Teaching is a thankless profession, if you look at it as a profession. But if you see it as a purpose in life, then teachers are the architects of the future.
Recently, I met my teacher who taught me math in the twelfth standard about 40 years ago. We had a very good time together as we shared a lot of wonderful memories. In the course of the conversation, I recalled how he used to make us practice the math problems umpteen number of times, even after getting it right. As though this was not enough, he used to make us answer a lot of question papers from the past and also insisted that we correct each others' paper, and I never used to like this.
With a lovely smile on his face, he looked at me and said, “If you had done it well in your first few attempts, why will I ask you to repeat it?
This story is from the December 2019 - Is The Bottle Clean From Within edition of infinithoughts.
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