We see a lot of teachers praised and respected around us and even far away. The famous story of Hellen Keller may be one of the best examples of a highly respected teacher that influenced a person's life. Parents are also those who affect our lives, but when it comes to learning, it is better to say that teachers teach us and influence us more. Teachers have their role as a teaching person as their professional job, and we keep the fact in mind when spending time with them. Moreover, teachers are our guides that view our genuine characteristics and can lead us to the path of being a better person.
Firstly, teachers have their social role as the "teaching person" for it is their job. They have been educated and trained to teach students, and they are in fact experts in the realm of education. Of course people learn lots from others such as family members, friends, news, and even books and movies, but it is true that we gain most of our knowledge at school with the teachers. Although teachers spend a relatively short time with us, considering our whole lives, they know what to teach us, and what we need and furthermore provides the information in an effective way. It is their occupation, what they do, and what they are best in. This may sound too simple, but it is true that experts-teacehrs- are better than commoners-parents- in their professions-teaching.
Secondly, for we face teachers as the "teaching person", how we think about them is different with how we regard our parents, which leads to more efficient learning. Parents are those who most of us lived with since our birth. They seem more like somebody who protects us from danger and somebody who we live with, not someone we would want to learn all the things we need to know. Teachers, on the other hand, usually meet us as teacehrs. In consequence, we more likely react with respect and try to gain knowledge from them, beacuse that is why they ever started to communicate with us. This thought of the student makes it easier and better to learn from a teacher, rather than a parent.
Lastly, not only in knowledge gaining process but also in guiding is where we learn better from teacehrs for they know who we are in the outside society, not inside home. Frankly speaking, how many of the people are alike at home and in the society? We see many parents misunderstanding their children as, in most cases, nice and polite shen they are bullying around at school. In these cases, parents would not be able to be the appropriate guidance to their children because they do not understand the real features of them. Teachers, however, spend time with us when we are in the society. They have more possibilities to well-understand us, thus is better in teaching us the right way to go.
All in all, teachers are better when people need learning. They are the experts in teaching so they know what and how to teach people more effectively. This characteristic leads to people viewing them as the teaching people, and would follow them in the right way they need, not only in knowledge gaining but also at being a better person in the future. |