When I last visited my school , I was absolutely amazed to see the gleam in the eyes of my teachers ....they were DELIGHTED ! Their love and affection was gushing out for me and i could actually see it in their eyes...As a student i remember how we were taught to be cultured and well mannered. While in school, we were in awe of our teachers, we loved them , they loved us ...there was an element called respect !
But, as I set foot in college i realized all in all, there is deterioration in the school and college discipline. We Indians are considered to be cultured and respectful; carrying the treasure of our ancestral values. And here we treat our teachers and professors in the ugliest way. Gone are the days when Eklavya gave away his thumb to his guru without asking any questions. The teacher was then seen as a a parent, a mentor and like a God. Probably that is why students would touch teacher’s feet i guess !Well I am not even advocating a return to those times but today the pendulum has swung far too much away from the authority and respect our teachers command.
While in school I never even dreamed of even talking back to my teachers, let alone ridiculing them ! Sure we had the odd run-in with them, but students who tried to cross this line of respect were clipped around the ear. In today's world, if a college professor does anything even close to punishing the students that would infringe the little darlings' human rights..!!! I sure have seen many such examples in my 6 years of college life..
Yes, in today’s era of fast changing values and technology, we as students are getting exposure to many means of education, the media, internet and books to name a few. But that dsnt really undermine the importance of having a teacher or attending classes...does it ?Can a human being be replaced by audio-visual teaching aids?
True that these aids appeal to the eyes and mind, but at the same time they are so mechanical, emotionless..!!! In contrast, our teachers provide us not only intellectual support but also moral support, ethical values and emotional positivity.
It disheartens me at times...when i find only a shade of the devotion, respect and duty to the teachers by the students today ... and please even that shade of feeling is not universal..just a few good students here n there ! Leave aside complete submission of one’s ego to the teacher’s will. We find frequent friction and clashes of egos. Perhaps, some where we probably believe we know more than them ! Today, the teacher is perceived as another service provider who gets paid for it...
Rude , but yes it is true..we really have forgotten our values and the respect we owe to our teachers...! Though it might be impossible to recreate the situation as of yore, but it is desirable to travel a few steps back...infact essential..
For all my fellowmates and friends who read this...spare a moment to think about it ! :) and only when the realization comes from within can the guru shishya relationship be rekindled !
P.S - I dnt want to sound like some teachers pet or something , and I am no geek but I decided to write this post when one fine day i had had enuff from the miscreants studying in my college... !!! I hope it helps :D
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reminds me of my teachers...though i am not one of their greates fan but some left imprints that i do value... things have changed in life and in me..but still when i go back its all same....my teachers and their unflinched help.....never met teacher who said no when asked for help.....best were those who went outside their sole duty and responsibilities in the framework of education and adviced & suggested...helped in threading the right way....i do miss them cozzz now days i find very few who take such a trouble....or time for so called people ...students......
:) i know...i share the same feelings as u do..! I think each one of us today has in some way or the other gained something indispensable from our teachers and we still are... i just hope...10 years down the line also i have this realization and am able to inculcate the same in my children !
i just wish some teacher realise their responsibilty and do justice to the profession they are in ...after all they build up what a person or individual turns out to be
agreed !!! :) just like we have good n bad students we do have teachers who are not soo good...! the point is we need to make them give out their best to us ...and that can be done only wen we realize some things...!
Somehow I would disagree again as always. The thing is, teachers are not what they used to be. I rem my old days and I wont be lyingl My teachers in school were genuine people. They were there coz they wanted to and knew how to teach. Teachers I run into now, they here coz they got no where else. And even still, they dont try to make em selves worthy of where they are now. Just look at em in our college!! To them, it is a govt job, all safe and secure!
By the way, nuthing wrong in the human rights thing as well. A child is fragile. He does not know the fullness of things. To punish a child without making him capable of realizing his mistake is a sin! Moreover corporal punishment has serious psychological rep-recursions.
The truth is, the entire system is wrong. In India, students dont want to learn, and teachers dont want to teach. The whole thing leads to frustration of both and thus we have total mess. Get the certificates and get out is what we are here for.
By the way, only INDIANS think of themselves as a CULTURED and RESPECTFUL society. If you ever get to talk to a foreigner or an unbiased NRI, then you shall get to hear something quite the opposite. We are rated amongst the WORST! THE WORST!
hummm....i agree with u to the point .. the teaching profession has also lost its sanctity these days...! but then uv answered that question urself...it has become so because as u say the students dnt want to learn and the teachers dnt want to teach ! so why always blame the system and the faculty, be it our college or else where ???
and its not the system that is wrong...the problem is in our mindset ! where is that dedication for our studies....that was present in yester years..! why dnt we have any more eklavyas and dhrona charyas?
the only reason i can think of it is because we are moving away from our basic values...
When I talk of system, I do not mean the Uni system or the college system or even the email system. lolz. I was reffering to the way the indian society works. It is all about degrees. I can not explain it like this. You wud really hav to go abroad to realize it. Just the fact, I need a job, I get a job if I have a degree, My employer doesnt care about anything else!!
go see 3 idiots ! :) ul get all ur answers beast ..u dnt need to go abroad !
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