In one's life, friends are a great asset. They are always very supporting, and know me more than anyone else. However, when it comes to learning, I strongly believe that teachers are better to learn from. The rationale behind this statement is that they are wiser. Also, they know effective teaching methods.
To begin with, teachers have more knowledges than friends. Since teachers have to meet the requirement to be an instructor, they should have very broad knowledge on various subjects. Also, they should always be prepared so that they can answer questions from students without being embarrassed. To illustrate this point more, people can not call their friends at home to ask about academic things such as world history or geometry. It is okay if their friends know the answers. However, if they do not, it will just make them feel insulted and bad. On the contrary, teachers always know these kind of things and students do not need to worry about if their questions will hurt their feelings. Moreover, teachers are professionals in the feild. As many other people working in other fields do, teachers also have their know-hows regarding their job which is imparting knowledge. Through countless erros and trials from perennial teaching experiences, they gain their own skills which can not be obtained by people outside their area. For instance, when I studied English, I always asked questions to my english teacher instead of my good friend who is a almost native english speaker thanks to his experience abroad. The main reason was because while my teacher could teach me english in very effective ways with certain grammar rules, my friend could not because he did not know how to explain things to me in easy words that I could fully understand.
To sum up, I firmly think that people can get more benefites by learning from teachers than acquaintances because instructors are more knowledgable and better at delivering information. Even though it is true that people can also learn from friends, I think there should be a reason why some people are called a teacher. This is because they are good at what they do. Teaching. |