Being a teacher is not only educating the minds of the students. It requires not only teaching the students with what the textbooks say but most importantly, being a teacher imparts values to his or her students. This belief brings me to my own philosophy as a teacher, particularly as a language teacher focusing on the English language. Just a brief overview on the fundamentals of language teaching, we all know that language has two important aspects – its forms and its functions. Language form talks about how language is structured while language function refers to what students do with language as they engage with content and interact with other people. Between these two aspects of language, what is more important for the students to master more is the functions of the language. That is why I always say to my students that to be fluent in using the English language is just a bonus. What’s more important for me as their English teacher is that they will be able to use the language in communicating with other people and knowing that they understand the message they want to convey despite of their imperfections in the aspect of the structure or form of the language. With this, as an English teacher, I have this mantra that I always remind my students of: “I look not on your errors. I look at your efforts.” I always prefer students who are not that good in terms of the use of the language but give so much effort to cope up with their lessons rather that those students who are really good, even fluent with the use of the language but do not exert more effort to learn because of pride and sense of superiority. What I always remind my students is that if they can use the language in creating a smooth communication with other people, they are good to go.