"Happy" Teachers Day ??

On teacher's day I pay my tribute only to the good teachers who have inspired me and motivated me to become a good student literally and endorse virtues necessary for building close to a complete man.

However like most others I too had a bunch of 'bad' teachers and needless to say they outnumbered the good ones. These teachers beat you up in your kindergartens when you forget bringing a book. They rebuke a child heartlessly when he makes spelling mistake. They spank you hard for bad handwriting thereby instilling a sense of fear to go to school. I am not sure if it’s their personal frustrations that they unleash mercilessly on these poor souls and gain some sadistic pleasure seeing the children cry.

Few years later as I advanced into the secondary section started the practice of employing monitors who would write my name as a willful offender for talking in a free period. And then these names would be presented to the teacher to decide what punishment must be awarded to these dreaded criminals. You sit with 3 more people by your side on a bench,the teacher isn't there in class and you are expected to keep mum. Talking in class !!! Oh my God that’s a heinous crime.

Now let’s bid adieu to this punishment chapter and let’s throw some light towards the knowledge attainment chapter. I can barely count with my fingers the teachers who could evoke interest in students in what they taught. So very few times I found it interesting enough to listen what the teacher was blabbering. My apologies for harsh words but this is what most teachers do. They somehow finish their lectures without judging the response from the audience. One and only once I remember a teacher, Mr. John Das asked for an anonymous feedback from all the students as to how he was teaching. I was on cloud nine and thoroughly impressed by the way supported the empowerment of students who were barely 13. This being said there were in fact good teachers like Indrani Miss, Nupur Miss, Sharbani Miss , Bose Miss, John Das Sir and Bannerjee Sir. Damn my memory, I might have missed a few more. Their preachings were like music to my ears. I still remember how Baneerjee Sir dropped the duster on the floor and explained the transformation of potential energy into kinetic and sound energy. That's imparting knowledge. You teach your student in 1996 and he has it crystal clear in mind even after two decades. My head bows in respect for these teachers and I repent that I didn't get a chance to show enough gratitude to them.

And then there would be teachers who would be leaking questions out in their private tuition and you see suddenly some backbenchers scoring in 80s. This was so very predominant in subjects like history. They forgot that teaching is a noble profession. On one hand they cheated the weak students by giving them a false sense of satisfaction and on the other hand they demotivated the above averaged ones who sometimes even scored lesser only because they didn't take the unfair path. 

Teaching is a noble profession and teachers must be fully aware of this fact in true sense of the word. They should make sure that not even a spoilt brat may raise fingers on the way they dispense the duty of educating mankind. There would be criticism against this post because teachers day might not have been a good occasion for such discussions. However, I couldn't help because the very moment I remember my so very good teachers, the not so good ones haunt me too.