Dear Teacher You Can Do It!

By Dr Sajith Cyriac

BETTER YOURSELF BOOKS, 58/23rd Road, TPS III, Bandra West, Mumbai 400 050, India

ISBN 9 788171 089598 / Year 2025 / Pp 112 / INR 150

Teaching is not just a profession; it is a calling, a mission - a journey of impact: impacting as it does the one taught and the one teaching. In fact, in certain literary circles, it is also called a ‘vocation’. And rightly so! For it is an occupation that so occupies your every sinew, so to say, that every single day, you find yourself shaping minds, nurturing potential, and challenging the ones you teach to both dream and live the tallest of dreams conceivable! Now isn’t that a huge responsibility you are shouldering? Lightening the challenges that come with such a calling is this interesting little treatise titled DEAR TEACHER: You Can Do It! And how!

Coming from the pen of an educationist of repute, this book rightly offers directions on tackling curriculum demands, engaging students with diverse needs, managing expectations, and maintaining your own well-being. The author, who holds a Ph.D. in Media Education from the Salesian University of Rome, as well as a Post-graduate degree in English Literature and a Bachelor’s in Journalism from Christ University, Bengaluru, knows what being a teacher is all about. This is amply evident from the Contents page of this book. From questioning oneself as to why one is a teacher at all [p. 11] to living your calling to the hilt by way of achieving work-life balance [p. 103], the dozen chapters that make up this book have it all!

DEAR TEACHER: You Can Do It! - the author’s 24th title - is essentially a tribute to the strength and resilience of every teacher, be it at the school level or at the university level. Packed with practical motivational strategies and real-life insights, this book will help you maintain your passion for educating, while equipping you with the confidence needed to overcome any hurdles. The wisdom evident in every chapter and the encouraging tips emanating thereof will, more than just uplifting your spirit and enhancing your teaching prowess, empower you to believe in yourself. The impact you make would of course be so profound as to ensure that you stay the course, confident that you can, after all, do it!

LADISLAUS LOUIS D’SOUZA