Regardless of what you do for a living … who are you or where you’re from… it’s fairly inarguable that teachers are heroes. True heroes. And in many cases, unsung ones.
Teachers are a third - or, in some cases, second - parent to our children: an influential figure with whom they spend an immeasurable amount of time during their most formative years.
It's a time when children strive not only to discover their identity... but to discover their place in the world: where they belong. Who they are. The values that define them.
Teachers do a hell of a lot more than what we see. Post continues after video...
And - despite the fact it isn't in the job description - it's a teacher's job to facilitate that. Seven hours a day. Five days a week.
Teachers do get credit. They really do. They play a role in our kids lives that's valued and acknowledged and appreciated. But not enough.
Because actual teaching? It's one teeny tiny part of their JD. (Job description).
They're teachers, yes. But they're also psychologists. And doctors. And nurses.
They're nutritionists. They're dieticians, and listeners, and advisors.
They're writers. They're public speakers and they're actors.
Cleaners, cooks, consultants.
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As a teacher I need to say, your video on what teachers do behind the scenes was lovely but stationery was mispelt.
Don't get me wrong, we have hit the jackpot with my daughters teachers so far, and I have made sure to tell them that at every given opportunity, because I truly love what they do.
But, none of them have been a "third parent" to my child.