WE ARE TEACHERS

 

India has a long-standing Guru Shishya tradition where Guru has always been revered.The following Sanskrit shloka proves the role and longstanding propitious position of a teacher in Indian Culture - "Gurur Brahmaa Gurur Vishnu Gurur Devo Maheshwarah Guru Saakshaat Parabrahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah". This shows that the teacher is conferred with the indispensable significance as equivalent to the God in our ethnicity.

We even have the famous Kabir couplet- “Guru Gobind dou khade, kaake lagoon paay, Balihari Guru aapne, Gobind diyo batay”, Kabir wrote this verse to sing the glory of Guru, without whose help, one cannot cross this ocean of worldly life. He asks, “If both, Guru and God in form of Govind were to appear at the door, whose feet will I worship first?” He answers, “It has to be the Guru’s feet first, because without him, how would I have recognized (known) God?”

In this way, we have regarded our teachers with great reverence since ages. They have guided, inspired, encouraged and served the generations as their role models and were akin to their parents outside their home. We try to emulate our teachers to be like them.

The Life often brings new challenges for us. This time Covid-19 has sited lots of unprecedented challenges in front of us. We, the teachers, are also adjusting to this new reality. We have shifted from our traditional classrooms to the virtual classrooms. Those who were intimidated with the thought of using technology on a regular basis, now have to take the bull by its horns.

Learning various features of digitization correctly is important. But, using a digital platform and its features to teach effectively and ensuring that all the learners are indeed learning is vital. Despite facing all these challenges, we, the teachers, are ready to give our beloved students a world of knowledge. We promise that we will take up all the challenges in a positive demeanor and keep on inspiring, guiding and motivating our students.

After all, WE ARE TEACHERS…! 

Ms. Bela Shanker
Ms. Anuradha Malik
Mr. Naveen Kumar
[The Mann School]