Learning to teach, teaching to learn

The profound impact of wise words often emerges only after we experience it ourselves.

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I had to become a teacher to understand what Phil Collins meant when he said 'In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.' The transition from corporate life to academia through a doctoral degree was surprisingly smooth for me, given the academic interests. A senior colleague's reminder that my one-hour lecture equated to forty hours of student effort made me realize the immense responsibility of teaching, where every word spoken can make or break them. For my first lecture, the prepared content got exhausted in 25 minutes, but the eager eyes of my forty students transformed me into a story teller for the rest of the 30 minutes.