Teachers

I am a teacher.I had teachers. I worked with teachers. I met with my children's teachers.

To teach is to love your students.Teachers training taught us a minute part of teaching ompare with all that a teacher need to do in school. Many things were not touched  upon but is essential to us.Class room control, paperwork, balancing accounts, handling parents, handling disciple and much more.So how do we go about it? or rather how do we survive in the school. We look for example, we learn from our mistakes but basically, we must love to teach.. Teaching has no glamour. Forget about grateful students and only one in a million might have a coffee table book written about them in their golden years Teach because you love and that is all.No buts and no ifs. Just as parents were never trains to be one, we do all we did out of love for our children.I believe it is the same for teaching.

So where do we draw the line on teachers' duties and not our duties as teachers?I was one of those who wished that I was just allowed to teach and educate with a big full stop. Looking back,I realised that

• while  I pull the weeds with the students on gotong royong day, I had a chance to work with them, hear them and understand them.
• on a trip with them, I learn what make them laugh and what they enjoy and hates about school.
• as I disciple them, I was reminded that some are so poor that they have to work after school.
• when I collect fees and fill in the particulars in the register, I get to know more about their background  and where they came from.
• as I sit down with the kids and just listen to them, I learn so much about them. I understand their behaviour and thoughts.I see their point of view

and all these helps me to educate them. Among other things

• I learn that they need respect as much as we do young as they are and even if they are discipline cases.
• They accept punishments better when they see why they were wrong.
• They are more tolerant when they know why certain rules are made(and this is so true with parents)
• A lecturer shares knowledge but a teacher educates
• A school do not judge and punish but should discipline and mould 

If I am asked today, I would not say that there are many things that are not a teacher's duty but rather, please give us more loving teachers so that we can share all that we need to do as teachers so that we can be better educators.

ENVY

I am 55 years old this year, I worked nearly 30 years during which I met people of all ages.I came from a big family of 6 siblings and a large extended family. I married into a family which is just as large and complex.
I met with all kinds people and they express all kinds of feelings. Of which one adjectives just piss me off.

Envy. When they think you are well, they are envious, when you are down, they love to play saviour. Is it necessary? Why envy? My Saviour tells me that all things happen for a reason and everything is His will. Why question? When that understanding dissolved into me, I found peace and I pray that many others may enjoy the peace like me. When we see someone smiling, there were times, she was sad. When she is sad, she had good time  before.So why calculate and be jealous when others are well. Be sincerely happy for them. The equation of life is endless and we can't see everything.Why then do we try to equate and justify?

When some one is well off in material, she most probably worked for it. Nothing came down from the sky except His blessings. A CEO may earn a lot but he gave and sacrificed a lot too.When there is great achievement, there was great input.Why envy?

When someone has a beautiful house, it was because she put a lot of effort into it. When they have a happy family, it is because they know how to be satisfied. When their children are loving, it is because they have been exposed to a loving family and they made an example of it. Yes no doubt sometimes it is not so simple. At times like that, pray and pray. H e knows but let His will be done.

One step further. When you receive a blessing be thankful He gave you and be gracious that someone prayed for you. Be thankful. It make us happier and a much more pleasant person to be with.Others are unfortunately human. We pray to love others. Make it a little easier on us to love you.

No one owes you anything. No body is obligated to share with you what they sow but if they do, be grateful.

A few minutes later

Saw this on 'Our Daily Bread ' a few minutes after I put up the last post.

 Let’s study the Word, pray for God’s direction, and trust His leading (Ps. 91:2) before we step out in any venture of faith.

My times are in my Father’s hand;
How could I wish or ask for more?
For He who has my pathway planned
Will guide me till my journey’s o’er. —Fraser

We see in part; God sees the whole.

So I still can feel and think.

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One of those days when you want to write something but your mind is is blank. Totally not thinking and not having any opinions.One of those days when anything can happen and nothing affects me.