Heroic Candle

 “A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.”

Terror, strict, mediocre, superior and lazy – words frequently used by students to describe the teachers they do not like. They even call their teachers by different names. I, a student, admit that I belong to those kinds of students. I judge them easily without knowing how hard it is to deal with people like us, how hard it is to teach lessons every day and how hard it is to understand why we, students, treat them the way we do. I realized how heroic they can be to consume themselves like a candle just for our sake.

            It is amazing to know that there are still teachers in our time. Though they do not get high salary, they still do their best for us to learn. Though they get less recognition, they still continue doing what is right for us. Despite of all the hardships and challenges they face in school, they can still manage to smile. We may say that it is not easy to be a teacher, but we can never know how it feels unless we become one of them. They are too great to be underestimated. Our society does not realize how important teachers are. Without them, no professionals will be made. There’ll be no president, doctors, lawyers and other professionals if there are no teachers. In short, a teacher is a professional that teaches all the other professions. They make everything possible. Teachers can be companions when we need them. They can also be mothers or fathers who scold at us for us to know what is right, but can be brothers or sisters when it comes to problems. We may always get mad at them, but all they ever want is for us to be successful because I can see how they feel whenever their hardships bloom into something.

I cannot give them high salary nor great recognition, yet I can offer them the sincerest gratitude I can ever give. The gratitude for being a teacher, mother, sister, companion and for being who you are.  Thank you for doing your responsibilities and things beyond your responsibilities. We, students, owe every learning from you. Most of all, I thank you for accepting who we are and for being our candle who lighted up the way for us. We love you, teachers!