In reality, we don't need to like other people but we are also not required to hate those who don’t like us. In school, we do have teachers that are pampering and there are also those who are less subtle and are tagged as "TERROR". But what should be the main role of an educator? The role of an educator depends on the level of students that he or she handles. For elementary students, a teacher must be more affectionate and extra caring because this is the stage of a child wherein he starves for attention. During High School, the teachers start to become a listener because at this stage the emotions of the students is very close to a roller coaster ride so a firm guide needs to be on-guard at all times. Then the tertiary level comes in and the students are like friends with the teacher.
I really enjoyed my high school life but my college days are more exciting. I never had an instructor that became a close friend but I never had any fight with them. I treated my teachers on the same level as I treated my MUM. I respected them so much because I believe that they are more knowledgeable than me and that is a fact. But when I became a teacher I wanted to modify the relationship between me and my students. The respect is still there but this time I am more hands-on to them for me to get to know more about their attitudes.
I got this chance of talking with my fellow educators of my age and we compared how we are when we are just simple students compared to the new breed of learners and how we are as educators compared to our mentors. Students today are fearless to the point that they don't care on what will be the outcome of their attitude for as long as they are heard and they express their thoughts. Well, self expression is very good for as long as we are still able to realize that there is someone that might know the right thing.
Students in this generation are very dependent on the notification of their teachers. They simply lost their common sense. The point here is very simply; do not let your instructor’s serve everything in a silver platter because the college life is the preparation for a much independent life ahead. The instructors are just facilitators inside the classroom that should not depend on emotional struggles for as long as he delivers the lesson and made it sure that majority of the class comprehends. Being friends outside the classroom is not bad at all, but this must have limitation in terms of implementing respect as individuals.
After all, I am so proud that I never treated my teacher as enemies despite of our differences because I do have full respect to them. The thing there is that no teacher wants to make a student feel isolated just because of a disagreement but that teacher wanted to be as professional as possible because he doesn’t want that student to be tolerated on a very bad attitude.
I ADORE AND THANK MY TEACHERS SO MUCH.
