Teacher=Dog???I would like to use a dog as a metaphor of my views of a teacher. This might at first seem odd to most but please read on and you will see exactly where I am coming from. If you have a dog take time no more that 10 minutes for a week and observe their behaviors (it may take less time) and you will see the most compassionate actions ever. Dogs for the most part stay tied up, in a cage, in a bathroom, indoors, or in a garage 70% of the day, but everytime they see their owners they are completely joyous to spend time with them even if it is a simple "Hey lil' doggie". They do not remember the kick they recieved just because their owner split her stockings on the steps or the time their owner forgot to give them fresh water for three whole days. Instead after such mistreatment they run up to their owner licking their legs, with their tails wagging verociously and ready to love their owner up! Another factor about a dog is they are blind to differences among human population; they choose to love and protect their owners regardless of the pigments, reading disablities, and what they do on Sunday mornings.
A phenominal teacher in my mind possess these same characteristics of a dog. They do not keep a record of wrongs because all humans have bad days and I believe young children have a lot of those days. On Monday Sean might scream and kick ripping his paper because he wasnt allowed to play at recess, a great teacher will still greet him bright and early Tuesday morning with a smile and a hug letting him know that she is excited to see him that morning. Teachers put in very hard work but are extremely disrespected in society. Pay cuts (lack of raises), stupid testing, low resources, crazy parents, collegues infected with apathy and so much more reasonably put a damper on the attitude of a teacher. However just like a dog a wonderful teacher will find the strength,love,endurance and compassion to enter each classroom (each day!) with excitement because she/he is about to bless their students with knowledge. For they find joy in the simple things (dogs love rolling in grass, lol) for instance: a kid who previously was rude says thank you to a fellow class mate. Lastly a powerful teacher does not withhold love and support due to differences among the class population but attends to each child's special needs while equally spreading compassion among the class population.
I feel like I might have wrote too much so Im stopping!Thanks for reading!
[After writing this I saw I didnt write about the room for error but I do understand that everyday even the greatest teachers do not have the hearts and actions of a dog]
