Respected Teachers, guests on the dias, parents and my dear fellow students,
I am very fortunate to be here on teachers day …. I cannot even count the contribution that …my teachers have made in my life ….to be where I am today…. My teachers inspired me…guided me…corrected me…moulded me…motivated me…loved me…made a great contribution to my life…. which cant be measured by words alone….. I pay my respectful deep regards ,… and obeisance to all present teachers today and…. I expect all the students here to …..bow their heads in reverence to their ….precious contribution to the nation ….and nation building process.
Teachers are nation builders and ….responsible for moulding of the national asset and….. thus future of any nation..the students , youth…… Youth are just not young…..They are unbridled youth energy ,… a powerhouse…..which needs to be harnessed…. the most productive way….. Whoelse but teachers alone who can rightly handle this unbridled…. nuclear energy…..We should not undermine… the contribution of teachers in our life ….as we as students spend ….the most productive period of our day with them…..the Morning..noon and evening. …Rest we spend with our family ….our parents where we sleep off by 10 and wake up by 6….So need we say that we spend the most ….precocious period of day with them…. So no wonder their influence and inspiring methods which make a impression on our personality
A teacher provides education for pupils , or …(children) and students . …The role of teacher is maybe formal and ongoing,… carried out at a school but…. there is lot of their informal presence in our daily lives….. Teachers use a course of study which is called the curriculum but…. their influence is not restricted to curriculum alone…. There is lot of silent influence happening…... Isn’t it true that …..“Teachers teach more by what they are …..than by what they say.”….. In fact it is held that……. Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.
I have always loved my teachers …..and highly respectful of them…. They have been my role models and whenever I see them I immediately ….bow down to touch their feet. ….For whatever I am today …they have an equal contribution…. as my parents would have….. They have a stake in ….my success……It is said that….the best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.
In India still there are glimpses of guru-shishya tradition, or parampara, It is the tradition of spiritual relationship and mentoring in traditional subjects and otherwise with great undisputed reverence and absolute submissiveness, where teachings are transmitted from a guru (teacher, ) to a śiṣya (disciple, Such knowledge, whether it be , architectural, musical or spiritual, is imparted through the developing relationship between the guru and the disciple. It is considered that this relationship, based on the genuineness of the guru, and the respect, commitment, devotion and obedience of the student, is the best way for subtle or advanced knowledge to be conveyed. The student eventually masters the knowledge that the guru embodies.
Some common elements in this relationship include:
The establishment of a teacher/student relationship.
A formal recognition of this relationship, generally in a structured initiation ceremony where the guru accepts the initiate as a shishya and also accepts responsibility for the spiritual well-being and progress of the new shishya. Though this ritual may not be there but it is always present Mentally amonst the parents, the taught and the teachers. Thus learning becomes a divine experience.
Gurudakshina, where the shishya gives a gift to the guru as a token of gratitude, often the only monetary or otherwise fee that the student ever gives. Such tokens can be as simple as a piece of fruit or as serious as a thumb, as in the case of Ekalavya and his guruDronacharya. No amount of physical equities can compensate the value of knowledge transmitted from our gurus.
For a few minutes give me attention as I would like to point out what is good teaching and teachers may please listen to me:
Good teaching is as much about passion as it is about reason…. It's about not only motivating students to learn,…. but teaching them how to learn, and …..doing so which is relevant, meaningful, and memorable and enjoyable….. It's about caring for your craft, having a …passion for it, and ….conveying that passion to everyone, ….most importantly to your students.
Good teaching is about listening, questioning, being responsive, and remembering that each student and class is different. It's about eliciting responses and developing the oral communication skills of the quiet students.
Good teaching is about not always having a fixed agenda and being rigid, but being flexible, fluid, experimenting, and adjust to changing circumstances.
Good teaching is also about style. Should good teaching be entertaining? You bet! It is it doesn’t mean it lacks in substance? No way! Effective teaching is not about being locked with both hands glued to a podium or having your eyes fixated on a slide projector while you drone on. It is about getting every students participation especially the withdrawn , shy and quiet ones.
Hence good teachers work the room and with every student in it. They realize that they are the conductors and the class is the orchestra. All students play different instruments and at varying proficiencies.
This is very important -- good teaching is about humor. It's about being self-deprecating and not taking yourself too seriously.
Good teaching is about caring, nurturing, and developing minds and talents. Its about mentoring between senior and junior faculty, teamwork…. At the end of the day, good teaching is about having fun, experiencing pleasure and intrinsic rewards ... like locking eyes with a student in the back row and seeing the synapses and neurons connecting, thoughts being formed, the person becoming better, and a smile cracking across a face as learning all of a sudden happens….. Good teachers practice their craft not for the money or because they have to, but because they truly enjoy it and because they want to.
Hence the task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.
Expressing his gratitude to teachers. Alexander the Great has said that ,I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ~
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for other.
It is said that "There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly."
Otherwise you may end up saying ….if you do not focus in class and ….remain for more than 1 year in same class…Smartness runs in my family. ….When I went to school I was so smart …that my teacher was in my class for ..five years.
While everyone would agree ….that the best perk of becoming a teacher is the opportunity to help children…. because the goal is to reach as many students ….and to show them that they can love learning….. When a parent tells you ….that their child loves to come to school, teachers really love these words to hear….They've reached that goal….They have the knack to turn kids on to reading…… And , when a parent tells them, - where they caught their child reading with a flashlight after lights out, the teachers are so happy. What if it is “mills and ..Boons’..
Few students must be finding teachers to be tough but let me say this today…If you think you"r teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure."…. Sooner or later you are going to end up with one…. Then you will realise who was better of the two. …And teacher’s toughness was always with a purpose and selfless goodness in mind…. Boss may not have that.
With these words I thank all the teachers for the great contribution they make to learning and to nation, and I pay my obeisance to all gurus on this day .
