TEACHERS ARE WARRIORS

How many times in a day are we judged by our outer appearance, or do we judge others on the same parameters? How often have others wrongly judged us, or have we judged others wrongly? Preconceived notions and prejudices can completely rip anyone apart, turning them introverted, unhappy, depressed, and lonely. I wish to ask you how you feel when you hear rumours about yourself because people don’t like how you carry yourself. They didn’t like the way you think, act, and react. They have passed their judgements about you, and now everyone has begun adding their sense of understanding about you to that foundation stone. And you, the poor soul, are utterly ignorant of what is happening around you. There may be brave hearts not paying heed to it, but what about those who get affected by it. We love to judge others. Without knowing much about the person, we put them into categories and on shelves in our heads. We do not realise that every individual is different. His story may not r...

Women are struggling hard to break the shackles of norms and standards set by the patriarchal society. They are still marching for equal rights and finding their rightful place in the world. Though modern society is opening opportunities for women in every field, they still have a long way to go, especially in the corporate world. The challenges of women are countless. They continue to remain underrepresented at every level. This underrepresentation gets worse in senior management positions. The salary for women is lower than the salary for men. They are underestimated. They face harassment, from verbal-visual to non-verbal or physical harassment. During child-rearing years, the unemployment penalty for women is longer in private organisations. This means that when women take longer leaves, they have a much harder time getting rehired. Moreover, the gender pay gap makes it harder for women to hold senior-level positions. A type of employment discrimination against women is pr...

  A continuous tug of war between thoughts regarding quitting the teaching profession by the teachers to find better pay and satisfaction needs serious contemplation from society. The novel coronavirus escalated into a global pandemic, forcing an abrupt and nearly universal shift to distance learning; stress, depression, frustration, and humiliation has fallen so heavily on the teaching fraternity that the good teachers find it strenuous to survive. The modern education system has tremendously changed the role of a teacher. Facilitator and Educator are the new synonyms for the teacher, which has diminished the actual value of a teacher and its contribution to shaping the future citizens of the society. Teaching and learning are not mechanical. Instead, it is a transfer of knowledge, values, and life lessons possible with the connection. This connection is a bond of affection that strengthens with time and is nurtured with love. The responsibility of a teacher is multidimensional a...

  Teachers are builders of a better tomorrow. Their role is not confined to delivering lectures in classrooms and attending back-to-back classes, but much beyond that. Besides parents, someone whose credit is it when the youth today grow up to be beautiful human beings tomorrow? It is the teacher! They are the biggest well-wishers after parents in any student’s life, and they can cross every extent to help them succeed in life! In the past few years, technology tried to overshadow the role of teachers in a student’s life. The significance of teachers was put at stake, but with the years devoted to the pandemic and students learning from screens confined in their four walls; society has understood that no technology can replace teachers from the classroom. Their presence has no alternative. They are the storehouse of experience. They are mentors, guides, friends and a role model for the students. A scree Teachers are builders of a better tomorrow. Their role is not confined t...

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