OUR FIRST TEACHERS

           The first teachers we have in our lives are our parents. They teach us to walk, to speak and to have good behaviour, before we approach the real world. They teach us all aspects of our lives.

        Surely, at the beginning of our lives, the parents are the best teachers, who are the most involved in teaching their chil­dren. They have an instinct to sacrifice a part of their lives for the betterment of their children. They have great patience while giving their knowledge to us other than anyone because they love us. And there are some implicit lessons for the chil­dren when they face their parents’ habits and styles of beha­viour. The most different thing between the particular pro­fessional teacher and our parents is that parents are the most involved in the education and development of children. The parents can spend more time for their children than a teacher.

         During the children’s youth, parents still are the best teach­ers to offer the best advice even though the children may not accept it. In this period, the children often love to do anything they want, even though they do not concern with their parent's advice. For my education example, when I was a primary school pupil, I used to play truant while my parents wanted I took fully teaching lessons at school.

          Furthermore, in the puberty of the children, parents could become a closest friend of them. They could share all secrets with their children.

           On the other hand, we would say that parents are not pro­fessional teachers. Being a teacher of growing child become more and more complicated, therefore parents are not able to meet the more increased demands of the children, but parents also tend to treat their children with great kindness, because of their love. In many cases, parents usually can present only their point of view of the world, while professional teachers should do in different attitudes. For instance, when children ask their parents about particular scientific subjects, they might not answer them with their limiting knowledge; the pro­fessional teachers could answer them in this case.

           To sum up, while parents are not the ideal teachers, chil­dren still need the parents as the first teachers in their lives and then they also will need a great diversity of the profes­sional teachers in their lives in order to have a more accurate view of the world, but the most important thing is that pa­rents are the most involved in creating their children’s future.

QUESTIONS:

1.  Who are our first teachers in our life?

2.  What do we learn from our parents?

3.  Who are the best teachers in the beginning of children’s lives?

4.  What is the main difference between parents and pro­fessional teachers?

5.  Can teachers replace our parents?

VOCABULARY:

to have good behaviour — хорошо / правильно себя вести

to approach — зд. выйти, ступить в

to sacrifice — жертвовать, пожертвовать

to be involved in — быть вовлеченным во что-л., зани­маться чем-л.

betterment — улучшение

patience — терпение

knowledge — знание

implicit — скрытый, подразумеваемый

habits — привычки

children’s youth — зд. детство

to offer — зд. дать, предлагать

to accept — принимать

to concern — зд. соглашаться, заботиться, беспокоиться

used to play truant — прогуливал уроки

to play truant — прогуливать

growing child — растущий / подрастающий ребенок

puberty — половая зрелость

complicated — сложный

increased demands — возрастающие требования

to tend — заботиться

different attitudes — зд. по-другому

for instance — например

particular scientific subject — определенный научный предмет

to sum up — заключать, суммировать

diversity — разнообразие, многообразие

accurate view — точное мировозрение, взгляд на

to create — создать, создавать