At seven in the morning, one of my former students made a surprise visit to my suburban home in Kathmandu. He came, wished me a Happy Teacher’s Day and gave me a bouquet of flowers and sweets. Though things are not of much value in themselves, they become special on this particular day.
In the late morning and the afternoon, I received text messages so many that I could not reply to all. All messages were best wishes from my dear students. One read like this: Wish you a great, prosperous, blissful, healthy, bright, mind blowing, energetic, terrific and extremely happy Teacher’s Day!! Whatever words it had, it brought the love that this student had for me.
In Nepal, as I said in my Interview to the Teaching English Team, teachers are respected as gurus. So, students either visit their teachers with flowers and sweets or organize a function at school to mark the day. They literally worship the teacher placing him or her on a special chair, smearing red color on the face, decorating them with garlands and offering them sweets. Some will recite poems and others will offer words of praise for their gurus.
How is this day celebrated in your countries? Would be great to know how similar and how different this day is in the way it is marked in different societies.
Happy Teacher’s day to you all!!!
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maria-marta
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Hi Laxman and all,
Teacher's Day in Mexico is in May. At our Institute, we usaully buy a small gift for every teacher (nice coffee mug, umbrella, shirt, personal planner, etc.) and have a meal together. In some schools, teachers have the day off on this day; but since I work at a private Institute, our teachers must work on Teacher's Day. Students also, individually or collectively, show appreciation in small but spirtually rewarding ways (bring a cake, small gift, etc.).
Frank in Mexico
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laxman_gnawali
Hi,
I have found out that there are two types of teacher's days: one the conventional type I mentioned above, the other is the trade union type on which teachers organise programmes and discuss how they can protect their jobs and can pressurize their authorities on particular issues. The second type seems more active in many countries.
But my concern is the first type.
I request you all to post a few paragraphs describing how the Teacher's Day is observed in your countries so we can see the conventional values bestowed upon us, the teachers.
Regards
Laxman from Nepal