Where's the essence of Teaching?

On a global basis, teaching is spreading one's will, may it be technical or by experience, to 'hungry' individuals of both the new and the old generations. The insatiable hunger for knowledge and the ever-changing world pushes individuals to education.

However, in our state (Philippines), education is thought as a necessity, a drive to achieve greater goals by earning a degree and landing a good job.I can't help but scrutinize in silence, the people who attend seminars to 'collect' certificates that they might not need in the future, but not paying attention to the exact content of why they are there in the first place. But let's not stray off to the topic; instead lets try to dig in deeper.

Education, where teachers act as the mediator of the subject and the students act as the recipient of it. Teachers are said to be our second parents in class. We were suppose to learn many great things from them, both tangible and intangible. Things we can apply in our day-to-day activities, and things we can invest for future use (career).

But what does a teacher do? In elementary, they serve as our guide; our mentors to get us equipped before entering higher forms of education. Secondary school teachers serves as our mold in developing the skills we need in choosing a path to tread after graduation. College professors act as our mentors on specific field of interest on the chosen career of a certain individual.

Yet, the dilemma here is this: When exactly can you call teaching as 'teaching'? As I about to graduate with my degree of choice, I feel 4 years of my lifetime wasted by this one individual. A professor of management. Sometimes I wonder what's the difference between a regular school employee and a professor of knowledge every time I enter her class. Her methods are quite unorthodox; unprofessional and has attitude towards her students even to her colleagues and coaches by the book- Literally, if you know what I mean. In my sponge years I never thought that there are still teachers like her who lacks vindication to her line of work. Or perhaps on the long line of my educators, I failed to see one as corrupt as this professor.

Just imagine, one out of 5 classes in every department, in every school across the nation has this type of individual, "teaching" as they think they are. I can't help but pity the students under such tutelage, creating individuals as automatons for the industry of their choice. I, on my side, is forced to learn by my own despite the money I paid for education, which my parent's worked hard to earn.

Where's the essence? What is education if not, for education?

They say, poverty is the main problem why our nation suffers; some said its the corruption of the government. But we see these things too in smaller scale, right?

 We can end this torment if we were thought discipline in our early stages of education. Most people are even deprived of it, or rather, not resorted to such cause it may just be a nuisance to what they practice.

Our Education is the problem, not poverty, not corruption.We see education as salvation from poverty, and we are "taught" to perceive it that way. 

Where's the essence of teaching? 

-I hope this serves as an eye opener.-