在第一个教师节到来的日子里,我听到了许多赞颂教师的话,有的把教师比做蜡烛,有的把教师比做春蚕,更多地当然是称为园丁。感奋之余,我曾想:这些比喻的共同点无非是献身精神——这种献身不同于烈士们的慷慨捐躯,而是要默默无闻地在平凡的岗位上奉献出自己的一生。这种献身精神,是由教师的职业特点所决定的。因为教育的有效周期长,“十年树木,百年树人”。一个教师教上一、两年,甚至三、五年,很难看出他的贡献。必须教上十几年、乃至几十年,他所教的学生陆续成才,成了各条战线上的骨干力量,才能看出教师的贡献。如果一个教师每年教两个教学班,约100人, During the first Teachers’ Day, I heard many words of praise to teachers, some of them comparing candles to teachers, others to spring chickens, and more of course to gardeners. Excited, I have thought: the common ground of these metaphors is nothing more than dedication - this devotion is different from the generous sacrifice of martyrs, but to obscurity in his ordinary post dedicated to his life. This dedication is determined by the professional characteristics of teachers. Because the effective cycle of education is long, “ten years of trees, a hundred years of trees.” It is hard to see his contribution if one teacher teaches one, two or even three or five years. Must teach for more than ten years, even decades, he taught students one after another, has become the backbone of all fronts, in order to see the contribution of teachers. If a teacher taught two classes each year about 100 people,