The Teachers We Never Forgot
Sometimes I wonder what remains after a teacher has spent years teaching students and young minds. The lessons in a textbook may change. The syllabus is revised, the school year ends, and the students move on. But some teachers stay with us for a long time. What is the role of a teacher? Is it only to complete the syllabus, explain a subject and prepare students for an examination? That is certainly part of the job. But many of us also remember teachers who taught us something beyond the pages of a book. They gave us advice, corrected us when we were going wrong, and sometimes saw a little more in us than we could see in ourselves. We made fun of them, but we remember them When we were children, we did not always understand our teachers. Some were strict. They scolded us. A few used canes. We made fun of them among ourselves and thought we would forget all about school once we left it. But time has a way of changing how we look back. We may not remember every lesson, but we remember th...