Proclamation 5898 --
National Teacher Appreciation Day, 1988
By
the President of the
of
A
Proclamation
Education
requires devotion and hard work from student and teacher alike,
and good teachers are inseparable from learning at any age. Education is a
lifelong process that benefits individuals and entire communities and countries
and helps lay the foundation of the future. We should all express our gratitude
to the teachers among us who seek to offer pupils a thirst for knowledge, a
solid education, and the inspiration to achieve and excel throughout life.
Teachers
do an incalculable amount of good as they teach pupils how to study and learn;
provide instruction in the skills of reading, writing, mathematics, languages,
history, the sciences, and other disciplines; and transmit understanding of and
appreciation for the many influences that have shaped our land of liberty and
justice. Teachers do much good as well as they offer vocational instruction,
continuing education, and education for special needs. By word and deed,
teachers foster intellectual and all-around development; they must do so in
conjunction with the example and guidance parents and families give their
youngsters.
Our
country's great teachers often make many sacrifices as they fulfill their
countless responsibilities. They have earned, and truly deserve, the utmost
gratitude and esteem of students, parents, and community members.
The
Congress, by House Joint Resolution 438, has designated
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of November, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
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