What Kind of Teacher are You?
Teachers come from different background cultures and creeds. A good teacher is like a candle he/she consumes themselves to LIGHT the path of others. They have their own style, strength, and weakness. Are you a...
Pinterest Ready Teacher: Who decorates her/his classroom, spending long hours making their classroom look Awesome!!! They use their summertime and their weekly days off for preparing the bulletin boards, the centers, and the ceiling, making it look like wonderland. Changing every season, every holiday to make it comfortable and colorful forevery student to want to stop by.
AAA Teacher: Who is so creative and energetic, like the AAA batteries, making warm-up videos, dancing on their tables, hip hopping on their timetables, and keep going on and on.
Excedrin Migraine Teacher: Who is so stressed out, breaking down very often and taking deep breaths frequently in class. They pop in a headache relief pill time after time. And even start the countdown to summer break in the fall.
Hershey Teacher: Who will have sleepless nights thinking of ways to help their struggling students.. Ones who will be all teary over simple gestures and ‘aha’ moments.
Encyclopedia Teacher: Whoknows it all.. There is no way the student can be right!!
Barbeque Teacher: Who is always heated up! Angry when asked to clear the students’ doubts; yell if a question is asked; and just simply upset about everything.
Deflated Teacher: Who has black circles around the eyes and is numb to their surroundings. They fall asleep in the staff locker room, and put off grading for months. Looks tired and when friends ask, they say, “I’m a teacher.This is pretty much how I look now!”
Whining teacher: Who are never happy with anything and always complaining about annoying parents, unannounced observations, pointless staff meetings, and misbehaving students …
Trendy teacher: Who have their classroom looking so good and always in their theme on the latest style and topic. Coming to school in the latest fashion.
DC universe teacher: Who is the super teacher who makes the other teachers look simply ordinary. Their classroom is awesome. They are verypopular among kids and parents, speaking out so wisely in conferences and meetings.
Jesus Teacher: Teacher who had a multi-grade class, kindergarten to professionals. Teacher who was very humble. Teacher who didn’t crave for popularity and didn’t have a traditional classroom. He didn’t have enough school supplies but improvised accordingly. Taught on mountains, open boat, roof tops, small homes, churches, and even at the cross. His SWABT (Student will be able to know) objectives were very simple and hands-on. A Teacher who taught with compassion and made difficult lessons look so simple, He didn’t take the curriculum to the student but instead took the student into the curriculum. He was the greatest teacher recorded in history.
Some of us have a multi-grade class with students of different ages, different capabilities, different learning skills, and a different curriculum all under one roof. Not to forget, different problems on our plate to fix. It’s a special package delivered to us from our school. We need to handle them with care and love them unconditionally no matter what. It’s going to be challenging but never impossible. Because we have an assurance “All things arepossible through Christ.”
So, the question is, “What kind of teacher are you going to be?”
by Alwina Kindo
Alwina teaches at New Orleans Adventist Academy.
