There are lots of things to consider in choosing life's career. One needs to assess firstly, his/her field of interest. For sure, many of our high school students today don't include teaching in their list of course to take up in college. If given the chance, they would rather choose nursing, engineering, accountancy, and the like. But college entrants would then settle to "teaching na lang" if things wont come out well or there are problems along the way especially relating to finances.
There are considerable number of education students who admitted they were "forced" to enroll in education department for some practical reasons. But thanks to the inspiration of their instructors/professors. The students find joy in learning the "whys and the "hows" to become teachers, which made their learning more meaningful as they went through the process of becoming a mentor someday.
Why choose to teach? Education students got excited when I shared to them the ideas presented by one of the great teachers I know,Dr. Antonio N. Torralba in his book, The Joys of Teaching (1997). He gave six reasons which overshadowed the seven reasons of why not to teach which include: low pay, low prestige, too much paperwork, too many concerns, too many hard heads, little time for oneself and that teaching is "love-threatening."
With the above reasons of why not teach, the education students were convinced that there are a lot more good reasons to stay and continue their course in teaching. Dr. Torralba shared the following ideas, that teaching -
1. is the profession with the most sterling nobility.
2. is the divine delight.
3. is the best means to develop any person's sense of wonder
4. is one great human adventure
5. leads to great reward
6. makes us reach to our final divine destiny.
Truly, the above reasons inspire more the young education students to understand the great reasons why many of us, teachers, remain in teaching through the years despite all the negative reasons.
If we, mentors, will not pass on the torch to the next generation, who will teach our children in the next generation? Lets continue to inspire young people to follow us in the field of mentors who find joy in the effort to make good, better and best teachers of God's most precious creation: MAN.
There are considerable number of education students who admitted they were "forced" to enroll in education department for some practical reasons. But thanks to the inspiration of their instructors/professors. The students find joy in learning the "whys and the "hows" to become teachers, which made their learning more meaningful as they went through the process of becoming a mentor someday.
Why choose to teach? Education students got excited when I shared to them the ideas presented by one of the great teachers I know,Dr. Antonio N. Torralba in his book, The Joys of Teaching (1997). He gave six reasons which overshadowed the seven reasons of why not to teach which include: low pay, low prestige, too much paperwork, too many concerns, too many hard heads, little time for oneself and that teaching is "love-threatening."
With the above reasons of why not teach, the education students were convinced that there are a lot more good reasons to stay and continue their course in teaching. Dr. Torralba shared the following ideas, that teaching -
1. is the profession with the most sterling nobility.
2. is the divine delight.
3. is the best means to develop any person's sense of wonder
4. is one great human adventure
5. leads to great reward
6. makes us reach to our final divine destiny.
Truly, the above reasons inspire more the young education students to understand the great reasons why many of us, teachers, remain in teaching through the years despite all the negative reasons.
If we, mentors, will not pass on the torch to the next generation, who will teach our children in the next generation? Lets continue to inspire young people to follow us in the field of mentors who find joy in the effort to make good, better and best teachers of God's most precious creation: MAN.
