Analysis of “Fabricar humanidad”: Shary

Savater, in this article, highlighted the importance of teaching humans to develop that humanity. He believes that teaching is a lot more than the passing on of knowledge and I agree with him. Teaching has a key role in a person’s life. It is during our school years that we find our friends, learn, grow, develop… Today school has an even bigger role with the amount of time kids spend there, the “parent-role” teachers have gained, and, of course the wide variety of extra curricular activities. Understanding and communication are two of the abilities we need more to be good humans. Through good communication and the understanding of others’ needs and feelings we can develop as human beings.
We must never forget that we need each other; we are not alone in this planet. It is necessary to keep always in mind that our feelings play a major role in our lives: learning about emotional intelligence can help us.
Teachers should be aware that they are teaching more than content; we are helping kids become humans. That is the reason why teaching values is so significant. We are spectators as well as performers in the creation of a new person and we must not take this task lightly.
As Savater wrote, “All democratic teaching is teaching of princes,” thus teaching should be considered highly important: we make society what it is. Forming the future rulers of our society is our main priority; and, if we want to have good, kind, just… rulers we have to teach our students to be that kind of people from the very beginning. We work for the sovereigns of our world!