Favor Me, My Teacher

There is nothing better than sitting in a warm, cozy blanket or a quilt during winters. The chill and fog is yet to come, still there is reluctance in getting out of bed in the morning. 

As I was replying my usual e-mails before sleep, my hubby handed me the mobile with someone holding on the other side. A female voice introduced herself as Vishu's (name changed) mother. I soon recollected her as my brightest student whom I taught the subject more than three years back. Her mother reminded me about her daughter's Pediatrics Practical on forthcoming Monday as my hubby was one of the examiners. I was surprised to see her worry as Vishu was among the most bright pupils of her batch. When I asked her the reason, she hesitatingly told that her daughter was almost failed in a subject in previous class as the parents had not approached the teachers asking for favor. This time they didn't want to take any chance. I felt sorry for Vishu and her parents. The amount of effort, time, devotion, attention, hard work and whatever facility is required by a student to succeed in an examination is put both by him/ her and the parents, apart from above something more is required which becomes most important for passing in examinations, and that is known by different names, approach, favor, relations, terms??

It is disheartening for those who work hard but are unable to get good marks just because they don't have so called approaches. Sometimes the student is unaware that despite his best performance he or she is going to fail because of silly ego problem of the examiner. The road to passing Medical Examinations becomes very tough...tougher even at Post Graduate level. Those who have been in such situations may understand better.

What is at the end???

Those who pass, don't respect their teachers, because they know the price they paid for passing the examinations. And those who fail hate their teachers forever...they may  apparently say nothing, but the bitter experience has created another bitter person in the long run. Irony is that certain best worthy doctors whom World knows were also tortured by their teachers in Medical School. 

So what lesson does all this teach you? Just read the following article written by me: 

'Being a teacher,on Teacher's day'

Alas, if only we as teachers' knew too well;

"Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first.  The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.  When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed. " ~Marva Collins

 Hoping to enlighten you with more some day...

Bye for now.