Teacher Appreciation in Italy
In Italy a Teacher Day or a Teacher Appreciation Week doesn’t exist. This doesn’t imply Italians don’t have acts of gratitude or don’t recognise teachers’ real value and important role in their life. On the contary, students are usually very fond of their teachers and even give to some of them a special place in their heart for ever. In Italy students express their affection above all at primary school, a place where pupils spend most of their daytime, staying there usually from 8 a.m to 2 or 4 p.m. Because of this, there are pupils who tend to consider their teachers as part of their own family, special people they can trust and rely on when they are not with their parents. At that stage, it is common among pupils to offer little presents to their teachers every now and then, such as flowers, candies or, most of the times, drawings representing themselves together with their favourite teacher. At high school students don’t give presents to their teachers but they usually liaise with them once they have finished their studies. In this way they express their interest in making the teachers feel still involved in their former students’ life. Teachers are authoritative but can be caring at the same time, and either pupils and grown up students usually recognise and appreciate it. There are theachers who can make the difference in your life not only for the knowledge they are able to convey but above all for the life insight they can provide thanks to that knowlegde and their experience. Every day can be the Teacher Day if you want to make your teachers feel special, just let them know!
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