What Makes Teaching A Great Responsibility?

By Ping Lamb


Being a teacher is a profession that bears great responsibility. It's not enough that you know the subject you need to teach. A teacher needs to connect with her students and guide them in every way possible. Very often, the things that you say and do leaves an indelible impression to the students. Thus it's crucial that you stay the role model they look up to in and out the school premises.

Every aspiring teacher needs to become fully committed for the role he is eyeing. Anyone who wants to become a teacher is to serve and mold young minds. It's a lifetime responsibility with great rewards if you truly love your profession. Even if you love teaching, you might give up doing the job especially when you you do not prepare for the challenges that come with teaching.

First is patience. Students obtain distinct personalities and sometimes these give rise to troubles inside the classroom occur. And it takes patience to make students understand and appreciate their differences as individuals.

Get a positive attitude. Always remember that you are handling a group of people who want or need to learn. They need as much motivation as they can get from you. If you can't be positive for their sake, you will be bringing them down. A timely sense of humor is also important, for it relieves tension in the class and makes learning more interesting. Another way of dealing with classroom hassles is by exhibiting a sense of humor. But of course, a teacher should know when everything must turn serious.

Teachers also need to be creative. Your students will certainly lose interest if you employ the same kind of teaching approach for the entire school year. And while it is the students responsibility to listen to get good grades, you should be able to mold them to become not just intellectual people but also sensible and caring individuals. It requires you to get your hands dirty and worm your way into your students' lives to help them learn and grow.




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