“You can learn from them here and there!
You can learn since knowledge is everywhere!
You can learn from you child or your wife!
Just try to be a student for life!”
Roses for madams and Greetings for the sir!
Teacher’s day was the best!
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Teacher’s day was fun in school! I made sure my kids also attend the school and be a part of the fun!
All teachers know that they are being pampered and they would be in the best mood! It would be a half day and half days are the best days! You can have fun and have lunch or some snacks and leave!
Some teachers who were always serious or Grumpy as my son would say! used to smile on this day! It was more scary!
Reminds me of the movie Tare Zameen Par and the teachers participation i the art competition!
While we were in Junior classes our seniors would come dressed in nice colourful sarees and coats and ‘teach’ us for a day!
We also did the same in the higher class! We made the teachers read the news and thought of the day in the assembly and then made them sing a song! While we ‘seniors’ at that time dressed in nice colour dress and took ‘class’! No one understood what we taught anyway because even we did not understand what we were teaching! But it was fun!
Some of the most favourite teachers or those who used to smile and help other students even on normal days would get bombarded with gifts and cards and flowers! They would be beaming with pride and joy!
Looking at these teachers, the grumpy ones would note down which student did not wish or give any flowers to them and ‘take it out’ the coming days! Mortals!
Since I have changed multiple schools, a permanent student teacher bond would never be formed but in the 11th and 12th class the behaviour of teachers does make an impression and they are the ones who are never forgotten by a student!
Our Physics teacher Usha madam was everyone’s favourite! She was unconventional in her approach but very intelligent! Her earnestness to teach and spread knowledge makes her one of the best teachers ever!
Even we students were not that innocent of course! It took a strict sir like Rao sir to handle a rowdy bunch like us! Sir used to teach us English wearing a coat and a formal attire even in the peak summer! He did not know a single word of Hindi which is why some kids used to write Chand or moon in hindi on the board just before he used to come and erase it! That was a clever reference to his bald spot! Now whether he knew or not is anyone’s guess!
When our class teacher who was also our chemistry teacher was being strict we used to say Hail Drago! A reference to Hail Hitler and drago was what we used to call her! Maybe she used to breath fire! And no, Game of thrones was not known or made at that time so our name was original!
Then we had Anna madam who used to teach us Mathematics which was my favorite! Ironic since I have not written a single Engineering entrance examination! But she was a maths genius! Her way of teaching was remarkable!
Oh to go to those small classes with the cool benches on which many had carved out so many names (Not me! I have always been a first bencher at least in theory!)! The last year of responsibility and to just read and study what is being taught and repeat! The last two years of school made us realise a bit too late that school was awesome! Teachers were fun and all they wanted us to do was study and do well!
College teachers!? Well that is a blog for another day!
With all the jokes on how you meet your teacher and tell her or him that you were his or her student and she or he would say, “Do not blame us! We tried but failed!”; I guess most teachers would be mighty proud of most of us! Of course if she or he remembers you that in itself is a great achievement!
Like Rancho says, “Knowledge is everywhere!, just grab it!” I prefer to be a student for life! You keep on growing only when you keep on learning!
A quick sketch of the great teacher who actually told his students to honour all teachers! Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was so famous as a teacher that for a change students used to rush into his class!
A very happy teacher’s day to those who taught without any ego and with genuine concern.
Shubh Ratri!
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