The glorious feeling of receiving the fruit of your hard work, the joyful impact of doing the things you love as a profession, and just as you receive your pay slip, you just feel that the numbers written on the check you receive inappropriate for all the things you’ve done.
It has always been an issue where the salaries of public workers especially teachers are included in the list of minimum wagers.
Surviving the everyday of waking up early in the morning, keeping tempers at naughty students, and the same time worrying about the flow of lesson plans, they even go to work when the weather is ill.
So why not increase the salary of teachers?
Implementing this can be beneficial in many ways; one of them is encouraging people to continue pursuing the profession of teaching. This can also motivate teachers to do their work more passionately, thus making education richer than before.
Increasing the salaries of teachers can also be form of appreciation to them. This can be a way of phrasing them for all the blood and sweat they dedicated for their hard work. Delivering the lessons that the students will learn from not just academically, but also developing the traits that a good student should have. This also promotes the well-being of them, showing that they are not at the bottom of the staircase when it comes to the importance of person’s profession in the society.
Increased or not increased, we should thank the teachers for all the things they’ve done for us. They are one of many people that shaped us of what we are today. We should honor them for they kept on teaching even if they don’t get much in return. And they are one of the reasons why we are successful in our lives now.
Truly, a hero shouldn’t be defined as a being with superpowers, but rather be perceived as strong and competent individuals as teaching is a profession wherein other professions are created.
By: Gng. ANELLEN G. FERNANDEZ | T-I | BATAAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL | BALANGA, BATAAN
