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milestones
Being a teacher taught me
maturity, leadership,
and responsibility.
T eaching religious education has made me realize that while teaching
the students enrolled in the program, the teachers have not only taught the
students but also have grown with them. I began teaching 2 years ago and
started as a 6th grade teacher. This year, I was privileged to teach my
returning students along with new students as I taught 7th grade. I feel that
the students have matured spiritually and faithfully by the end of the year
on that warm Sunday in May as they all passed the 7th grade.
I remember the first chilly day in our classroom in September and
remember the young faces of these growing members of our community
sitting in their desks so quietly. The quietness did not remain too long.
Since then, each day was a new adventure. Not only did my students under-
stand their faith better as they asked questions with the visible doubt in
Jasmine Puthenpurayil their eyes but they also learned they are all children of God and members
of the Knanaya Community.
As the school year came to an end, I was proud to notice the change
Speech at the within each one of them. I believe that as a religious education teacher, to
Appreciation Dinner notice the maturity and growth of your students is one of the biggest
with Archbishop Mar accomplishments for the educator.
The religious education program not only benefits the young, growing
Kuriakose Kunnacherry, children but it also benefits the teachers especially the youth teachers.
Mar Mathew Moolakkatt Taking on the task of being an educator of religion, it opens us up or reveals
to us some special qualities. Leadership is one trait that is expected to be
and Bishop Mar Jacob performed. Believe it or not, but teaching forces us to maintain discipline.
Angadiath by Jasmine Just like being a leader and disciplined, we are also forced to be role mod-
els for the upcoming age bands or the generation. Being a religious educa-
Puthenpurayil, one of tion teacher builds character, personality, maturity, and responsibility. And
the Religious Education I know I speak for all when I say this.
I believe that the Religious education program is an opportunity for
Teachers of Knanaya these students to experience the friendships and pride of being Knanaya
Catholic Mission Catholics. The one thing our program has that no other CCD program out-
side offers is the common bond that connects us all: Knanayaism. The
Chicago.
As the school year came to an end,
I was proud to notice the change within
each one of them. I believe that as a
religious education teacher, to notice the
maturity and growth of your students is one
of the biggest accomplishments
for the educator.
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