Happy Teacher's Day to all the Tutors & Educators

It is 23rd September today and I received an early bird text message from a friend in Temburong greeting me "Selamat Hari Guru - Teruskan perjuangan dalam mendidik anak bangsa menuju kecemerlangan". And I was thinking, it's Teacher's Day already??? I totally forgot all about it.

And so I heard from the radio that the official ceremony of Teacher's Day will be held on 18th October. Looking forward to that.

So, in conjunction of today, I think it would be appropriate to put up some pictures and a few Teacher's Day quotes that I've personally picked out from the net. Enjoy reading....

**Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. --Aristotle




**Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher." --Japanese proverb




** "Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth." --Helen Caldicott, author and peace activist




**Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. --Author Unknown



**The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. --Author Unknown



** "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." --Henry Brooks Adams




**In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. --Jacques Barzun




**A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image. --Author Unknown


**What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. --Karl Menningervv




**Teaching is leaving a vestige of one self in the development of another. And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures. --Eugene P. Bertin


**The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. --William Arthur Ward




**A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. --Author Unknown


**Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. -Jacques Barzun









TEACHER'S APPRECIATION IDEAS....

Below are some basic ideas. Besides having the traditional Teacher's Day celebration that we usually do in school, I particularly like....

Flower Shower: Make a student stand at the entry gate before the teacher's arrival. Shower the teachers with flowers when they enter the school.Say Thank You Differently:Prepare a group of twenty students. Write the phrase "THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR!", with each letter on a separate piece of paper. Now attach one letter on the front side of one student. Arrange the students in a horizontal line at the entry gate to form the complete phrase. Make sure all this is done before the teachers start coming.

Organize Breakfast: Order patties, pastries, coffee and other breakfast items one day before Teacher's Day. Arrive in the school early. Receive the foodstuff yourself in the morning and set up the whole breakfast before your teacher's arrival.Prepare Souvenirs:Print your teacher's names on coffee mugs, T-shirts, schoolbags, etc or to commemorate the efforts put in by your teachers.

Dress Up: On Teacher Appreciation Day, dress up as your favorite teacher. Ask him/her to take sometime off and take the class that he/she was supposed to take. But, don't forget to take prior permission from your principal for this.

RV'78 says: Having the 'Dress Up' would be an absolutely cute idea (in class) for the smaller kids. Especially if you have a few bright/smart kids in class. They could really immitate you, you know.