By Amal Al-Sibai
Teachers are shaping the minds and personalities of future generations. Teaching should be acknowledged as the most challenging and respected career choice, vital to the social, cultural, and economic health of any nation.
A teacher’s job is not simply to stand in front of a classroom and deliver a lecture. As any good teacher knows, a teacher must wear many hats: counselor, mentor, nutritionist, evaluator, interior designer, artist, and someone who has the best interest of every child at heart.
Rather than being confined to teaching certain subject matter, teachers must also inspire a love of learning. They must be leaders and set a positive example in their knowledge of subject matter and in their character. The most respected teachers have discovered how to make students passionate participants in the learning process.
The teaching profession should be held in the highest regard, way up there alongside doctors.
Respecting teachers is part of our faith.
