Headline, January 29 2025/ PARENTS : ''' TEACHERS GREATNESS TElLLTALE '''

PARENTS : 

''' TEACHERS GREATNESS TELLTALE '''

THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY RISES to give every Parent and all teachers of the world a standing and resounding ovation. No one can build a better or a greater world than Parents and Teachers.

All Parents are the first great teachers so sent and ordained through the magnificence of Almighty God, the creator of this unfathomable universe.

All religions of the world endow teachers with highest esteem. In Islam, a teacher has been honoured  with the highest pedestal over and above your parents. No society nor life flourishes without great teachers.

In the glorious years ahead, the parents of the entire world can rest in serenity and find peace and security easily - knowing that !WOW! stands vigilant and ever watchful over their children. !WOW! Welcomes all to the honours.

ACROSS THE WORLD - RESEARCHERS have consistently identified teaching as one of the most stressful professions in the human service sector.

The job demands far more than subject knowledge or clas0sroom presence with expectations to teach, mentor, counsel, assess, manage administrative tasks, meet institutional targets and remain emotionally available - all at once. Over time, this relentless pressure takes a toll.

'' It has been three years since I last took a single day off from the university. Now, when I finally leave campus, I feel an overwhelming urge to hit my car,'' says Tanveer Qasim, a professor at a private-sector university in Lahore, Pakistan.

His words stopped me mid-conversation. I looked at him in disbelief, struggling to reconcile what I was hearing with who he was. Just two years ago, the same university had honoured him with its Best Teacher's Award.

And yet, here he was - exhausted, drained and emotionally spent. Was this what burnout looked like?  Tanveer's story is not an exception. It is increasingly the norm.

'' By the time I leave campus, I am completely exhausted - physically spent, emotionally drained, and mentally numb. What frightens me most is that this feeling is not temporary ; It has been building up over the years and refuses to subside.

My workday begins early and often stretches well beyond official hours. Preparing lectures, updating course outlines, arranging academic seminars, attending back-to-back meetings and resolving students' issues consume most of my time.

During examination periods, I invigilate papers, markscripts late into the night and respond to administrative emails that never seem to end. To add more, alongside teaching, I am expected to publish research, supervise postgraduate students and shoulder administrative roles for which I received neither ormal training nor workload reduction.

I feel there is no clear boundary between work and life anymore,' '' says Kiran, who is a teaching fellow in a chemical department of a public sector university.

'' Even at home, my mind is on deadlines, reports and unanswered emails. I rarely have time to rest, reflect or simply be present with my family.''

Overtime, the constant pressure has dulled my enthusiasm or a profession I once loved.

A senior female lecturer at a private university in Karachi shares a different struggle. Her contract is renewed annually. Despite excellent student feedback and a growing research profile, she lives with uncertainty.

'' I don't plan beyond one year,'' she admits. '' I don't know if I'll be here next semester.'' The pressure to publish, teach and remain compliant - without job security - has taken a toll on her mental health.

'' Some days,'' she says quietly, '' I feel invisible.''

THEN there is financial strain. A mid-career professor at a public university in K-P province,  supporting school-going children, explains how inflation has reshaped his life.

'' I've stopped attending conferences unless they're fully funded,'' he says. 

'' Books are expensive. Even journal access is limited. Sometimes it feels that we are asked to compete globally while being resourced locally.''

Teachers' burnout is not a personal weakness. It is a systemic failure - one that demands urgent attention. While educators are pushed to their emotional limits, the cost is not confined to individuals.  It spills into classrooms, affects students, and erodes the quality of education itself.

BURNOUT does not often look dramatic. Often it manifests quietly - through disengagement. A once passionate lecturer delivers the same notes year after year.

A promising researcher abandons an ambitious project. Mentorship becomes transactional. Students sense it. Universities feel it.

The World Students Society thanks Muhammad Ali Falak, a Fulbright Alumnus.

With most respectful dedication to the Leaders, Parents, Teachers and Professors, and then Students of the world. See you all prepare for the great '' Constitutional Democratic Convention '' on !WOW! : wssciw.blogspot.com and Twitter X !E-WOW! - The Ecosystem 2011 :

Good Night and God Bless

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