassion to understand what my students go through everyday. I try my best to do all this but at the end of the day, I am just a mere mortal. A human being who is incapable to operate 24 hours a day non-stop like a robot in an electronic, Japanese air-conditioning assembly factory.

I want to become a super-teacher, one who is capable of doing everything that an ideal teacher can do. I want to be able to celebrate Teacher's Day with pride, knowing that I deserve to be celebrated because of all the hard work that I have put into to educate the nation's children. I want students to remember me for the education that i have given them. But no matter how much effort I invest into this profession, I still feel that it is never enough. I want to help my students but sometimes I wonder, do my students want to help themselves???