Teachers' Day in Thailand（泰國的教師節）

In Thailand, Teacher's Day on January 16th is a school holiday. Students and the public are asked to remember the important role teachers play as our benefactors and persons who give light to our life. During the morning a special ceremony is held for the teachers. The first Teacher's day was held back in 1957. Read the following report to find out what the students did with themselves with this day off.

在泰國，1月16日的教師節是一個學休日。學生們和公眾受到警醒，要記住教師在我們生命中扮演著重要的角色，是他們讓我們生命變得光明。上午會有一個為老師召開的特別慶典。泰國得第一個教師開始于1957年。閱讀下面這則日記你可以了解泰國的學生是怎樣度過這個特殊的日子的？

Wichaya (a twelve year old girl): On January 16th, I got up at 9 o'clock in the morning. I drank some milk and ate a piece of cake. It was so delicious. I watched The Lion King and The Sound of Music. The Sound of Music is a very good movie. I have watched it five or six times already. On this day I did all of my homework., I did Art, Agriculture and Life Experience. I had to do a report for Agriculture. I sat at my desk for about two to three hours. I was so tired. I played Word Up with my cousins and my father. My father won the game. Then I played Scrabble. I cleaned up my room. I put all of my pictures in my drawers. I watched television until 6 o'clock. Then I went downstairs to eat some dinner with my parents, aunt and my grandmother. I went to sleep very early. Wichaya（12歲女孩）：

在1月16日這天，我早晨9點開始起床。我的早餐是牛奶和蛋糕，它們很好吃。飯后我看"獅子王"和"The Sound of Music"，"The Sound of Music"是一部非常好的電影，我已經看過五六次了。今天我還做了我所有的功課，藝術、農學和Life Experience，我必須完成一個農學專題。我在我的課桌前坐了大約2到3個小時，感覺到非常累。然后我與我的堂兄弟姐妹、我的爸爸一起玩"Word Up"游戲，結果是爸爸贏了。后來是我玩拼圖游戲。玩耍后我又打掃了我的房間，我把我所有的圖片都放到了抽屜里。然后一直到晚上6點我一直都在看電視。再后來就是下樓和家人一塊吃晚餐。今天我睡的很早。

Teachers' Day in America（美國的教師節）

Tuesday of the first full week of May, will be National Teachers' Day every year, a time for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives. The actual date varies from year to year. That whole week is designated Teacher Appreciation Week by the National PTA. It's a time to strengthen support and respect for teachers and the teaching profession. The history of Teacher Day goes back to 1944.

5月份第一個滿周的星期二，是國家的教師節，一個向廣大教師們致敬和表達謝意的日子。每一年教師節的日期都是不同。教師節所在的那一個星期被家庭教師協會指定為教師感恩周，是一個對教師、對教學職業更加支持和尊重的時期。教師節的歷史要追溯到1944年。

The origins of National Teacher Day are a bit murky, but it's known that an Arkansas teacher, Mrs. Mattye Whyte Woodridge, began corresponding with political and education leaders as early as 1944 about the need for a national day honoring teachers. One of the leaders she wrote to was Eleanor Roosevelt, who persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day in 1953.

教師節的起源說起來有點凄慘，阿肯色州教師Mrs. Mattye Whyte Woodridge從1944年起就開始游說當時國家的行政官員和教育官員建立一個教師節來向教師致敬和表達謝意，直到1953年，收到過她的信的一位名叫Eleanor Roosevelt的官員才說服第81屆議會的議員們同意建立一個全國性的教師節。

In the late 1970s, the National Education Association(NEA), its Indiana and Kansas state affiliates, and its local affiliate in Dodge City, Kansas, all lobbied Congress on behalf of creation of a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared March 7, 1980 as National Teacher Day for that year only.

在七十年代末，聯邦教育協會（NEA），它的印地安州和堪薩斯州會員，Dodge城的居民們，都去游說議會的會員建立一個贊美教師的節日，議會最后只確定了1980年的教師節是該年的3月7日。

NEA and its affiliates continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when NEA and the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day.

聯邦教育協會（NEA）和它的會員一直到1985年都堅持在3月份的第一個星期二作為國家的教師節。直到聯邦教育協會（NEA）和聯邦家庭教師協會（NPTA）確定3月份的第一個完整周為教師感恩周，聯邦教育協會（NEA）也最后敲定該周的星期二為國家教師節。

Teachers' Day in Mexico(By Maria Elena) 墨西哥的教師節

I am from Mexico. I lived in a pretty town. In it we had a lot of traditions and one of these was Teacher's Day.

It is held on May 15. On Teacher's Day, the mayor gave all the county teacher's the day off. The holiday started with Mass. Mass was held in the cemetery of the church. After the Mass, all the teachers stood around a statue of a book. The mayor presided over a ceremony for all the teachers who died and nobody knew. The holiday continued with a breakfast in a big cultural hall. The teachers ate their food and at the same time they could hear a mariachi or a band. The next activity was friendly competition. It took place in different places around the city. The competition was in basketball, football, soccer, volleyball and other events. After that all the people took a break for approximately three hours. At night the party continued with a special dinner. While the people ate, the superintendents (maybe four) raffled gifts. In the raffle, the teachers could win TVs, record players, etc. The superintendents gave medals to the five or six older teachers. After that the loud music started and the people were ready to dance. The party was over at two or three a.m.

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