Beyond the Flowers

Beyond the greetings and stage shows, teachers today live under scrutiny, stripped of dignity, and treated as disposable.

- Nowsheen Mushtaq

Teacher's Day is over. The flowers are drying, the handmade cards are tucked away, the speeches and greetings have faded. Everything is back to normal.

And normal, for a teacher today, means humiliation, blame, and being treated as if their presence hardly matters.

One day of celebration cannot hide the reality that teachers are no longer respected in the way they once were.

Look around at what is happening nowadays. Teachers are monitored more than trusted. Instead of being allowed to teach freely, they are tied up with endless paperwork, online reports, and administrative orders. Their energy is drained in filling forms, updating apps, and attending meetings that add little to a child's growth.

The classroom has become less of a place for imagination and more of a stage where teachers must constantly prove themselves under the sharp gaze of management and parents.