1. Be patient. These people mostly depend on you to learn new things and they might screw up sometimes but being patient goes a long way. Who knows, you can be the only person who believes in them.
2. Love, unconditionally. Here’s an opportunity to know the different faces of humankind without any blood relations to you but still treat you more than a relative.
3. Listen. The shortest phrase can sometimes define the whole outcome of their learning and possibly, their childhood or their life experience.
4. Keep your feet on the ground. It’s important to be within reach to everyone.
5. Do the RIGHT thing. As a teacher, you are expected to be a model of righteousness. If you can’t do this, then how can they be enlightened to do good than commit bad acts?
6. Play different roles but don’t forget the goals. You may be a sister or a friend for a minute and be a mother the next hour. Goal should withstand these roles and should not change for any exemptions unless it is really necessary.
7. You are an open book. Let them vicariously experience different things through you that these people may find beauty in life and the value in sharing and education.
8. Believe. This can just change someone’s life.
9. You do not know everything. That’s a fact, you can’t avoid that. You’re no superhero. Therefore, you have to be in control of your mastery in the subjects.
10. Never cease on improving yourself. Remember the Renaissance Man?
11. Optimism and open-mindedness. Their ideas might be crazy but that IS what keeps us sane, doesn’t it?
12. You are also human. Use your authority in accordance with your role. You can commit mistakes and be honest enough to admit them. Empathize.
13. Please and Thank you. If these words are heard from you, it will be a plague to your audience.
14. SMILE. There are just too much things to be happy about than frowning.
15. Do the task with a passion. No matter what kind of task is that, do it with credibility and creativity. Your passion is the key to contentment.
