Make Your Teachers Proud

It is a delightful moment for every teacher when students acknowledge and appreciate the contribution of their teachers towards their progress and achievements.

- Prof. Sherene Aftab

Students often express their gratitude in multiple and unique ways. The fervour increases at Teacher’s Day celebrations when they participate in skits with great enthusiasm, write thoughtful speeches, sing melodious songs and put together engrossing dance programmes to make their day special. A few also paint beautiful artwork and craft lovely cards that the teacher could keep as mementos long after the student has graduated from the class. This Teacher’s Day, one such teacher has drafted a letter for her students. She explains how her students could express their love and respect for her, not just on Teacher’s Day, but how they could continue to express their gratitude to her throughout the year and even long after they have graduated from her class and their school.

My Dear Student,

Do you remember your first day at school? Maybe you don’t because you were too little. Your parents felt a range of emotions from being excited to feeling nervous. They were excited to see you in your tiny school uniform looking all smart and cute; with dreams of the day when you would be all grown up and adult, flying out of their nest to achieve dreams of your own. They surely felt butterflies in their tummies at having to leave you at the doorstep of your new school all by yourself, amid several kids and with a teacher whom neither you nor they had ever met before. They surely worried endlessly till you returned, and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw you running back into their arms with a smile as bright as sunshine and with stories of your first day at school. Your first day at school was certainly amongst one of the most memorable days for your parents, and certainly a life-changing experience for you.