University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi
The Premier Dominican University of Bicol
The Premier Dominican University of Bicol
As we walk through our own journey carrying every piece of knowledge, does this question ever come to our minds: “Where did I get all these learnings from?” If we think about it, we can say that we are acquired these from our parents, or our friends or any person around us. But there’s one clear answer to that question—our teachers. Everything that we learned from them shaped us to become the best versions of ourselves. That knowledge is our weapon to build our own future.
The youth today has superiority held in their hands, and that power can lead us to change the future. Our generation of young educators is not only the future of their own profession but also the future of this country. They have the ability to shape students into becoming more of what they are and more of what they become. Their experiences are more diverse that what others experienced before. Because of their experiences, they have become better if not the best. Every great student has a teacher in front to show him/her the path to a great future. Teachers are our façade in the four corners of ourselves. This may sound strange but we are like an oddly shaped box that is inflexible. Our young teachers are not only educators but also artists can shape an oddly shaped box into something flexible and durable to withstand the challenges that life gives us.
Our teacher’s journey is not as easy as we think it is. All those nights that they spend trying to think of the things to teach us, those days that they spend inside a four-walled classroom just to share their knowledge and experiences that can help us in our life are all sacrifices just to help us achieve our own goals and dreams. The journey of a teacher is a journey of a thousand untold stories that are worth knowing. The youth, as powerful as we are, combined with the profession of education is one weapon to change the world.