The teacher is the one who teaches his/her students not just lessons in Science, Math, and other subjects... Teachers are expected to be role models and students would also learn good manners , right conduct and appropriate discipline from them... They are the ones who impart knowledge and guide their students to the right path, the path of a brighter future... Without teachers, I believe that successful persons will not achieve their goals. It depends on how the teacher's approach is to his or her students and how he or she teaches them. In addition to that they mold us to be a good and responsible human beings. Because of that we will be successful enough for us to be proud of ourselves. A program was launched in the University of the Philippines which was called KYSD. It started last January 17, 2007. You might be wondering what KYSD means. Well, it means Know Your School Day. It is also the same as Teacher's Day. The students were involved in this program. This served as a day- off for the teachers. So the students would act as the teachers for their chosen subjects in one or two days. But first, they should fill up a given paper and what they would do was simply to fill up pieces of information.
This paper served as an application form. Once this form was signed by the teacher in charge to that subject they would give you the topics that you would discuss to the date you were assigned to report. I chose the subject Filipino. My co- teacher was Donna. The topic assigned to us was about FRIENDS. By the way, on that day the teacher would just observe the assistant teachers which are actually the students. Some mentors would grade them while others would just listen. I was really so nervous because I'm not used to do stuffs like standing and talking in front of the class. I was told by Ma'am Rabago that I should speak Filipino and that made me feel uncomfortable. Donna told me that it would be all right and I should not panic. Honestly, I easily freak out. Together, we prepared an activity. We enjoyed and we thought that they also enjoyed, I guess. . . . . . When we asked their opinions about who friends were to them, they participated so I was so relieved. Thank God Donna was also there to help me. But anyway, what are friends indeed?
My classmates listened eagerly as if they were children who first time heard those things. The truth was that the definition of a friend for me was as simple as ABC. A friend is the one attached to another by affection and esteem. But if you really research on it deeper, It would become as complicated as operating a patient who is already struggling for his life. We talked about so many things. They enumerated some characteristics of a true friend. Some of them shared some experiences and others related a friend's characteristic to their friends. Even though some of my classmates were so noisy, I learned that time that our mentors should also have patience. That time I'd realized that the job of our teachers was not that easy. They would sleep late just to finish their lesson plans and sometimes they would spend their Saturdays at school instead of spending time with their families. Everyday is always easy for them. God! Their work is so tiring. Just the thought of it already made me exhausted. I know that being a teacher is not really for me but I'm very, very glad that my teachers are so kind and they have long patience. You know what I had discovered? Teachers can also be our best pal and can make a bonding out of this friendship. I just wanna say thank you to my beloved teachers. They became one of my inspirations. I really study very hard just to show them that I have something special and I want to prove to them that I'm worthy to have this kind of education. I would also like to thank them for the knowledge that they've shared, and for the time that they had spent with us. Thanks a lot for the love and care. They are like my second parents.......
