Sycophants

The world is full of Sycophants who sell themselves (Dignity, Self esteem) for their selfish motives.

Trust people to be trusted

I entered a gas station to fill my vehicle fuel today. I asked the man respectfully to fill the fuel tank who was  standing just near me. The man asked me to check the reading metre (Normally I never care for it). Since the gentleman aked me to check, I politely asked him to fill the tank but to my utter surprise he told me that people often complain if they start filling the tanks without asking the customer. The most surprising thing that came out was that he was scolded just that morning by his senior authority due to a customer's complain. I felt sorry for the gentleman who was almost at his retirement stage. Many questions came to my mind. I asked myself why people lost trust among them. We all know that it is the trust that is among us helping us all to lead a peaceful life. Hope that the so called civilised society will understand one day and use their power and authority for a good cause.

QUALITIES OF A TEACHER

 

‘Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu Gurur Devo Maheswara;

Gurur Sakshyat Param Brahma Tashmei Shree Gurudevaye Namah.’

 

The word ‘guru’ is a Sanskrit word which means an intellectual or a spiritual guide or a leader. A guru or a teacher is a guide, motivation, inspiration and many more for his/her disciples or students. A guru is the one who is always followed and respected. A guru’s place is always the highest in a society.

 

To be a guru or a teacher is not an easy task. One who is a teacher needs certain qualities that all don’t possess. In easy terms a guru or a teacher should have certain qualities. A teacher should be the storehouse of knowledge. The primary duty of a teacher is to impart knowledge to the students who come under his/her guidance. A teacher should be the master of that field/subject where his/her students can trust on and come for any query.

Being humble and generous is another quality that a teacher should possess. Teachers are mostly followed by their students. A teacher should have the ability to guide the students in a proper way being the leader in every field. They are the inspiration for the millions whom they touch through their knowledge. If a teacher fails to inspire his/her students s/he can never be considered a teacher. A teacher must be the one who always inspires everyone through million little ways.

A teacher should be a good mentor. S/he should be a guide for his/her students. Every child is born with innate wisdom; each child has the ability to create history of his/her own; a teacher’s role is to make the learners understand their inner qualities. A teacher is just the one who should harp on bringing the best out of his/her students.

A teacher must be compassionate. Each child is special. They need love and care. Everything can be changed through love and understanding. A child learns the most from the one whom s/he trusts and feels s/he is cared for. Love is the ultimate healer. Children face difficulties in the process of learning. A teacher must teach them through compassion and understanding. A teacher must respect the individual dignity of each learner.

A teacher should have the ability to create scope for the learners. A teacher must create situations where a child learns by his/her own. A teacher must teach the students to ask questions. What and why are the basic questions of learning. No one gets success if they carry on certain things without knowing what and why of it. The teacher must focus on the learners’ active participation in the learning process.

The basic of learning or education is not short term successes, it has a deeper meaning. A teacher’s role is to make the learners understand the importance of education in a person’s life. A teacher’s role is to make his/her learners fit to face the challenges of life. If today’s education doesn’t help a learner to face the challenges of life that education can never be considered a good education. The young learners often fail to understand this; here the teacher’s role is crucial. A teacher must inculcate values and quality among the learners so that they can create their scope in their lives by themselves.

 

 

 

THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION

Oxford dictionary says, “Education is the process of imparting, knowledge, skill and judgment”. The primary focus of education should be imparting skills through different processes. I strongly believe that today’s education should have the ability to make the young learners fit to face the challenges of life; which also can be considered one of the basics of education. If the acquired education fails to ensure this; then we can’t consider this as good education.

You will agree to me when I say, education process must have a long term goal rather than restricting itself with the short term goals; to be considered a good and quality education. The primary aim of education is to bring out the best among the learners to face the challenges of life refining them from within. A young learner has all the potential to learn facts by himself/herself. The teachers’ role is to motivate or facilitate them showing the right path to achieve their desired goals. Ready made things make people dull; so one must try to bring new ideas rather than being dependent on it; because people remember the one, who brings new ideas for the world which is also the primary objective of education. Ready made things may give us temporary success but in the long run it loses its essense. Ready made things kill our inherent skills which are in us and make us worthless.

