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my first lesson learned as a teacher! In maybe because of the growing focus
contrast to 40 minutes of class time, I started towards the marks obtained and less on the
staying with the student's full time now and knowledge acquired. As the competition
realized how my teaching was never fully and level of literacy keeps growing, the focus
reaching the children! I realized how keeps shifting on material gains. I have also
important building a rapport was with each noticed growing disobedience among
student, to make them so comfortable with children towards both the parents and the
us that they approach us unhesitatingly with teacher. A parent who initially gave a free
queries and doubts. I learned how large the hand to teachers are now becoming more
scope of responsibility lies on a teachers involved in his child's education, which is
shoulder. With passing years, I started good but over interference is also sometimes
venturing into more administrative duties harmful. I have seen a rather fluctuating
relating to students which only made my trend in student-teacher rapport, from guru-
lessons concrete. I further learned how shishya to even going to an extent of
discipline, sports and theoretical learning amicable terms and sometimes even an
were interconnected. I later advanced absence of personal bonding. The rise in
towards taking managerial duties in sport tuitions and decreasing faith in self-study is
and other co-curricular activities of students also being witnessed. But with the passing of
to delve deeper into the functioning of the time and increased influx of science and
minds of the students. The more time I spend technology, a lot has changed for the good.
with the students, the more I learned about Increased sources of information, increased
them and the easier it became for me to usage of audio video tools, moving from
teach. My habit of building a relationship theoretical rote learning to practical real-life
with students has helped me a lot even teachings are among the trends. A rather
during the current pandemic! I realized that important and most needed change is in the
textbooks and reference books weren't best identification of the significance of mental
able to reach every student's mind and health of children. The shift in power
hence, I decided to author a book of my own dynamics from being entirely in the hands of
starting with Business Studies to manifest the teacher to now being balanced with the
my dreams of bringing about an entirely students as well is another positive
comprehendible study material. With development. With NEP 2020, I see a rather
passing of time, I witnessed growing mental wholesome growth in the Indian Education
health issues in children and to be able to system, with the perfect blend of theory and
counter that, I started pursuing M.A. in practicality, modern and traditional
Psychology to better understand these concepts and more Indian languages.
issues more deeply. Hence, it's a dynamic
process, to learn, unlearn and most The most recent trend indeed has been
importantly relearn! This is my secret unveiled with the onset of the pandemic.
ingredient to success as a teacher. It has definitely affected us for the good
and the bad. How was your experience of
What trends have you witnessed in educating during this crisis?
Indian Education and children? Also
elaborate on the constant approaches The crisis took us by surprise for all obvious
reasons indeed, but mostly left us
you have observed.
overwhelmed due to the sudden need of
Oh! I have a long list, both good and bad! The using technology, of which most of our
first visible trend I have seen over the years generation had no idea. Adapting to these
was shifting the required focus from sports. techniques, learning these skills for both
Deemed to be a major factor behind growth teachers and students was a task. Increased
of the mind, I am saddened to see how it is screen time led us into various physical
slowly losing relevance in the system. This ailments. Going online caused us a major
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