Hero of My Life

            For me, a hero is a person who is remembered and honored for his courageous life and exceptional accomplishments. We’ve got so many heroes who died for our country but we must not forget that heroes are not only those who are already passed away. There are also living heroes whom we can call “modern-day heroes”.

            I consider my teachers as my modern-day heroes because of the hardships they have to bear spending their lives teaching students with different kinds of attitudes. It cannot be denied that teenagers nowadays are sometimes hard-headed. Almost all parents who have a minimal number of children find hard time inculcating discipline in their children’s minds. How much more in the part of the teachers who have to take care of an average number of 40 students in his class wherein he doesn’t even have the chance to punish them whenever it is needed because there is already a law banning teachers to punish students. I couldn’t imagine the feelings they have whenever they want to shout at a naughty student but they have to control their emotions. That is a big dilemma on their part.

            Spending almost half of their lives teaching people is a big achievement of teachers. If I’m not mistaken, I think, the time they spend in school is more than the time they spend with their family until they retire at the age of 60. I salute my teachers for their great sacrifices in molding students like me. Although there are many who could also be considered heroes of today, for me, my teachers are my modern-day heroes.