What is Teacher's day?



Lesson 23 


Teachers' Day in India and the World


Teachers' Day is the day on which the works and efforts made by teachers (Learn vocabulary on my favourite teachers) throughout the year are celebrated and appreciated with great enthusiasm on 5th of September in India and on 5th of October internationally.


Origin of Teachers' Day in India

September 5 is the birthday of the former Indian president, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan who, alongwith being the first vice-president and second president of India was a great Indian philosopher and a teacher.  Since 1962, The celebration of the Teachers' Day on 5th September got off the ground on the recommendation of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.


Role of Teachers in Students' Lives 

Teachers play an essential role in motivating their students, honing and quenching their life skills and academic needs and guiding them in the right direction. Therefore teachers are motivators, leaders, role models for students who always strive to bring out the best in their students. 


Activities on Teachers'Day 

To observe the Teachers' Day on September 5, Some students put on clothes like those of teachers, and teach juniors as teachers, and some of the students sing songs, perform dramas and recite poems in the auditorium of the school, college, or university. 


Thanksgiving to Teachers 

Students dress up, reach out to their teachers and express their gratitude to their teachers for the contribution of the teachers to the society by making an onerous effort to brighten students' future.


Conclusion

Good teachers are nation-builders who pave the way for the development of the nation. They shed light on the dark spaces of the nation and provide students with the key to prosperity.


Words to Learn

1. Efforts→A determined attempt to do or achieve something

2. Throughout→ In every part of something 

3. To celebrate→ To gather to recognise a significant day or event by doing some activity happily 

4. To appreciate→ To admire

Synonym →To respect

Antonym→ To devalue

5. Enthusiasm→Great zeal 

Synonym→ Eagerness

Antonym→ Apathy

6. Philosopher→ A person who is learned in philosophy

7. Recommendation→ Suggestion 

8. To motivate→ To encourage someone to do something

Synonym→ To persuade

Antonym→ To dissuade

9. Essential→ Very important

Synonym→ Vital 

Antonym→ Insignificant

10. To hone→ To improve something 

Synonym→To perfect

Antonym→To blunt 

11. To quench→ To satisfy someone's thirst 

12. Academic→ Relating to education

Synonym→ Educational

Antonym→ Non-educational

13. To guide→ To show the path 

14. To strive→ To make a great effort

15. Activity→ Doing of something

16. To observe→ To celebrate some event 

17. To recite→ To read aloud

18. Auditorium→ Theatre hall 

19. Thanksgiving→ The expression of thanks to someone

20. To express→ To say something in words 

21. Gratitude→ The state of being thankful

Synonym→ Indebtedness

Antonym→ Ingratitude

22. Contribution→ Gift or effort made by a teacher 

23. Onerous→ Very difficult

Synonym→ Burdensome

Antonym→ Effortless

24. Society→ A group of people living together 


Idioms and Phrases to Learn

1. To play an essential role in→ To do a great and important job or function in achieving some goal

2. To hone life skills→ To perfect life skills such as leadership skills, communication skills, etc. 

3. To quench academic thirst→ To satisfy students' thirst and curiosity for knowledge

4. To bring out the best in someone → To help someone to show their best qualities

5. To put on clothes→ To wear clothes

6. To dress up→To get dressed in formal clothes 

7. To reach out→ To go to people to communicate with them 

8. To make an onerous effort to... → To make a great attempt to achieve something

9. To brighten students' future→ To make students successful in life

10. To pave the way for→ To prepare the way for something to happen

11. To shed light on the dark spaces of the nation→ To impart knowledge to those who are illiterate or ignorant 

12. To provide students with the key to prosperity→ To give students something that leads to prosperity and happiness. Here Education is referred to.

13. To be a nation-builder→ To be someone who builds the nation


Exercise 1

Can you recall the synonyms and antonyms of the following words? 

1. To appreciate

2. Enthusiasm

3. To motivate

4. Essential 

5. Academic

6. To hone 

7. Onerous

8. Gratitude


Answer keys 1:- 

(Synonyms) 

1. To respect

2. Eagerness

3. To encourage 

4. Significant

5. Educational

6. To perfect

7. Difficult

8. Indebtedness


Answer keys 2:- 

(Antonyms) 

1. To devalue

2. Apathy 

3. To dissuade

4. Insignificant

5. Non-educational

6. To blunt 

7. Effortless

8. Ingratitude


Exercise 2 

Do you understand the following the idioms and phrases? 

1. To shed light on the dark spaces

2. To pave the way for

3. To bring out the best in someone 


Answer keys:-

1. To impart knowledge to those who are illiterate

2. To prepare the way for something to happen

3. To help someone to show the best qualities of theirs