Teaching is to educate the children and to mould the young minds to right direction. Art is a good method in this regard. One doesn’t have to go to expensive art schools for this. Any teacher with some sense of art and aesthetics can do wonderful work in this. Art is another form which attracts the young minds. They like to explore the nature, take them to the nearby locations, where modern gadgets are not available. Teach them to draw the nature, or whatever they feel happy with in that condition, may be a little bird or a butterfly. After the trip ask them to explain what they like most, and discuss each “good experience” in front of everybody. They will enjoy when everybody’s experience is narrated. While explaining or narrating , teach, as usual, as a teacher, the unknown to the young minds. They will enjoy and keep talking about the nature and how good you were as a teacher to every known person. In this, as a teacher, you would get your best appreciation.
Teaching is a passion, and my experience as a teacher has been beautiful, emotional and fulfilling. Over the years, I’ve watched the student – teacher equation evolve: From Guru, as all-knowing to Guru as friend and equal, as someone who doesn’t always know the best. Today’s teacher and the learner are partners in the process of teaching and learning. We inspire, motivate and learn from each other; if I don’t know, I can admit it to my students. The teacher is only a facilitator; one who will help the student grow, become a self-learner. The teacher is only one of many sources. Not infrequently, there is a role reversal. With children being so tech-savy, often I am the student and they are my teachers. Has teaching changes the way I think ? Yes, most certainly. My students have shown me how to manage time. I marvel at how deftly they juggle sports, academics, dance, and theatre, for instance. I have learnt how to accept failure as I see my students taking success and failure with equan...
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