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By: Glynn Galla

Many are taught but not to teach, many of us learned but not to earn. Being a teacher is truly a noble profession. They serve as our parents in school and our guide towards a better future. They are considered as the new messenger of good news and to spread the great things that we need to know in life.

A teacher comes in different forms, it be can our own parents, our own experiences or our very own Teachers in school. It takes a great heart to show a selfless act, like our own teachers, they are born and destined to be one before they knew it. Not all of us are expected to become a teacher, it’s a calling that once they embrace it, it will be a lifetime commitment not just to themselves but to the entire community that they are serving.

A noble profession as they are known, a humble servant of the society that only hopes is to educate and impart to the best of their ability as the new generation will continue our heritage. Noble in the sense that they live what they believe is the interest of everyone, and a life coach that sees and prepares our way for our own time.

Becoming a teacher is not as easy as what we think. People may see this profession as one of the most stable jobs they can get, but the passion and the dedication is unparalleled, for you to become one. I believe that it is neither their personal stability nor financial security they look forward to, rather not an option or Plan B that they can have. It is the inner self saying that “I want to become a teacher”.

The sleepless nights of preparing the subject matter, the unquestioned perseverance of making the lesson plan, the immeasurable patience to different behaviors every day, are just few to mention how these great people mold our nation. There are also some instances that these amazing individuals went extra mile for the love of their profession. Assigning to the remote areas where education is much needed, they accepted the challenge; some had to walk kilometer after kilometers just to bring light to our poor brothers and sisters in the hinterlands.

Could you imagine a world without a teacher? Who will teach us how to write, when history needs to be remembered; who will teach us how to count, when most things are numbered, and who will teach us the difference between right and wrong when all things are to be decided and answered.

Bless we are that we have people like our Teachers, thank you for molding us, thank you for guiding us, thank you for selflessly sharing your time and wisdom to us.

To you my teacher, as we continue our journey, the lesson and values that you impart will remain and will be forever in our minds, in our hearts and in our thoughts. On this Graduation season I would like to pay tribute to them. Teacher… Thank you!