While in school, it is fashionable to hate teachers and come up with the cruellest jokes about them. But sooner or later, one outgrows this phase and realizes the important role teachers play in shaping one’s identity. Teachers are special because they are underpaid and unappreciated, yet choose to devote their lives to impressionable young minds with the aim to prepare them for what awaits in the real world. This slideshow on teachers who impressed in Tamil cinema is dedicated to teachers everywhere!