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An ideal teacher is a divine blessing for the society, is a teacher who devotes
heart and soul to teaching and career-building of the learners. Is the teacher
who commands respects from a heart and possesses all good and noble
qualities of a human being to the learners, is a friend, philosopher and guide
at a stretch. An ideal teacher possesses sound qualification and is the one
who comments in a constructive nature, is a teacher who shapes the entire
life of the learners. An ideal teacher is the one who connects to learners as
human being, is a life time learner, a teacher who shares ideas with the
colleagues in the same school and from other schools. An ideal teacher is
the curriculum developer and a researcher, a teacher who embrace system
change and willing to adapt into changes.
SCHOOL CONTEXT
Orlando West High is school situated in the famous Vilakazi Street in Orlando
West. Orlando is a township in the urban area of Soweto, in the city of
Johannesburg. The township was founded in 1931 and named after Eldwin
Orlando Lake, Mayor of Johannesburg from 1925-1926. It is divided into two
main areas: Orlando West and Orlando East. The school is located not far
from the Department of Home affairs office and the Mandela IsiZulu Clinic.
