A tribute to a great teacher
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 , by Nouman Ahmad
While scrolling down my Facebook newsfeed, a line caught my attention that “the influence of a good teacher can never be erased”.
These words took me back to memories of my tuition when I was in 8th grade and the subjects became more difficult especially mathematics. I also had to take the board exam the next year so my parents arranged a private tutor for me.
They asked the same teacher who taught my elder brothers to teach me science courses and he agreed. It’s not like I never had tuition before, but Sir Naveed’s teaching style was a little different from the others. I used to hate math but his way of explaining complex concepts in simple words surprised me sometimes. He never burdened me with extra homework and always boosted my motivation level.
After passing school, I decided to continue taking tuition from him in college too because there was no one who could teach me math better than him. But his teaching style was not what makes him stand out tall among my favorite teachers. I met many amazing teachers in my student life whose teaching style was remarkable.
In the educational stream, the most powerful force is the bond between a student and a teacher. This bond leads to academic success and student empowerment. What makes him special was his mentoring style. He was a supportive mentor who inspired me to be me.
Many of the lessons students learn from their teacher are not mentioned in the syllabus. I was never a shy or poor student but also never knew what I am capable of and was reluctant to show my skills but sir, you never pointed out my weaknesses to discourage me and made me more confident to show my talent.
He never imposed his opinion on me and always respected my viewpoint.
Many of his students know about his personal life struggles, but despite that he never gets tired of teaching and always come to teach his students in a cheerful mood. You are the teacher who always nurtures their students’ mind with positivity. Teachers who help students to grow as people impart some of the most important teachings of life. The student never feels shy to ask you questions.
I am thankful to him for going the extra mile. I want to tell him how his kindness, support, and interest in my character development has helped me in many difficult stages of my life.
Thank you, sir, for dedicating your time and energy in teaching for long hours without charging extra. Thank you for the pizza parties and never-ending current affair discussions. Thank you for gifting me the books of my taste and expensive pens. Thank you, sir, for calling me your sister and thank you for being my elder brother.
Though my words are not enough to appreciate all the hard work you have done for me I always remember you when I sincerely raise my hands for prayers and I feel so blessed and thankful to Almighty to have you as a constant source of motivation in my life.
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Dear Mr. Nolan, I want to thank you for everything you have done for me, and i want to thank you for your chill, everytime i im behaving bad, but you know it be funny, thats a fact. anyways thank you for your understandings and etc.
dear,Mrs.nolan i want to say think you for that hard work you are doing for us because you have been doing so much of work and you understanding us when it came to missing work you halp us as you can for are grades i just want to say thank you . :)
Mr. Nolan you have been my favorite teacher in colonial you respect your students which I feel like many teachers don't you help us if we have any questions or if we have missing assignments you will re-open it so we can finish it and you don't like your students to fail and I appreciate it all thank you.
ur the best teacher mrnolan
Mr Nolan I just want to thank you for being one of the coolest teachers i've met, I know sometimes I was a pain in class but you still helped me out with my work and kept me on track. Also I really appreciate you doing the extra things in class like showing us some stuff from jamaica and having a handshake with me every day before class started. I hope you're safe and healthy and thanks for helping me this year
Mr.nolan thank you for all you have done for me this year thanks to you I have learned a lot more than last year
Mr.Nolan i appreciate your passion you have for your students to succeed, how cool you are with your students ,and how much you have helped me with english 1 because without you i probably would not be passing the class and I very much appreciate all the hard work you do for all of us and all the hard work you do in general because you were one of the coolest teachers to be around and you were very understanding when it came to missing work so thank you.
mr.nolan i appreciate your passion you have for your students to succeed, how cool you are with your students ,and how much you have helped me with english 1 because without you i probably would not be passing the class but with you pushing me to focus on my work i am and that's why i appreciate you
dear,Mrs.nolan and very much appreciate all the hard work you do for all of us and all the hard you you do in general because you were one of the chillest teachers to be around and you were very understanding when it came to missing work so thank you very everything that you do.