The teacher is the benefactor of
the nation and is entrusted with
the task of educating and training the new generation. Heavy responsibility is placed on the shoulders of
the teacher to pass on his values and tradition to the next generation and to
produce talented individuals to shape the character of the students and make
them active members of the society. It is very important for a teacher to be an
expert in the transformation of knowledge. A teacher who has knowledge but
doesn't know how to convey it to others is like the moon that has light but is
eclipsed.
Today's era is the era of social media.
It is the era of competition, in this time it is very easy to share your
knowledge and thoughts with others, the condition is that you should have
command on your content. Alexander the Great said that my father brought me
from heaven to earth and my teacher brought me from earth to heaven through education.
So education develops the soul and mind of a person and refines his character.
A teacher’s personality is an
influential figure. People in the community come to him for advice in order to
best train their children, it is the responsibility of a teacher to guide the
parents in such a way that their children emerge as the best members of the society.
In societies where crime rates are rising parents and teachers are the question
mark. Nowadays, one can communicate one’s thought to others through social media.
Not only in Pakistani society but worldwide, unfortunately teaching is the
sector in which the salary of teachers is the lowest and teachers have to use
social media to improve their income.
Before proceeding in more detail it
is important to know the term “influencer”.
“An influencer is a person who has
made his name through social media and his followers are in millions”.
It’s mean a person who is
influential and experienced in a particular field, in a particular area and
have extensive knowledge in his field, he knows how to convey it to others. Its
mean his followers are agree with his thinking and content presentation, they
like him and his expertise in his work.
But to me it would not be right to
relate the term of influencer only to social media person, influencers have
existed since before the age of social media, the only difference is, that was
not the era of social media, that was the time of print and electronic media
and teachers used to deliver their lectures on them. Their circle was limited
to one institution and then they had followers even in the area where the
school and college was located. Now teachers have got a wide platform in the
form social media, earlier they were known only by people of a specific area
but now teachers can make their mark by spreading the knowledge to the whole world, by blogging,
by giving lectures through YouTube channels or by delivering worldwide online lectures.
The tragedy is that the source of
income of the teachers could not increase more than their traditional job now
in this way they can also increase their income.
A teacher as influencer, it is very
important for him to have certain qualities.
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Be an
expert in content creation.
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Has the ability
to attract the attention of the audience.
·
Capable of
attracting audience attention.
·
Have
courage to bear the criticism.
·
Have full mastery over the knowledge, he is
imparting to others.
·
Give satisfactory response and replies to his
followers.
·
Have the
ability to persuade people.
·
Now the best use of words.
By keeping these points in mind a
teacher can become an excellent influencer.
Children follow their teachers,
considered them as their role models and adopt their style. Just like my teachers,
taught me to write, taught me to debate and made me a good speaker, prepared me
for competitions, made me confident and I’m a good teacher. My teachers are my
role models, that’s why I say that a teacher is the best influencer.
Question: Are you agree that
teacher can be a best influencer?
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