Teachers are heroes without rewards

Teachers are heroes without rewards

From Pikiran Rakyat

Teachers have been called "heroes without rewards". In my opinion this predicate was coined by the New Order regime. It is like christening former president Soeharto (when he was still president) the "father of development". This kind of reward is not necessarily an honest gesture of appreciation. So I would like to ask my fellow teachers to reject the label because such an empty reward tends to become a psychological burden rather than a delight.

To my mind, the teaching profession is just like other professions whose aim is to build the country and nation. We should now be realistic and do away with hypocrisy. Teachers are doing their jobs to earn a living, certainly not to become heroes without rewards.

IWAN INTISARIWAN P

Bandung, West Java