say that teaching s a low profile job that does not require much talent to excel in. The truth is, if you are not well associated with young people, willing to dedicate yourself to a time consuming profession with average salary or willing to promote yourself in a professional manner everyday, teaching is not a job for you.Teachers, as many will agree, should be there to set moral and ethical examples in and out of the classroom for their students and even society. Students and children should be able to look to their elders, especially teachers, as role models and friends. A teachers attitude, character, effectiveness and workplace are looked upon by many to be the most important attributes of a person in such a field. Changes need to occur for their role in society to be looked at with a little more prestige. Teachers in todays society for example are permitted to smoke outside the classroom while students are banned and punished if caught doing so. If students are aware that their role models are smoking, it is only going to make them think it is alright to follow in their footsteps. Smoking on the job for teachers, although it is outside the school, should not be permitted and should be saved for times off school property and after school hours. Another problem seen in schools today is the poor quality of buildings and other educational facilities that are of little use to the students. This topic has become one of, if not, the most controversial topic among parents, children and the rest of society. For students to get the most out of their time spent in school, some changes need to be considered to improve the environments in which these children are placed. Although a quality education is a necessity to succeed in life, if children are placed in situations that are not suitable, many will not look to learning as being an important part of their life and it will most likely take a back seat to many other things. The same issue ap...
