Let’s start with a conclusion. For the 17 years of my life, I analyzed every dream the citizens of the world had. I didn’t mean that I studied the world since I was a baby, but for the longest time, I learned that every child dreamed of becoming a hero. Nearly all young humans in this world had idealistic minds along their childhoods. Manifested in every culture from Perseus to Superman, mankind is proven as a heroic and noble species. Little children love to dress up like superheroes of the comic books and dream to kill the villains of the world. But change is always inevitable. As they grow up, they realized that an ideal world is only a childish fantasy and that there are many important things to do in life such as careers, having family, vanities and ambitions. Their dream of superheroes started to shed as they struggled to become one with the world that they previously want to change.
Some of those dream survived though, in some people. I know Spiderman is not real and Gilgamesh is a myth, but superhero does exist. They don’t fly in an old-fashioned jump suit, but they saved the world many times. Not all of them are publicity-minded, since many of them worked in rural villages in world’s most dangerous mountain ranges. And not all of them work with NGOs with generous-but-cunning companies as beneficiaries. Lots of them are in fact the little heroes of the world. They are our teachers.
Maybe at start you were wondering that those superheroes are social workers and human rights activists, or maybe celebrated war veterans. I, too, thought like that. But then I realized that what they do is not really giving food to the poor, making emergency hospital tents, or defending nations in war zones. What they really want is to give examples, to teach the world to do good deeds, and that is what our teachers do. In the small classroom where we are sitting, they are not only teaching us math formulas and telling historical tales, but they are trying to give their best to the future of the world. Future is an obligatory investment for all mankind, and teachers are their best investors. We are the shares, shares in a very unbalanced and critical market called the World. By teaching us knowledge and morality, they invested for a brighter future. They want their students to find their potential, put it into practice, and make the most of it for themselves and the good of others. They don’t dream for themselves, but also for their students and society. And most of all, they want to share what they have to the people around them. Selfishness is not written in their dictionary, and therefore their task is the most noble of all causes.
In this world where personal ambitions and successes are held in high value, teachers are the ones who broke the norm, the wrong norm that is. When becoming CEOs and celebrities are the popular teenage dreams, people who become teachers are still live up true to their dream of becoming heroes. When the world cherishes for billionaires and presidents, teachers are working to ensure the continuity of the next generation. They appear so little, yet their cause is greatest of all global issues. The cure for all discords and problems in the world is knowledge, and teachers are there to give it. Really, they are the true superheroes.
*This is my school essay for the english assignment, and I posted it here just for fun ;)
