People have their own
dreams in life. Many aspire to be rich or to become business tycoons (magnates,
big guns). Some persons dream of becoming leaders, politicians and social
reformers. There are others who have a craze for becoming poets, writers and
novelists while most of us generally have a desire of becoming engineers,
doctors and scientists of great reputes. There are very few persons, who are
happy-go-luck by nature and have no clear- cut aim in their lives.
As for myself, I do not
have very ambitious aims in my life. I
do not wish to become a mill-owner or a multi-millionaire. The sole object of my
life is to lead a life of simplicity and goodness devoted to the service of
humanity. The life of a professional leader or a politician does not interest me,
as most of such persons have grown parasites on the society.
I am born of middle class
parents. From the very beginning, I have been passing through the struggles of
life. I have seen cutthroat competition in most of the professions. Its
consequences have been far-reaching people are demoralized. Examples are not
wanting when we can find the engineers accepting big bribes, lawyers rescuing
guilty persons or murderers and doctors demanding money from the patients at
crucial stages of surgical operation.
Then what do I want to be? Indeed, from the core of
my heart, I wish to become a teacher. The motto of this life, simple living and
high thinking, inspires me to take up this profession. The noble ideals of the
teachers in the ancient times are before me. I am fully aware of the difficult
and hard life of a teacher. I know that a teacher is to be poor. He leads a
life of drudgery, busy in correcting exercise-books or answer books of the
students. There are no stirring events in his life.
In spite of these hardships, I do not hesitate to
become a teacher. I have my own reasons and considerations for this. From my
early childhood, I have developed a love for the young children. To me, they
are delicate and beautiful like the petals of a flower. I feel that as a
teacher, I can help the students in widening their outlook by giving them
knowledge. I will have the satisfaction of doing a valuable service to the
country by producing better citizens. Moreover, the company of the young
children can even help me in remaining young and fresh in thoughts and outlook.
Besides rendering all these important services I will also have the mean of
subsistence. I have a great faith in the life of a noble and ideal teacher,
because teachers are the custodians of the highest value.