The Teacher

Again and again, the teacher enters the classroom. Her lessons are heard by the eager but also fall on distracted minds. The teacher reaches out to students and then loses their attention again. Day after day the teacher rises above the noise, carries the hopes and the potential of all children, and each time we burden her with more paperwork. Time and again society demands better education, reaches from policy heights to the crowded classroom, longs as an eternal ideal to ignite young minds. The teacher is always moving among the desks, to guide us today and prepare for tomorrow. She looks with patient eyes straight into our confusion, boredom, struggles, and dreams but we do not dare to meet her expectations. Only the spark of curiosity can match her dedication, yet it flickers and fades in the face of rigid systems. Bell after bell rings, marking time's relentless march, as another day of possibilities slips away, lost in a maze of standardised goals and distractions. The teacher persists, her spirit unbroken, while childhood's fleeting moments vanish, sacrificed on the altar of misguided priorities.