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Teaching is a noble profession because one could gain knowledge everyday from their own experiences and also from their students. In schools, we see teachers teaching same subject or a grade for many years. This scenario might be agreed by a few but I strongly disagree. I believe that, there should be some restriction in how many years a teacher may teach the same subject or grade level. The reason for my strong belief is; exposure across different grades helps teacher understand the changes in student’s behavior with age, it provides an opportunity to update latest informations and innovative ideas, and it sculpts the instructor to and promote them to a higher job positions in the school. Thus, it is essential for teacher to have changes either in subjects or grade levels.

Based on my experience, one a person/an individual in the field of education should be exposed to different grade levels in order to understand their student’s behavior which varies with age/grade. I started my career in a middle school where, I reminded my students to take notes as I teach, sent home works, a...

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