Reason #1:
Before a nobody becomes a somebody, they all started from a mere classroom where a teacher patiently stands teaching how to read and write...
If there was a person who say, I am what I am today
It all began from what a teacher say.
Who can top a power like that?
Reason #2:
You become a walking dictionary or encyclopaedia because Andy wants to know who is Aurora Borealis.
You become the Master of Spellers because Ain doesn't know how to spell "spell".
Reason #3:
When the kids go off on holidays, so do you.
(Well, at least...you still got that paid vacation).
Reason #4:
Despite the workload is burdensome,
despite the pay is quite okayyyy for an average labourer,
When Stevian and Ikram,
Daybie and Asnie said,
"Teacher, thanks for helping me understand that a cattle is different from a kettle"
or when they finally leave school and ignored you for years, suddenly you received smses saying,
"You're the best teacher I've ever had. Thanks to you I'm now a (insert profession here)"
You'll suddenly have a brief amnesia on how your work sucks and realised that
you have just made a difference in someone's life
with just a marker pen at a time.
Reason #5:
Because teachers rock. Period.
Happy Teachers' Day.
Jika hari ini seorang Perdana Menteri berkuasa
Jika hari ini seorang Raja menaiki takhta
Jika hari ini seorang Presiden sebuah negara
Jika hari ini seorang ulama yang mulia
Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara
Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka
Jika hari ini siapa sahaja menjadi dewasa;
Sejarahnya dimulakan oleh seorang guru biasa
Dengan lembut sabarnya mengajar tulis-baca.
Di mana-mana dia berdiri di muka muridnya
Di sebuah sekolah mewah di Ibu Kota
Di bangunan tua sekolah Hulu Terengganu
Dia adalah guru mewakili seribu buku;
Semakin terpencil duduknya di ceruk desa
Semakin bererti tugasnya kepada negara.
Jadilah apa pun pada akhir kehidupanmu, guruku
Budi yang diapungkan di dulangi ilmu
Panggilan keramat "cikgu" kekal terpahat
Menjadi kenangan ke akhir hayat.
Guru Oh Guru by USMAN AWANG
