To my fellow teachers and students, who are reading this piece of writing and wonder how does a teacher spend her day:


Teachers are nation builders. A teacher has to perform a very pious duty. S/he has to lead a very virtuous life. A light mistake on her/his part may cause a perfect ruin of the students one teaches. He is expected to abandon all evils. He is supposed to be an embodiment of virtues. A true teacher emits the fragrance of knowledge all around him. He is the source of light and proper guidance



A Teacher rises early in the morning and makes his preparations for going to school. A good teacher prepared his lessons for the day. He reaches the school in time, if he is late sometimes, the second bell goes. He takes part in the morning assembly and stands before his class. He goes to his class just after the prayer assembly is dispersed. He tries to maintain discipline at every step.


All the students stand up when the teacher enters the class. It is just to show respect to the teacher and also to make themselves alert for teaching the lesson. A teacher teaches the students with love and care. He never minds the trouble. Sometimes he has to because tact is more important than talent for success in life.


In this way, he saves his honor and does not want to give the wrong impression to students. The class is magically bound by his effective teaching. He teaches in all the periods allotted to him. A good and loving teacher takes arrangement periods also very sincerely.


Correction work is very essential for a teacher to rectify the mistake of the students. Notebook correction also acts as feedback to the teacher. He does it in the vacant periods. Sometimes he brings the exercise notebooks of the students to his home and makes corrections to them to check them in time. Despite his best efforts, sometimes he faces the anger of the Principal. But misted of plunging into the confrontation, he follows the advice of the principal.


Spare the rod and spare the child was the citrine for the teachers in ancient times. Today a teacher deals with the students psychologically. He does not give corporal punishment to his students. He uses the rod very sparingly. Sometimes guardians also come to him, to enquire about their wards. He gives them the right piece of advice. He implies the student with sound advice.


A teacher is a nation builder. As such, he has to be very cautious about his work and duty.


He gets up early in the morning and goes out for a walk. He is fond of flowers, breezes, and birds. As he returns home, he has a bath. Then he takes breakfast and goes to school on his bicycle or scooter or in his car.


He teaches the students very carefully. He takes great pains in doing his duties. He does not generally rebuke the students. But sometimes he has to take to task a naughty student. Thus, he is a strict disciplinarian.


Besides teaching, he does other duties assigned to him such as preparing students for a function, participating in extra-curricular activities and national campaigns such as census, polling duty, literacy drive, pulse polio, blood donation camp, etc.


Sometimes, he is asked to deliver a speech or give a lecture on a particular topic. He always discharges his duties very conscientiously. He is in the good books of the school management and administration. The students also like and love him. He also loves and teaches the students as his children.


There may be exceptions among the teachers just as such exceptions are there everywhere among students, doctors, workers, etc. — people who shirk work. But most of the teachers are conscious of their duties and try to live up to them. They try to update their knowledge by visiting the library regularly.


Thereafter, as the day’s work is over, the said teacher returns home. He takes lunch and then he pursues his hobby or a game. After dinner, he may study some books or watch TV for some time, and then he goes to bed.