Is it going right?
Is
it going right?
-Sukanya Singh
“A teacher plants the
seeds of knowledge, sprinkle them with love and patiently nurtures their growth
to produce tomorrow’s dreams.” A teacher is referred to as the second parent.
They are the ones, who mould the future of a child. Without a teacher, it is
very difficult or next to impossible to grow one’s knowledge, right from the
very kindergarten stage. A teacher is that one special person after parents,
who contributes most of their time and effort to shape an individual with
knowledge, various skills, creativity, positivity and helps in building a
better and brighter future for them.
A ‘teacher-student
relationship’ is a very pure form of relation. It is that sweet configuration
of connection where one is incomplete without the other and vice versa. A
student would not be a student without a teacher and a teacher would not be a
teacher without a student.
In early days, the
teacher-student relationship was of high value and respect. Teachers were the ‘gurus’
for the students and students followed their instructions blindly. It was not
so easy for the students to share every aspect of their life, with their gurus
before. It was out of sincere respect. But today’s teacher-student relationship
has a new trend. It sounds better, if it is termed as ‘friendship’
rather. Now days we could notice the mentors and pupils both provide a much
space towards each other. A teacher shares the personal experiences and secrets
or out of the box stories to the tutees very easily, other than imparting the
academic knowledge. The students also share their stories with them without any
hesitation. This is really very adorable.
What is the most
significant issue - some students try to misuse this friendship and speak nonsense
and rubbish in front of the educators. They forget that before a friend, they
are there teachers and they own a value and much respect. Some pupils take
teachers for granted. It is seen that they use to argue a lot with their master
without the minimum sense of decency. Their excuses are at the top always and
whenever questioned, the teachers get the disrespectful responses. Some
students use to give silly names to their instructors and make fun of them
every now and then. They make cartoons, sarcastic memes and share it and make it
viral. This trend is growing rapidly and the genuine teacher-student
relationship is fading out day by day.
On the other hand, it
is observed, some teachers giving preference to a particular section of
students in the class and neglecting the rest. They provide high marks to their
favourite students, provide important notes to them, praises and appreciates
them before everyone in the class in every aspect. It was never expected out of
a teacher but when the other half of the students tries to cooperate properly;
these teachers taunt them about their capabilities. They discourage them and
criticise them instead of extending their helping hands towards those students.
In early days, the gurus treated every student equally in every prospect but
the story is opposite to it, now a days.
We have witnessed in
the news channels that some teachers in the schools and colleges try to
actually abuse their students both physically and mentally. Many news channels
have reported and covered stories such as-some teachers molesting the students,
they rape the pupils in the name of extra class and so on.
I do not have any idea
what these changing trends are bringing to us. Such a respectful bond has
become so cheap and insane. What would you suggest to preserve and sustain this
authentic form of association between a teacher and a student? I leave it up to
you.
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