In Tom Wolfe's novel entitled
Charlotte Simmons, Miss
Pennington, a high school
teacher, tells Charlotte
Simmons, her senior-
graduating students, the
following:
"I think I know about what
most students think somebody
being a high school teacher,
but it never has bothered me,
and I've never tried to explain
how mistaken they are. When
you're a teacher and you see a
child achieve something, when
you see a child reach a new
level of understanding about
literature or history or… or…
anything else, a level that child
would have never reached
without you, there's a
satisfaction, a reward, that
can't be expressed in words,
leastways not by me. In some
way, no matter how small,
you've helped create a new
person. And if you're so
fortunate as to find a student,
one student, a single student—
like Charlotte Simmons—and
you spend four years working
with that student and seeing
that student become what you
are today-Charlotte, that
justifies all the struggle and
frustration of forty years of
teaching. That makes an
entire career a success. So
I'm not going to let you look
back. You've got to keep your
eyes on the future. You've got
to promise me that. That's all
you owe me—that single
promise."
Charlotte Simmons, Miss
Pennington, a high school
teacher, tells Charlotte
Simmons, her senior-
graduating students, the
following:
"I think I know about what
most students think somebody
being a high school teacher,
but it never has bothered me,
and I've never tried to explain
how mistaken they are. When
you're a teacher and you see a
child achieve something, when
you see a child reach a new
level of understanding about
literature or history or… or…
anything else, a level that child
would have never reached
without you, there's a
satisfaction, a reward, that
can't be expressed in words,
leastways not by me. In some
way, no matter how small,
you've helped create a new
person. And if you're so
fortunate as to find a student,
one student, a single student—
like Charlotte Simmons—and
you spend four years working
with that student and seeing
that student become what you
are today-Charlotte, that
justifies all the struggle and
frustration of forty years of
teaching. That makes an
entire career a success. So
I'm not going to let you look
back. You've got to keep your
eyes on the future. You've got
to promise me that. That's all
you owe me—that single
promise."
| "Learning and pursuing a teaching career is not easy. Frustration tends to interfere with one's dreams and efforts. We are hurt by different circumstances and the temptation to give it up is sometimes there. However, we need to keep our eyes on our successes and achievements. We need to understand that we are STRONG, that we CAN DO IT, that we can SMILE when there are reasons to cry, that you can count our VICTORIES, and that we are WINNERS." Dr. Héfer Bembenutty |
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