Who is a teacher?
Well he or she is anyone who inspires you!
Age and experience are only the added bonus!
If someone is good and wants you to become more good than he or she then he or she is a teacher!
Some teachers are stern; they may not praise much but they know your potential and they want to you get better! While some others praise and encourage you in every step! It is a fine art of balance when an abundance of both is not good for the student!
There have been amazing teachers who themselves have actually not succeeded but then again they know how to fail! So they can teach you how not to fail! Which is why many times you have a very successful student but an ordinary teacher! And then you have those who have reached the pinnacle of success and want you also to do the same!
In the world of Rat race; when someone is teaching you whole heartedly then he or she is a great teacher and a great human indeed!
On the day of Guru Purnima. I pray to all my gurus or teachers!
My chief KKR is probably one of the best Otologist in the country with a special interest in Larynx! His discipline and determination has made him a legend! There are thousands of ENT surgeons in the county and the world who have been his lucky students including me!
There are scores of stories about our chief and that can fill a book! Here is one simple one!
One day after a major case we were going for rounds and our ever observant chief saw a nursing student reading a book on tracheostomy care! Chief can do laryngectomy in his sleep and tracheostomy is child’s play for him! But like a curious child he eagerly asked about the book!
The very next day he ordered and got the book for our library! He said that this book for nurses has such amazing details on post tracheostomy care! He told us that we must read it! He of course had finished reading it that day!
That is when we realized how he is one of the best teachers in the country! It is because, he is always willing to learn!
The best thing is that life and people are always teaching you! All you need to do is be a student for life! Only then you can learn!
On this Guru Purnima I humbly pay my gratitude to all my teachers with special dedication to my dear chief Prof KK Ramalingam! and hope that I remain a student for life.
Mata pita guru devo bhava!
Shubh ratri…
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