Good teachers.....bad teachers
It was a routine for me to browse through the sites for some news here and there. I once came across a headline which demanded my attention towards it “16 students beaten by teacher in Dera Bassi”.
Well incidents like these have become regular news in India for a while. The display of brutality from the teachers to impose some silly things which they feel is the most important thing in a students’ life.
Many people whom I have come across have this long running issue in their minds about the Indian education system which is in a way bullied away by the teachers’ view points. It’s not all though. We also encounter teachers who are gems, there are a few who really encourage to go beyond the boundaries to think about what, why and how do things happen in the way they happen and not make one restricted to textbook thinking.
On a contrary, there are a LOT more of them who think they are GODS (imaginary supreme person) and according to who textbooks and the predefined methodologies are the ultimate way for knowledge acquisition. This article is dedicated to such wonderful creatures!
As children, we always have a quest for learning and a quest to acquire as much knowledge# as we can. Even biologically, that’s the period when an individual’s grasping power is at the highest. Kids will be more experimental and will want a reason for anything and everything they do. “Why?” appears to be their favorite word! In the due course of answering their questions, few of them tend to go beyond boundaries and will think out of the box. When they do it the response they get is, “YOU ARE WRONG!” and why this response… because the syllabus doesn’t allow u to do it, It’s not there in that thing called TEXTBOOK!
You can’t choose what you want to do… You can’t be in the way you are… You are not allowed to be creative… Most of all, you are not supposed to go against what your so called leading lights (in the form of teachers) guide you to. And why is this? Because they wouldn’t have done it in that way and it is out of scope of their thought process. They can’t think in that way and hence you can’t, and what is the result of it… the student gets demotivated and thinks that his thought process is wrong and hence he will never dare to do it again. Why… because he is not supposed to think on his own!
They say that teachers are the ones who lead people to what they’ll become in the future! It’s very true! But if we get such great individuals as teachers, then I am sorry… but it’s better to be illiterate. You will atleast preserve the values embedded by your own families.
Please do not get me wrong here by assuming that I am self-centered. It’s just a humble attempt to express the dishonesty currently happening in the country. The whole point is that, there will definitely be a lot of learning involved when you come across people… when you meet wonderful teachers… even among the peer group for that matter; but as teachers they should realize the responsibility on their shoulders. You go wrong at times… that’s when teachers come into picture, not that they can think better than you, but they would have had the right experience to guide you in a better way. This is the real teacher!
You, at any stage should feel confident about doing anything and everything coz you always have a backup in the form of your teacher, the one who encourages the student to reach higher than where he/she really stands in the present. That’s the spirit required for the New age India! They should realize the entire nation’s future is in their hands!
Instead, if the same situation continues… then I am sorry to say… but, India is going to remain in docks forever!
When the world has reached a stage where countries like China are committed for a R&D spending growth of 21% per annum, if things like these happen on a regular basis, then the day is not far when the other third world countries will easily push us back. Only a few people sitting at the top and stressing on innovation will not help in any way. Each and every individual should have this embedded as a moral responsibility; this is the way where the whole nation can work towards one particular vision and that’s when the dream of our own ex-President, Abdul Kalam, will come true. This is the kind of bigger picture that one should be providing to the kids and that’s when they will grow to become individuals who can drive the entire nation to success!
Knowledge is not restricted to science, math or any subject related. It’s referred here in a generic manner.
Bullied away!!- article by Shreyas Janivar
Well incidents like these have become regular news in India for a while. The display of brutality from the teachers to impose some silly things which they feel is the most important thing in a students’ life.
Many people whom I have come across have this long running issue in their minds about the Indian education system which is in a way bullied away by the teachers’ view points. It’s not all though. We also encounter teachers who are gems, there are a few who really encourage to go beyond the boundaries to think about what, why and how do things happen in the way they happen and not make one restricted to textbook thinking.
On a contrary, there are a LOT more of them who think they are GODS (imaginary supreme person) and according to who textbooks and the predefined methodologies are the ultimate way for knowledge acquisition. This article is dedicated to such wonderful creatures!
As children, we always have a quest for learning and a quest to acquire as much knowledge# as we can. Even biologically, that’s the period when an individual’s grasping power is at the highest. Kids will be more experimental and will want a reason for anything and everything they do. “Why?” appears to be their favorite word! In the due course of answering their questions, few of them tend to go beyond boundaries and will think out of the box. When they do it the response they get is, “YOU ARE WRONG!” and why this response… because the syllabus doesn’t allow u to do it, It’s not there in that thing called TEXTBOOK!
You can’t choose what you want to do… You can’t be in the way you are… You are not allowed to be creative… Most of all, you are not supposed to go against what your so called leading lights (in the form of teachers) guide you to. And why is this? Because they wouldn’t have done it in that way and it is out of scope of their thought process. They can’t think in that way and hence you can’t, and what is the result of it… the student gets demotivated and thinks that his thought process is wrong and hence he will never dare to do it again. Why… because he is not supposed to think on his own!
They say that teachers are the ones who lead people to what they’ll become in the future! It’s very true! But if we get such great individuals as teachers, then I am sorry… but it’s better to be illiterate. You will atleast preserve the values embedded by your own families.
Please do not get me wrong here by assuming that I am self-centered. It’s just a humble attempt to express the dishonesty currently happening in the country. The whole point is that, there will definitely be a lot of learning involved when you come across people… when you meet wonderful teachers… even among the peer group for that matter; but as teachers they should realize the responsibility on their shoulders. You go wrong at times… that’s when teachers come into picture, not that they can think better than you, but they would have had the right experience to guide you in a better way. This is the real teacher!
You, at any stage should feel confident about doing anything and everything coz you always have a backup in the form of your teacher, the one who encourages the student to reach higher than where he/she really stands in the present. That’s the spirit required for the New age India! They should realize the entire nation’s future is in their hands!
Instead, if the same situation continues… then I am sorry to say… but, India is going to remain in docks forever!
When the world has reached a stage where countries like China are committed for a R&D spending growth of 21% per annum, if things like these happen on a regular basis, then the day is not far when the other third world countries will easily push us back. Only a few people sitting at the top and stressing on innovation will not help in any way. Each and every individual should have this embedded as a moral responsibility; this is the way where the whole nation can work towards one particular vision and that’s when the dream of our own ex-President, Abdul Kalam, will come true. This is the kind of bigger picture that one should be providing to the kids and that’s when they will grow to become individuals who can drive the entire nation to success!
Knowledge is not restricted to science, math or any subject related. It’s referred here in a generic manner.
Bullied away!!- article by Shreyas Janivar
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