A self refined learner can create his/her opportunities by himself/herself. The basic job of a teacher is to guide the learners towards better life. Moral values are a necessity to prove one better in the long run; some learners may fail to understand this during the initial days but in the process of growing up they definitely appreciate the one who inspired them with all the basic values. Young learners follow adults and being an adult if we change certain attitude in us then definitely they will follow us and in this process we can create a better society.

We know that the world is changing rapidly and today’s learners will take up jobs which don’t even exist today. So, where is the reason to force the learners to take up what we say or what is given as a syllabus? Majority of the students will not be using today’s concepts in their process of living. And here the point comes; why should we focus on imparting values in students? Here I didn’t mean that the syllabus doesn’t have any role in a child’s life. It does have a role because the syllabus is designed to develop the quality of the target students but how the syllabus is to be taught greatly lies on the teacher concerned. A facilitator or a teacher has a great role in this process and here the teacher should find out the long term goals of that specific syllabus before imparting the inherent idea to the students. Here I would like to stress on the role of teachers in imparting quality education where the learners can build up the necessary requirements within them and keep themselves fit to face the challenges of life.

Education is a two way process where the learners have equal role in acquiring knowledge and wisdom. The giver can never be successful without a receiver; there must be a receiver to call one as a giver. Learners must bring interest in learning the concepts prepared by the teachers otherwise the process of education will never be successful. Teachers as well as students should agree to certain points to make the teaching learning process fruitful. We can’t deny the parents’ role in a child’s growth and development. Parents do have a pivotal role in this process.

‘What’ and ‘Why’ are the two basic questions one should ask before starting anything. What is the particular thing and why should we do are the basic questions one must have before taking up a decision. If one asks these basic questions before taking up anything, for sure, they would become successful in their lives. Most of the problems arise when we do not know what we are doing and what is the purpose of doing that? We often take up certain activities without knowing its basics and I am sure these actions can never give us success. Life is full of choices and we find opportunities everywhere. Just we need to select the one that helps us to grow better or to reflect ourselves better. A wrong decision leads to a disaster where a right decision makes us successful.

It is often seen that the young learners fail to understand their potential and the role of the teachers and well wishers start there. Their role is to guide and mould them in this process. Each child is God gifted and has the ability to create his/her opportunities by himself/herself but one must be there to encourage the learners and to show them the right path because the young learners may fail to choose the right path. If a child is brought to the right track the child will definitely create history by his/her own. Not only the teachers the parents and guardians including the elders of the society where the child belongs to; have a great role in this process of changing the child.

The base of education is not teaching the learners certain topics but it is helping them to inculcate quality in them. If it is done properly with a specific vision and planning; for sure, no one can stop them to achieve the greatest heights.

EDUCATION OR CERTIFICATION; WHERE ARE WE HEADING?

Once I asked a bunch of young learners if they knew what grammar is but the answers I got were quite surprising. One of the students replied that it is English-II; quite surprising right? On further inquiry I got to know that they call grammar book by the name s/he replied because the grammatical concepts were taught as a second part of the prescribed English syllabus in that school. Somewhere the learners were not wrong in their understanding but this answer really put me into trouble. I asked a few questions additional to it to test the students’ basic concepts but the answers were quite humourous and surprising. On further inquiries I found that the students do not know the concepts because they are not asked these questions during the examinations. I asked myself if we learn things only for the examinations. If I ask the same question to the students, majority of them would reply in favour of the examination. I can boldly say this because may be in the past; when I was a student even I believed in this statement and many times may be I advocated in favour of it. This concept clearly shows that the students learn things for examinations; so majority of them forget once examination is conducted. I am quite sure that even the parents are not an exception. The parents do support this concept in favour of the students.

