Every year on Teachers' Day, we talk about teachers who inspired us, pushed us to do better or simply showed up when we needed them. But there are only a few stories that capture the true meaning of a teacher's duty like that of Janusz Korczak. He was a doctor, a writer, and above all, a man who believed children deserved to be treated with love and respect. When the Nazis came for the children of his orphanage, he was given a chance to save himself. He said no. He walked with them, all the way to their deaths!
\n\nRemembering Janusz Korczak. (Image: Pinterest)
\n\nBut medicine was only one part of his life's work. In the early 1900s, he began writing storybooks for children and books for adults about how to raise them. His ideas were ahead of his time. He believed children were not just small, incomplete adults waiting to grow up. According to him, they deserved dignity, a say in their own lives and real respect from the grown-ups around them. As these books found readers across Poland, Henryk Goldszmit became known to the public by his pen name, Janusz Korczak.
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