WHILE Teachers Day is celebrated with much festivity in most schools, in some other places it is just another day and not given as much attention as other more “important” school occasions. Regardless of the varying degrees of attention paid to this special day for teachers, there is usually a kinder feeling towards teachers and the teaching profession in general around this time.

Even people who find it difficult not to make a cynical or disparaging remark whenever the topic of teachers is mentioned, tend to be more magnanimous during this period when they remember an especially dedicated teacher they had had all those years ago.