Teacher: A Nation Builder

The greatness of a nation can be measured by the contributions of its people to his country, to the world and to mankind. The ability of these people to think clearly, sensibly and logically are thought and enhanced by their teachers. They provide people with tools to make them thinking individuals.

During the time of our great hero Jose Rizal, education was not that important. Only men are required to have an education, women stayed at home and learned the ways of how to be good housekeepers and caring mothers and wives.

Education before was regarded as an accomplishment, a custom practice that rich people followed not to be educated but only to be part of it. Now, education is a necessity that even the poorest of the poor has the yearning desire to be educated.

Filipinos started as slaves from the hands of the Spaniards, it was with the education from teachers that enlightened Filipino leaders to fight for independence and to start building a nation. Before the 1986 People Power Revolution many students were missing and some died fighting for their rights, the rights that they learned from their teachers, and those that survived became leaders towards a better nation.

After gaining independence, a nation is born. It is time to understand our land and its culture, our tradecraft and subsistence; and our language to converse. All of these are in the hands of a teacher.

No other personality can have an influence more profound than that of a teacher. They are models. Students copy their teachers’ attitude, bearing, and etiquette.

The role of a teacher is multi-faceted. They educate their students, they taught them how to communicate and socialize, to decide with fairness and justice, to solve problems and to develop and construct new things.

Teachers are creator. If there is no teacher, there are no presidents, doctors, engineers, nurses, etc.

“If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher” – Abdul Kalam