Who is your teacher? Who can you learn from? Can there be teachers other than school or college teachers?
Can you also learn a thing or two from any or all of the following:
Nature- trees, plants, animals, rivers, birds, insects and the like?
Children
Parents
Friends, Pets
Life events like birth, ill-health, bereavement
Successes and failures
Covid pandemic?
Sports and extra-curricular activities?
The answer to all of the above is yes! Like the Brahma Kamal flower which blooms at night once in many months, synchronised with the full moon! Teaches us to be punctual in life!
On this Teacher's Day, let us thank all the teachers in our life. Teachers have made us what we are today. Our gratitude to each one of them.
Ghumakkad is grateful to all his teachers at:
Besant College, Varanasi
Birla School Pilani
BITS Pilani
IIT Kanpur
Naval PG School California
Students too deserve our thanks. Because students are like oxygen for the teachers!
We also owe our gratitude to teachers-other-than-teachers. We have learnt a thing or two from such teachers as summarised below:
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Teacher
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Learnings
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Nature
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Patience,
Steadfastness, Managing Change, Team work
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Children
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Inquisitiveness,
Energy and enthusiasm, Love, Trust, Honesty
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Parents
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Discipline,
Love, Compassion, Care, Respect
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Friends
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Relationships,
Team work, Emotional Stability, Trust
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Pets
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Loyalty,
Trust, Love
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Births
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Joy,
Happiness
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Sickness
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Patience,
Emotional strength, Financial planning, Gratitude
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Bereavement
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Fortitude,
Emotional strength
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Successes
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Happiness,
Fulfilment
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Failures
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Emotional
balance and strength
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Covid
Pandemic
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Patience, Self-discipline,
Concern for others
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Adventure
Sports
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Spirit of
adventure, Risk taking, Self-confidence, Physical and emotional strength
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Painting,
Music, Dance, Writing
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Introspection,
Creativity, Self-confidence, Visualisation
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Team Sports
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Team work,
Conflict resolution, Discipline, Physical and emotional strength
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Feel free to add to the above list of 'teachers-other-than-teachers'. Mail your suggestion to hbindia@gmail.com . We would be happy to append to our list with due credit to you.
Every teacher's day for Ghumakkad who is also a teacher, is a time for introspection and reflection. Am sharing below some of the previous stories which bring out different perspectives on learning and teaching. Just click the link to browse the story.
This Teacher's Day, Ghumakkad thanks all his students and former students for enriching his life.
Thanks for browsing and Happy Teacher's Day once again.
- Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 4th September 2023/ Secunderabad
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