We, priests and religious, should be good and exemplary teachers. I think it was St John Bosco who, in dealing with the young, realized how important it is to be a loving teacher and invited all the formators to be good and exemplary teachers in forming the young minds and hearts. Here is a letter written (I found it recently while preparing a message for Teachers’ Day) by a student to her teacher– Fr Richard Mascarenhas SJ
- Be a human being, not just a teaching machine.
- Do not teach only a subject, but rather teach us students.
- Let me feel that you are interested in me as a human being not just a number in your notebook.
- Do not judge me only by the marks I get in my tests, but rather by the effort I make.
- Do not expect of me what is beyond my talent or power, but give me more encouragement from time to time.
- Do not expect me to think of school and studies as the greatest pleasure of life. They are not, at least for me.
Fr Richard Mascarenhas SJ
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