What are advantages of human teachers
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Brad Henry, an American politician has rightly said, “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” A great human teacher can do miracles, which no one else can do. Who does not know Miss Sullivan, Helen Keller’s great teacher who transformed the latter’s life. The day she arrived at Helen's house, Helen called that day the most important day of her life. Helen compared the arrival of her teacher to the shining of 'light of love' in her darkened life. Miss Sullivan took unprecedented pains to teach Helen manual alphabet. Since Helen was suffering from hearing as well as visual disabilities, Miss Sullivan really had to work very hard to teach Helen the alphabet.
The advantages of a human teacher are many. As sated above, only a human teacher can transform students’ life. A human teacher has the brain as well as the heart that can work many times faster than the processors of a machine. He has the values such as compassion, understanding, empathy, commitment, dedication, love, and sympathy for his students that no sophisticated machine can ever have.
The disadvantages of a human teacher can also be many, such as complacency, low level of knowledge, selfishness, compromising nature, poor character, etc. But these flaws can be mended with proper monitoring and management.
In conclusion it can be said there is no substitute for a human teacher.