CAPSUNIAN ECHO

BEYOND TEACHING PROFESSION

by Charlene J. Dela Cruz 

Teachers of CAPSU Burias join the celebration of the World Teachers' Day through a program facilitated by the Human Resource Management Office and various student organizations of the said campus.

         What’s about teacher appreciation day that makes you so happy?

          Every October, we honor the commitment of our teachers in providing us with the greatest education possible. The world appreciates them as noble professionals who radiate light and positivity, as well as dedicate their time, effort, and resources in educating the minds and hearts of the students, in igniting their passions, and in shaping their characters to be the best versions of themselves.

        Somehow, we believe that teachers make our lives difficult. We experienced anxiety, fear, mental blockage, low self-esteem, and the desire to go home and sleep as soon as they entered the room, while carrying their belongings, including laptops, student records, books, exam sheets, or anything else.

        When they give a lot of homework and tasks, vaguely show indications of annoyance during classes, have high standards and expectations for their students, we tend to mentally curse them.

        We make an undeniably wrong judgement when we limit our perspective about how we feel towards them. We failed to see that, in addition to the items they constantly carry, there are other responsibilities they need to work on, usually until midnight and early morning after being present at school for roughly nine hours, to provide us with knowledge we genuinely need as we learn the ins and outs of life and the world.

        We get the impression that someday, we will be and we will work as professionals like them as we observe their stance, attitudes, outlooks, speech, and their writing.

         The assignments, examinations, unexpected quizzes, and outputs probably overwhelmed us every time, but it teach us different skills and traits we'll need in the reality of living – which is way tougher and complicated than those math problems, essays, and scientific theories we encounter and hear everyday within the four corners of our classrooms. 

        Additionally, we can deduced from their facial expressions that not everything we see is real. Therefore, we need to be more competent in order to understand the events in the stories of our life we are penning.

       The most significant difference is that, in contrast to them, we view them as educators who impart knowledge to students, when in fact, they raised us. We are their offspring and that they only want what is the best for us.