I. Metshin: “We owe teachers many of our best talents”

(KZN.RU, October 5). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, congratulated the teachers on their professional holiday. The World Teachers' Day is celebrated on October 5.

“Dear teachers!

I wholeheartedly congratulate you on your professional holiday, Teacher's Day! We always celebrate this wonderful holiday with special warmth and gratitude. Each of us was once an apprentice. Each of us has the memory of our beloved teachers, who became the first wise teachers for us. We owe many of our best talents to our dear teachers.

Not just everyone can become a good teacher for it is not only the noblest profession in the world but a true calling. Every day you give your pupils a piece of your soul and warmth, giving them your rich experience and skills, opening an amazing world of knowledge to them. You are paving the way from school to adult life with patience and wisdom, trying to teach them to be kind and responsible people. We are deeply grateful to you for your unselfish love for children, for the hard and painstaking work. You make an invaluable contribution to the development of the capital of our republic and form the future of the whole country.

I sincerely wish you further creative successes and inexhaustible optimism! Let luck always follow you in everything, and students please you with good marks and exemplary behavior! I wish happiness, good health, and prosperity to you and your loved ones!”, says the greeting.