5. On Punishments

Which of the following punishments I received while I was at school do you think served a purpose?

In Kindergarten : * For being talkative… I was made to sit between girls.
In Lower Primary : * For making mistakes…. I was made to write impositions.
In Upper Primary : * For not doing homework … I was sent out of the class.
In Middle School : * For my inability to memorize Malayalam poems…my earlobes
were screwed with a key.
In High School : * For indiscipline , a Jesuit priest orders me to come to the front of
the class , draws out a long cane and brings down the cane ten
times counting one to ten ….But the cane is brought down
as gently as a feather and at the end he would say
“Don’t repeat it again !!!”

4. Three favourite quotes on teaching

These are my three favourite quotes on teaching. Which is yours?

1.A great teacher is a great artist, but his medium is not canvas, but the human soul
-Anonymous
2.The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
- William Arthur Ward
3.A lamp can never light another lamp unless it burns on its own flame;
a teacher can never truly teach unless he continues to learn himself.
- Rabindranath Tagore

3. What is next in India?

What is next in India?
Central School > State School > English Medium School >Public School > Residential School > International School >?

2. Is there a school teacher mentality?

Is there a School Teacher Mentality ?

Early this year I had an opportunity to listen to a lecture on ‘Stress Management’, by an eminent Resource Person. In the course of his lecture, he referred to an occasion when he had to train Bus Conductors. He had asked them who is it that they found most difficult to manage?... Was it college students or school children?... Pop came the answer... ‘School Teachers’ !

1.The Seven Planes of Knowledge

According to Hindu Philosophy , Inspiration , revelation, insight, intuition, ecstasy, divine sight and the supreme blissful state are the seven planes of knowledge.

I am no yogi and don’t dream of ever rising to the seven sublime planes of knowledge.

As a teacher educator, I have often found that an analysis of ones own life and experiences can turn out to be a source of knowledge. Perhaps the comments that readers offer to the thoughts on education which I intend to offer through this Blog might prove beneficial to both of us. So welcome to this Blog titled ‘educhat’…