Through reading chapter 1, I cam to page 21 and the topic, "What does the public say about teachers and teaching?" While reading this very short summary, I realized how little appreciation teachers actually get. Even I myself before taking this course did not appreciate the teachers as much as I do today. Teachers are a very important role in our society. They may rank doctors and lawyers careers of that nature above teaching, however you should ask yourself, who taught those doctors and lawyers how to do their job? The answer will both surprise you and yet at the same time, some people just don't look that far back into what their doctor or lawyer did before they came into their profession. Luckily throughout the chapter and even further into this short story, they explain how the public does understand the importance of teachers. In one paragraph even stating, "The public-that is, the people whose taxes pay the salaries of public school teachers-overwhelmingly acknowledges and supports the nation's teachers. When asked to select which group provided "the most benefit to society," 62 percent selected teachers..." It really helps out eh teaching community to feel like they are being appreciated for what they do everyday for the students, our future.
The role of a teacher in society is both significant and valuable.It has far-reaching influence on the society he lives in and no other personality can have an influence more profound than that of a teacher. Students are deeply affected by the teacher’s love and affection, his character, his competence, and his moral commitment. A popular teacher becomes a model for his students. The students try to follow their teacher in his manners, costumes, etiquette, style of conversation and his get up. He is their ideal.
He can lead them anywhere. During their early education, the students tend to determine their aims in life and their future plans, in consultation with their teachers. Therefore, a good and visionary teacher can play a prominent role in making the future of his students while as a corrupt teacher can only harm his students much more seriously than a class of corrupt and perverted judiciary, army, police, bureaucracy, politicians or technocrats. A corrupt and incompetent teacher in not only a bad individual, but also an embodiment of a corrupt and incompetent generation. A nation with corrupt teachers is a nation at risk; every coming day announces the advent of its approaching destruction.
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Role of a Teacher in Society
By Shiben Raina
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