IELTS 7+ Materials

When it comes to teaching English, I firmly believe it is a professional and expansive field that consistently demands dedicated effort towards perfection. There is that saying I often use with my colleagues and friends: the classroom functions as a garden, where the primary responsibility of the teacher is to act as a diligent gardener, cultivating the finest flowers.

Of course, almost no gardener starts with those exceptional and beautiful blooms; one must definitely begin by planting seeds. Therefore, I see teachers as those who must care for these flowers from scratch. This involves sorting them into specific groups, much like how we classify students by their levels, and consistently nurturing them, akin to how we plan our lessons in advance to ensure they are effective and interactive. Providing individual support is also crucial, just as a gardener tends to ailing flowers, comparable to how we assist our students who sometimes fall behind.

Regarding the flowers – our students – I do believe their primary role is to accept the teacher’s guidance, absorb all necessary nutrients to grow, and improve with each lesson they attend. Thus, this analogy between gardeners and their flowers is very similar to the real-world scenario of teacher-student collaboration as a unified organization.