Being a teacher is such a tough job, so to speak. It is either you get praised or cursed. Praised when people think you have done a good job and cursed when people think you haven’t. They tend to oversee that there are a lot of other factors that leave an impact on a child’s attitude. Teachers are not just the ones solely responsible in honing the life of a child; everybody is. So stand up and start doing your part now in finely polishing a child’s life… be it the life of someone you know or that of someone you just bumped into today. You must realize that you do not need to have a strong personal relationship with the child to have such concern in making a move. As mentioned earlier, it is everybody’s responsibility. Your acts do not have to be grand. You can touch a child’s life even by doing simple acts of kindness — ones that may leave an impact on him forever… an impact wherein it would give him the urge to pass it on to others. And from there, a chain will be made… making you your society’s own teacher’s aide.

By: Joan Carlyn E. Gomez (Teacher I Batiawan Elementary School Annex Batiawan, Subic, Zambales)