Teacher's Day

May seems to be the month, at least in Korea, when groups of people are honored - we had Worker's day on the 1st of May, then Children's day on the 5th, followed by Parent's day on 8th and today, the 15th, Teacher's day.

I wonder if we could start a movement to have this particular day acknowledged worldwide as a public holiday? A day when teacher's are thought of with pride, with acknowledgement of their contribution?

Of course, now I must play Devil's advocate a bit - there are truly terrible teachers out there, and taking pride in them hardly seems possible. Acknowledging a teacher who bullies children, or calls them stupid, or ignores them is difficult to do.

However, isn't this just as true of all those other days mentioned? There are lazy workers, bad parents and terrible children. In any group of people you will find the bad apples. But, as the saying goes, don't let them spoil the whole barrel.

To those teachers out there who teach in schools where there are hardly any books, where kids sit on the ground, who teach with passion and commitment - happy Teacher's Day!