PEDAGOGY OF THE HEART (VI)

The teacher as steward of the educative process can only be a liberating force if he touches not just the minds but the hearts of the students as well. Because of the deterioration of the basic education system in the Philippines, there is really a need for all teachers to reconsider shifting pedagogical paradigms-from mere spoon feeder of garbage to political agents of permanent human liberation. May we be the new breed of stewards entrusted with young minds and hearts hungry for knowledge that will create a surge of moral regeneration, that will boost some high to catatonic slumbering self-esteems that will have our future graduates wagering high stakes in global economy. According to Einstein, education is an opportunity for us all to enjoy life. We have only but one life to live but the lives we touch, the minds we nurture and the hearts we taught how to make a difference are a multitude. Let us therefore be the best teacher-stewards of our students for the greatest teacher of us all is Himself the best steward of all.