Anchorings and Speech

In India 5th September is celebrated as Teachers' day. 5th September is the birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. When Dr. Radhakrishnan became the president of India in 1962, some of his students and friends approached him and requested him to allow them to celebrate 5th September, his "birthday". In reply, Dr, Radhakrishnan said, "instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would be my proud privilege if September 5 is observed as Teachers' day". The request showed Dr.Radhakrishnan's love for the teaching profession. From then onwards, the day has been observed as Teachers' Day in India.
On this day, we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, whose dream was that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country". Hence, Teachers' Day is very important for all our people, for our students and even for all the parents, as the teachers lay the foundation for creating enlightened citizens for the nation.
Teacher's Day is celebrated as a tribute to the valuable contribution made by teachers to the society by imparting knowledge and enlightening and shaping the career of students.
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. ~Anon Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
~Jacques Barzun A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism.
~Louis A. Berman A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image. ~Anon

Teaching is leaving a vestige of one self in the development of another. And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures. ~Eugene P. Bertin
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.