Over the years, I have learnt a lot from a lot of people, on how to teach. On certain days, when everything else fails, their words ring in my ears and I follow them. I have never been disappointed yet. My thanks begin from my school days, just out of sheer convenience.
My Appa was my first inspiration. He encouraged me all the way when I came home and announced that I was going to teach street kids, one fine summer afternoon. I still remember his first reaction to that : "Have you prepared your lessons?" He set me up a blackboard, he bought my students candies and he gave them notebooks and pencils. He did all that he could to help me, but he made sure I realized that that teaching was not an easy, cushy job and that I would have to work hard at it.
I learnt to make a lesson plan from my VIII standard class teacher Ms.Padmini Rao. She also taught me about motivation questions, blackboard work and strategies of feedback. She taught me all this for a mock class on Teacher's Day! My career began as a joke!
Ms.Shinee, taught me enthusiasm and love for the subject you teach, just by being an example. She also showed how trying out new things in teaching keeps the students motivated. I sure was, in her class!
Ms. Anitha Jishnu, who encouraged me to be independent in my learning, a trait that I am still trying to cultivate, in myself and with my students.
Ms. Sudha Dutta, my colleague, who showed me the right way to correct notebooks. I still use her method, which parents of young children really appreciate.
Ms. Manisha Deshbandu showed me how organized a class can be and how such structure helps enormously in learning.
Ms. Pooja Jha who taught me so many methods and tools used in the classroom. She is one of my closest friends and also my biggest mentor. She is truly passionate about learning and can infect you with it.
This list would be grossly inadequate without mentioning Ms. Rekha Koshe, my mentor. She taught me to write my plans, organize my class, handle difficult students, while keeping it all ridiculously simple. No jargon, no fuss. Ask her a question and you would get a crystal-clear answer. Every time I face something in class or with teaching that stumps me, I ask myself , "How would Madame handle it?"The answer comes to me in a jiffy. I also learnt how important being available for a student is. For that is what she was to me.
Ms. Anjana : This is strange, for I have never seen her teach. I have but spoken to her for ten minutes in my entire life. She was my husband's teacher. She came all the way to his place just to congratulate him on a well-written essay. He remembers it to this day. Long before books were being written on the subject, she knew how to bolster a young boy's self esteem, truly laudable.
So there! Though it is a good idea to say thanks for all that we have learnt, the journey continues and there will be many more, who would inspire and teach me, in their own little(or huge) way!
My Appa was my first inspiration. He encouraged me all the way when I came home and announced that I was going to teach street kids, one fine summer afternoon. I still remember his first reaction to that : "Have you prepared your lessons?" He set me up a blackboard, he bought my students candies and he gave them notebooks and pencils. He did all that he could to help me, but he made sure I realized that that teaching was not an easy, cushy job and that I would have to work hard at it.
I learnt to make a lesson plan from my VIII standard class teacher Ms.Padmini Rao. She also taught me about motivation questions, blackboard work and strategies of feedback. She taught me all this for a mock class on Teacher's Day! My career began as a joke!
Ms.Shinee, taught me enthusiasm and love for the subject you teach, just by being an example. She also showed how trying out new things in teaching keeps the students motivated. I sure was, in her class!
Ms. Anitha Jishnu, who encouraged me to be independent in my learning, a trait that I am still trying to cultivate, in myself and with my students.
Ms. Sudha Dutta, my colleague, who showed me the right way to correct notebooks. I still use her method, which parents of young children really appreciate.
Ms. Manisha Deshbandu showed me how organized a class can be and how such structure helps enormously in learning.
Ms. Pooja Jha who taught me so many methods and tools used in the classroom. She is one of my closest friends and also my biggest mentor. She is truly passionate about learning and can infect you with it.
This list would be grossly inadequate without mentioning Ms. Rekha Koshe, my mentor. She taught me to write my plans, organize my class, handle difficult students, while keeping it all ridiculously simple. No jargon, no fuss. Ask her a question and you would get a crystal-clear answer. Every time I face something in class or with teaching that stumps me, I ask myself , "How would Madame handle it?"The answer comes to me in a jiffy. I also learnt how important being available for a student is. For that is what she was to me.
Ms. Anjana : This is strange, for I have never seen her teach. I have but spoken to her for ten minutes in my entire life. She was my husband's teacher. She came all the way to his place just to congratulate him on a well-written essay. He remembers it to this day. Long before books were being written on the subject, she knew how to bolster a young boy's self esteem, truly laudable.
So there! Though it is a good idea to say thanks for all that we have learnt, the journey continues and there will be many more, who would inspire and teach me, in their own little(or huge) way!
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