The cost of choice
Economics students will know this. What is the real cost of choice?
I read this off a blog. I know once i write this, several people will immediately realise something.
"There will always be 2 choices in every teacher's life: To do what is necessary to help the student to achieve their dreams; or to simply let them be where they are. Both have different price tags. The 1st is a big prize, so is the price to pay. "
Every teacher can choose to push their student to find a dream and fight for the dream. Or they can sit back and watch their little ducklings fumble. Every teacher can choose to cheer the students from afar, or stand beside them guiding, encouraging, cheering. Every teacher can choose to teach, or choose to be a teacher. To teach is the career. To be a teacher is a destiny.
Every choice has a cost. You opt to give up your next best alternative. To be a teacher, one will lose a lot of hours preparing, praying and believing even when hope seems fruitless. To teach, one will lose the opportunity to bless and enrich another person's life. One will choose to surrender the opportunity to leave behind an impact in a person's life.
I do not just restrict this to those who fill in forms that ask occupations as "Teacher". We are all teachers. Every one of us who comes into contact with another living person is a teacher in some form.
Choose for yourselves this day, your decision.
I read this off a blog. I know once i write this, several people will immediately realise something.
"There will always be 2 choices in every teacher's life: To do what is necessary to help the student to achieve their dreams; or to simply let them be where they are. Both have different price tags. The 1st is a big prize, so is the price to pay. "
Every teacher can choose to push their student to find a dream and fight for the dream. Or they can sit back and watch their little ducklings fumble. Every teacher can choose to cheer the students from afar, or stand beside them guiding, encouraging, cheering. Every teacher can choose to teach, or choose to be a teacher. To teach is the career. To be a teacher is a destiny.
Every choice has a cost. You opt to give up your next best alternative. To be a teacher, one will lose a lot of hours preparing, praying and believing even when hope seems fruitless. To teach, one will lose the opportunity to bless and enrich another person's life. One will choose to surrender the opportunity to leave behind an impact in a person's life.
I do not just restrict this to those who fill in forms that ask occupations as "Teacher". We are all teachers. Every one of us who comes into contact with another living person is a teacher in some form.
Choose for yourselves this day, your decision.
posted by W | Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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