MY REFLECTIONS AS A COMMERCE TEACHER “Teaching is a progressive profession And the teacher must ever be a student” For any improvement in commerce education, a well qualified and trained commerce teacher is a must. Here follows my experiences as a commerce teacher during my internship CORE PRACTICALS Value Education Classes While planning about value education classes, I considered it as a responsibility. The attitude of today’s young generation made me think twice about the selection and implementation of values for the class, because even the behavior of youth towards elders and women in discourteous ways is really worrisome. Finally I selected the values of ‘love’ and ‘equality’. As a commerce teacher, it was my new experience to take value education classes, on love and equality. The students were interactive, and ready to accept changes, they had a good response to my questions about ‘love’ and ‘equality’. As a commerce teacher my subjects is related to business and money making, but I was satisfied to  suggest them the importance of keeping values than making money. . I found certain suggestions like positive strengthening, encouragement etc. As a commerce teacher, I got an awareness on different strategies for managing learning problems of students. It helped me to improve my practice as a commerce teacher. Self Assessment At the planning stage, I prepared a tool individually for the self assessment of students.