Teachers and Terrors

As a teacher, I wonder why other teachers terrorize students.

One of my childhood friends didn’t even finish the second grade because she was humiliated by her teacher. She never went back to school.

I, myself, experienced being embarrassed by a teacher in the entire class. I am an English teacher but I wasn’t that good in Math. I passed, yes, but I didn’t excel and it seemed like my professor took satisfaction in making me a laughingstock. Fortunately, my classmates knew I was good in other subjects, so no one laughed at me, and if someone did, he or she made sure I didn’t hear it.

I have always loved school, but even I learned to hate it because of teachers like that. That’s the time I decided I want to be a teacher and if I become one, I will never, ever, be like that. I would not intimidate students, rather, I would make them feel it’s ok to be wrong, and I will help them learn what is right. I will not simply teach lessons but I will teach students to love learning.

There are times that I, too, can be difficult, but not unreasonable. I’d rather be disliked by a few just as long as they learn from me. I prefer to be liked not because I’m kind but because I’m good.

Sooner or later, I will go back to teaching and I’ll make sure I’m still the teacher I’ve always been :)