Responsibilities of a teacher is indescribable. We, students in
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in EDUCATION, know the meaning to its core roots, the same with other teaching profession who share the same goal as us. As we train ourselves to become teachers who will take on the challenge of becoming a significant Future Educator for the next generation, the struggles that comes with are endless. It takes patience for a teacher to become a good one. Not every road they take is easy. It takes perseverance in doing so, have guts as they say. You could also say that teachers are risk- takers as we put ourselves in a delicate environment where every movement influences an individual’s thinking. Though, it might sound exaggerated since all other professions are difficult as well. But to hold a newborn mind and teach it about the world’s mindset and its inner-workings are a chaotic task. It is a teacher’s job to motivate students to reach their dreams, instill them the tenacity to hold on hope, giving them ideals and virtues that would guide them to become pious citizens, guiding them all throughout their growth as they will become the next stewards of society and taking up the burden that comes with it after our turn. Making it a delicate profession where students of all ages look up upon for ideas and aspirations. Then, they would have to be molded into productive individuals with courage, willingness and determination for them to be trained as military leaders who are ready whenever their services are needed by the nation, participate in activities for the social welfare and become numeracy and literacy literate. So, the responsibility that teachers carry is innumerable. With that, a teacher must have the will and power to teach their students. Along the way, they’re facing against pain and adversities to service the needs of the youths to fulfill their duties towards the community. Teachers would have persistence to gain constant control in the teaching-learning process, have the strength to overcome any obstacles presented by difficulties in many aspects of teaching diverse individuals, have the resilience to endure any emotional dilemmas as it never runs out of it, possess bravery to stand firm against all odds that strays out of favor, the courage to fight against any fear that can hinder development, and most of all have the willingness to carry out these qualities. That is to obtain and uphold an encompassing characteristic which summarizes all these aspects, FORTITUDE. From this notion, we would like to inspire fellow teachers to possess the word FORTITUDE. As we apply it to ourselves through NSTP, we urge those in the same hand as us to not give up and to never falter in these difficulties. It isn’t easy to become a teacher but it is a duty worth fulfilling. The joy in teaching students, and the day they achieve their goals is a wonderful sight to behold.