Teaching Life

Last week was quite fascinating and wonderful.Had a glimpse of school life.Not mine of course.Had to give our software training in a school. Was quite amusing to watch those kids play and have fun. The things we miss the most I suppose.The training was for CBSE teachers. So once again in their life they had to go thru the classroom learning process. More than anything it was the experience that they shared with us mattered. It was so wonderful to hear their accounts of their experiences with the new generation and how they have to be on their toes to get in touch with the latest developments.

They were happy to be at the driving seat of the class when the session of doubt clearance started. They had thousands of doubts and I wondered as it wud be just the subset of the doubts they would be facing when they start teaching how to use CAD to children.But it was quite knowledgeable as we cud look forward to the area of improvements and modifications to suit the students need.

When the students turned teachers shared their experiences we couldn't get ourselves out of the nostalgia about how we used to be back in school days. They were worried in certain cases and happy for certain ones related to the new generations studying techniques. They were concerned about the competition for scoring higher marks as they know the maximum a student wud get wud be 100, but is that enough. Is it really what a child need, just a near to three figure mark in every subject. How much do they keep the lessons learned. For example: A teacher teaching 12 th standard said, the students are taught all the laws of physics, abt momentum and it's causes. With higher velocity the momentum increases and it takes more time n more distance to stop a vehicle. Do kids learn this lesson(Why only kids , do the grown ups??). I think the answer is plain no, coz then there wud be no rash driving accidents. So its just not enough to put things in the paper but also students need to mark up in their minds too.

Like this a lot of real life examples were given. But then why are they the only people concerned about these. Doesn't the parents have greater role to play. All they ever do is to encourage to score more marks n unknowingly the same kids would end up with lesser marks when it comes to the attitude towards real life.

It was quite an revealing experience for me to get along with the teachers who continues to teach us in one way or the another all along their life. God bless them.