| A teacher can be described as a professional, | | | | young generations. |
| properly prepared to work with children or students in | | | | An effective teacher has to concentrate on the |
| terms of their personal and educational development. | | | | personal development of students. A major task of a |
| What does it really mean? What should a good | | | | teacher is not only to observe but also to actively |
| teacher be like? What are the expectations a teacher | | | | participate in every process possible on the way of |
| has to face? Those questions don't have one correct | | | | education and growth of young people he or she |
| answer. One thing is certain – teacher's work is not | | | | teaches. An ideal teacher is at the same time a |
| as easy as it may look from the distance. Teacher is | | | | mentor and a best friend that can be trusted. We can |
| not only obliged to educate in terms of the school | | | | easily imagine how hard to achieve can that be but it is |
| program but simply has to be in close, healthy relations | | | | the only way to really teach. A teacher has to |
| with students. Let's have a look at how complex can | | | | encourage students to explore the world. How can |
| that be. | | | | that be done if he or she is not trusted? It is simply |
| Teachers are a group that has very strong influence | | | | impossible. |
| on the young generations. The strength of it can only | | | | No academic resources for teachers can provide this |
| be compared to the influence of parents and closest | | | | knowledge – only a teacher himself can get to it |
| family members. This means that teachers have to | | | | through self-development. A perfect teacher is like a |
| carry the load of great responsibility. The lifestyle of a | | | | cathedral – built and improved for many years. The |
| teacher has enormous impact on students. Teacher is | | | | biggest asset of a teacher is his or her experience |
| a role model of highest importance to their | | | | – something that cannot be learned like the use of |
| development not only in terms of professionalism and | | | | modern technologies. All the knowledge and skills |
| knowledge but also the way they perceive the world, | | | | crystallize with time and make a teacher grow |
| values and culture. A teacher should be the one who | | | | stronger. Experienced teachers are architects of entire |
| encourages the search for truth, good values, love. A | | | | societies. They hold keys to our future. That's why it is |
| truly dedicated teacher is committed to students all the | | | | so important to encourage young people to listen to |
| time, understands their points of view and feels their | | | | them, cooperate and pay respect to this beautiful |
| needs, sees future grown-ups in them and knows how | | | | profession. Where would we be without them? I bet |
| to show them the way to become productive and | | | | everyone can recall a teacher that has changed |
| happy members of the society. Simply speaking, a | | | | something in their life, showed them the way and |
| teacher should be a person who is always working to | | | | simply made them better people. That is something |
| improve himself or herself in order to better serve | | | | priceless. |