NARRATIVE ESSAY: ON BEING A

TEACHER
Teaching is a challenging task. One shall perform his duty with the highest
degree of excellence, professionalism, intelligence, skill, and with utmost devotion and
dedication to ensure the quality of education. It is also the noblest profession. A teacher
carries numerous responsibilities. Her task is not just simply delivering the lesson
inside the four corners of the classroom but rather serves as the second parent of the
students and therefore loves and cares for her students like her real children. A
guidance counsellor, that whenever her students commit mistakes, a teacher makes the
students realize their wrongdoings. Sometimes, she even serves as charity worker to
her students, when she meets students who are less fortunate in terms of living,
students who would go to school without taking their breakfast, without baon, without
fare, but still persistent in finishing studies . With this kind of student, a teacher could
never close her eyes but would willingly extend help. The only reward a teacher hopes
or expects from these students is for them to finish studies and more-to be able to get a
good job and earn a living on their own in the future.

It is said that all professionals with different fields of studies came from the
hands of a very simple mentor...with these thoughts in my mind and despite the fact that
being a teacher is very taxing; still, I am proud of being one.

As an educator, I strongly believe that nurturing and nourishing all students must
be my utmost concern. I dream of students whose fullest potentials are developed to
make them become responsible citizens. They must be properly taught to read, write
and speak both English and Filipino. They must use these languages as an avenue for
self-improvement and community building. They must know how to process ideas,
compute numbers, solve problems, apply concepts, and make decisions for themselves
to make them empowered learners. They must be students who are always hungry for
knowledge, seeking truths and facts of life for them to give meaning for their existence.
They must be valued as persons whose ideas, thoughts, perceptions, views and beliefs
are essential for him and for others. They must be immersed to the complexities and
realities of life so that they would be able to survive and continue living and valuing life.
They must be regarded as Gods precious gift whose life is essential for his school,
family and community. I can only do these, by making them the heart of the operation of
the school where the program and projects are students-centered