A Teacher's New Paradigm

Happy Teachers' Day! I have been mulling about this for a while now. So most probably this is an idea that I picked up along the way, somewhere.

On this special occassion, I call upon all teachers to embark on a paradigm shift. Let us change the perspective, regardless of how quaint or noble it may sound, that we and the people at large hold about our profession.

We have all this while been deemed as a candle that sacrifices itself to enlighten others. Are we really that? Do we want to be so? What is noble about this profession is the enlightening part, not the commiting suicide part. Upholding this edict means that we join this profession with a death wish - let us slowly burn ourselves so that others may prosper. I think such un-Machivallian attitude has no place in the present education scenario.

Don't we teachers love ourselves? Has our profession demeaned us so much that we see ourselves, as other people do, as a mere block of wax with a lighted wick, a mere instrument for the benefit of others? How can we live with that? Have we not a life? Can we not 'die' in doing what we are to do? Can we not have a profession that allows us to bloom along with those whom we prosper? Can we, at least, not be deemed 'expendable'?

So I say,my fellow teachers and educators, swap the 'candle' with 'flourescence lamp'. Let us convert the outdated edict to one that is life preserving. One that allows us to remain who we are and still do the noble job of enlightening our pupils. One that gives us more dignity!

Enjoy this vid which I found on youtube. Teachers - there are more to you than meets the eye.
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Selamat Hari Guru!