When I was a child. Whenever anyone asks me what I want to be? my answer was always to be A Teacher. Don't know why but from childhood I was attracted to board, chalk, duster, books, pen, etc. I always feel like teachers are the real heroes to all classes because of the way they teach us, the way they engage all class, the way they introduce a new world to us. I always wondered about how the teacher has all power to control all students of the class. In our summer vacation, we always like to play the teacher game. In that game, we set our rules and manage our fun-loving school. But the year passes, for the further high school studies, I took admission to a new school but don't know why I was not able to connect new teachers like my old school teachers, and uncertainly I lost interest to be a teacher. Now at that age, I started attracted to new professions like IT engineer, pharmacy, banking field, corporate job, etc. Because the teacher's job feels like a less important and boring job. After joining the engineering college I thought now this is my career to be an engineer, manage all engineering things. Because as this field pays high and success. And I dreamt and played as games faded out. After completing graduation in engineering I started a job as an engineer, yeah that job was great and was also getting huge respect from people, I got to learn new things, got good connections with almost all kinds of people. But still don't know why I was not happy there; something was missing, that job was feeling to me like a bourdon. I started to avoid that daily job as it was not creating any excitement for me. The day I resigned from that job feels me more relieved and free.
The profession I was craving for to be a teacher, but from friends' experiences they always told me teachers jobs are very boring jobs, they didn't get any proper salary, no new invention is there, you have to do donkey work, you have to deal with dumb Students, etc. It sometimes scared me and always makes me disappointed. But maybe destiny already planned in how I turned to this field. I started to work as a visiting teacher in an engineering college. Though the salary is very low I started to enjoying actual work. I started to involve in teaching deeply. My Student faces, interaction with them makes me feel happy again. I became the witness of every batch story. Instead of bourdon, I started to enjoy teaching and I never I feel like doing any job. It gets me to feel like I get salaried for which I enjoy. Indeed teaching is a profession where you feel most alive. You got the chance to connect, inspired many innocent lives. You are always blessed by your students. In your low time, your students will become your strength. I forget all my grief whenever I'm teaching someone.
To be a good teacher you don't have to be perfect in every subject. You just have to be kind and make to feel your students believe themselves to achieve great things in their life. Before teaching to anyone first be the idol to yourself. Think from the Student's point of view what you expect from your teacher. As a being a teacher you get the opportunity to shape someone's life. Yeah, and being a teacher is sometimes not an easy job you need lots of patience, the ability to handle every different type of human brain & their emotions. If you teach your students 20 percent from your heart or understand them then those students definitely return you 100 Percent of output and will never forget you in their life. If you want to earn money only then this will not be your field. If you will think teaching is a profession to earn money without liking it then you will always feel disappointed in life. Teaching is not a just profession; it is a passion. If you have patience, kindness, empathy in your heart then nothing will stop you to be a good teacher. And you will be alive until the last student you had teaching is alive.
Being a teacher to me is like caring for my different plants. So, one day it will bloom very differently; to create this world more beautiful.
Comments