世界各地教师节的由来

    Teachers' Day in Thailand（泰国的教师节）

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.

在泰国，1月16日的教师节是一个学休日。学生们和公众受到警醒，要记住教师在我们生命中扮演着重要的角色，是他们让我们生命变得光明。上午会有一个为老师召开的特别庆典。泰国得第一个教师开始于1957年。阅读下面这则日记你可以了解泰国的学生是怎样度过这个特殊的日子的？

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岁女孩）：

在1月16日这天，我早晨9点开始起床。我的早餐是牛奶和蛋糕，它们很好吃。饭后我看"狮子王"和"The Sound of Music"，"The Sound of Music"是一部非常好的电影，我已经看过五六次了。今天我还做了我所有的功课，艺术、农学和Life Experience，我必须完成一个农学专题。我在我的课桌前坐了大约2到3个小时，感觉到非常累。然后我与我的堂兄弟姐妹、我的爸爸一起玩"Word Up"游戏，结果是爸爸赢了。后来是我玩拼图游戏。玩耍后我又打扫了我的房间，我把我所有的图片都放到了抽屉里。然后一直到晚上6点我一直都在看电视。再后来就是下楼和家人一块吃晚餐。今天我睡的很早。

Teachers' Day in America（美国的教师节）

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月份第一个满周的星期二，是国家的教师节，一个向广大教师们致敬和表达谢意的日子。每一年教师节的日期都是不同。教师节所在的那一个星期被家庭教师协会指定为教师感恩周，是一个对教师、对教学职业更加支持和尊重的时期。教师节的历史要追溯到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.

教师节的起源说起来有点凄惨，阿肯色州教师Mrs. Mattye Whyte Woodridge从1944年起就开始游说当时国家的行政官员和教育官员建立一个教师节来向教师致敬和表达谢意，直到1953年，收到过她的信的一位名叫Eleanor Roosevelt的官员才说服第81届议会的议员们同意建立一个全国性的教师节。

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，联邦教育协会（NEA），它的印地安州和堪萨斯州会员，Dodge城的居民们，都去游说议会的会员建立一个赞美教师的节日，议会最后只确定了1980年的教师节是该年的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.

联邦教育协会（NEA）和它的会员一直到1985年都坚持在3月份的第一个星期二作为国家的教师节。直到联邦教育协会（NEA）和联邦家庭教师协会（NPTA）确定3月份的第一个完整周为教师感恩周，联邦教育协会（NEA）也最后敲定该周的星期二为国家教师节。

Teachers' Day in Mexico(By Maria Elena) 墨西哥的教师节

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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