We all know that the primary objective of education is the refinement of an individual. But who else cares. Everyone is busy in this competitive world and wishes to be the best in every field; be it education or something else. Here people fail to understand that getting good marks in the examinations do not guarantee that they are the best. Trying to be the best is not a bad idea; someone rightly said ‘Be the best wherever you are’ but we must know that we should try to be the best refining ourselves; not based on the educational qualifications that we possess. I believe on a statement; it states that if we do not gather knowledge equivalent to our certificates; the certificates become heavy burden on us. I believe you too would agree to my statement.

The saddest part is that people judge a student with the marks s/he secures in the examinations that s/he appears for. I agree that marks do matter but it never supersedes the knowledge s/he acquires after completion of an academic year or a course because knowledge helps one to grow in the long run not the certificates. I believe that if a child wishes to learn the concepts properly s/he definitely would score better marks. So one must focus on the concept not on the marks; marks will automatically come if we clear the concepts properly. Inculcating values in us along with the academic qualifications is a prime concern.

Oxford dictionary says, “Education is the process of imparting, knowledge, skill and judgment”. If the acquired education doesn’t make us these things then what is the value of that kind of education? I have seen people who possess the highest degrees but they lack the value and the wisdom which is the essence of education. If the process of education  does not refine our values we can never call it education rather it is good to be called certification.

No one can deny the fact that people are busy getting certificated rather than getting educated. I can never call the one educated if s/he lacks certain values a person should posses. Values and wisdom are important to lead a life more than the certificates we gather. Certificates may help one to get a better job but values will definitely make him/her better human being. Certificates may help one to get a better job but values and intellect will help him/her to remain in the same position or even higher as time passes by. Now it is your choice what you want for.

I believe that learning becomes lovely and interesting if we ignore its results. Result is important because many times it shows us where we stand but we need to find out different strategies to make our results better rather than threatening ourselves all the time for a good result. Most children leave the interest in education due to the fear of scoring low. Many leave schools and colleges due to the fear of failing.

People never leave learning informally rather they learn better than formal learning. The reason is very simple they do not have the fear of failing. I strongly agree that if formal education is taken constructively and made it interesting through different strategies; learners will definitely learn better than what they generally learn. The competition breaks the spirit of learning but if it is taken gently or if competition is not taken as a competition, it enhances the spirit and motivates one to learn better. I advice my readers never to compete with anyone because it breaks the spirit of winning and if one wants to compete, s/he can compete with himself/herself; it will surely help him/her to be the best in the universe.

I do urge the young learners to inculcate values and wisdom in them along with the academic qualifications. I assure them that values will surely add value to their certificates and they can lead a happy and successful life.

       

PRONUNCIATION SKILL

Ø  If the given word is two syllables noun the stress should be in the first part of the word, ex- record. If it is two syllables verb then the stress should be in the second part of the word, ex- recording.

Ø  If the word is ending with (tion) or (ssion) or (ic) then the stress should be in the penalty mate part of the word. Penalty mate means second part from the right. Ex- fantastic, commission.

Ø  If a word is ending with ( phy) or (cy) the stress should be in the anti paradigmatic part of the word. Anti paradigmatic means third part from right. Ex- democracy, philosophy, photography.

Ø  If a given word is compound noun the stress should be in the first part of the noun. Ex- desktop, laptop.

Ø  If the given word is a compound verb then the stress should be in the second part of the word. Ex- understands.

Ø  While we read a word willing to keep a bit stress in the starting part of the word. If any word is not satisfying the above condition, we need to put stress in the first part of the word. Ex- car, power play, wickets, century, football, child labor, maintain, training, parliament, environment, hotel, executive.

Limiting the public voice

There are various ways to stop common voice in different organizations; be it government or private. The fact is that they don't want to listen to what is right. They want to hear the only people who support them irrespective of their actions. False Kings of a democratic kingdom.