my thoughts

An article in one of the web magazines portrayed a very gloomy picture of the condition of the teachers in USA. As per the report, the morale of the teachers is all time low and this is proving negative to this once known noble profession - teaching. I was prompted to write this article by another incident in which I was asked an innocent question. During a program organized to felicitate the teachers who had excelled in their profession, the response of the audience was not quite up to the mark. One person asked, why there was least enthusiasm in this program whereas in a similar program yesterday there was a lot of happiness and energy. I recalled the article mentioned above and realized what was reported with reference to other country`s reference, was that also true for our country? This thought scared me because the teacher in the country of Saints and Sufis have always been given importance and were considered to be more important than God or the parents of the children the...

The parents, in today`s time are very much concerned about the progress of their children and all of them work hard for the same. They provide all possible help so that the children can get best of the ranks in the school and their name can be taken with pride in the society. But in many a cases this has been observed that if the children keep doing all right the parents do not bother to see what is the learning taking place. They would even not bother about the behavioral issues of the children. If we do not consider the metros and pay attention to the semi urban and rural area where the mothers may not be much educated and the fathers dominate the family, there the situation is more serious. The mother at times, hides the problems of the child from the father because she does not want him to get angry with the child and scold him/her. Also, many fathers have long hours job and they come back late at home and by that time either the children go to sleep or might be studying in t...

The examination of classes X and XII of the public boards of the country are either over or will be over in the next few days. The students who will be moving to class XI are concerned about the selection of the subjects and the ones who will complete their schooling will be appearing in different competitive examinations and applying to different universities and colleges all over the world. There will be serious discussions in the family and the relatives will also find some time to contribute their views for the future of the children. In this process, most of the times, the most important voice, is lost and goes unheard or is paid no attention. Many children are also not able to think rationally but they definitely know more than anybody else in which stream they are comfortable and can justify their preference. I have always been wondering why do the parents get panic-stricken at this juncture and do not realise that all subjects are good and all areas of work require skilled p...