Today it’s yet another Teachers’ Day with the students kept away from schools and colleges, but being taught online due to the ongoing pandemic. Nothing can replace the classroom, especially in the formative years at school. Our gratitude to our teachers has and should always be eternal. The pandemic has served as a reminder that despite the best efforts of all, learning without a classroom and a teacher remains soulless.
It’s not just on Teachers’ Day, but always that we need to remember our dear teachers for the role they play in moulding our future and being the guiding light on our journey through life.
All through school and up to the completion of my Law degree, I was tremendously blessed with very caring teachers who taught with hope, passion, motivation and a sense of direction. Throughout my student days, they encouraged me in extra-curricular activities paving my way to participate in elocution, debating and essay contests besides leadership camps.
Great teachers can make a big difference in our future, for, besides making a lasting impression in the classroom they can cast a positive influence on our lives. My teachers were more than mere educators. They also played a role as a friend, counsellor and mentor.
Many of my dear teachers have over the years passed away but the fond memories will always linger. A regular teacher may merely direct us along the right path, but great teachers inspire and challenge us to carve out our path in life.
I shall always remain heavily beholden to all my teachers who imparted to me all their knowledge and guidance that has immensely helped me through life. To them all, ever so indebted, I shall always be for all the patience they endured with this difficult, adventurous and argumentative student that I always was.
Thank you, Teachers, for spending your time and effort in your noble profession to bring out the best in all of us. No words are enough to express our gratefulness to you.
As Henry Brooks Adams, historian and politician once observed: "Teachers affect eternity. No one can tell where their influence stops".
Bill Gates accurately opined that: "Technology is just a tool in terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, but that the teacher is the most important."
