For a teacher, being an adviser is not necessarily the most envious position. Well, maybe it is for those who crave a taste for lordship, attention, and control. But for the most part, it isn’t. Being an adviser is so much more…

You see, aside from making sure that lessons are learned, an adviser has the extra responsibility of ensuring growth and progress in other aspects – emotional, social, and psychological. We have the burden of watching things unfold without much intervention… the task of watching from afar in order for the students to learn the life skills of compromise, sacrifice, and assertion on their own… to give a little prodding without openly pointing them in the right direction… to exercise just the right amount of (never too much and never half-baked) control without losing our sanity.

However, despite the many hardships and responsibilities that come with the title, there is also great fulfillment that advisers derive at the end of each year. All the troubles that help advisers lose belly fat can only be matched with the joy of seeing our students become even just a bit better.