The joy of teacher

A teacher is true to his profession when he/she helps his/her learners widen the horizons of their lives. A teacher who derives pleasure by accelerating the learners’ progress has achieved the charm of his/her profession. Every moment of a teacher’s life must be a pill of inspiration and new vision to the learners. He/she ought to be a constant source of motivation and new light for others. Therefore, a lot of hard work on the part of the teacher is a pre-requisite to brace himself/herself as an instiller of the love of learning and wisdom.

We will say that a teacher has done justice to his/her profession when that teacher’s students cross beyond their teacher’s highest expected limits. And the best time comes to the teacher when the teacher himself/herself gets utterly amazed at the stupendous success of his/her learners.   

406kms/10hrs 40 min

The morning was cloudy and it was 6.20am. I ignited my bike engine and saw the initial reading to be 22,135kms on the speedometer. Before I passed the forest check gate that marks the end of Govindapally village, I had offered around Rs 250/- as a way of Dussera Tips to the village lineman, the paper hawker, the washer-man, the hotel boy, etc. They were all so happy. In response to the tips, I was abundantly returned by their smiling gestures.

I went cutting through the moist and cold atmosphere with a heavy-bag tightly fastened to the edges of my bike. The road that passes through the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Kandhamal is fully damaged and is completely worn-out.However, I had decided to reach home before 5pm. I drove the bike steadfastly without any delay on the way. Even I sacrificed the joy of entering into a well-to-do restaurant for my breakfast. It was because I wanted to save time. So the best alternative was to take my breakfast standing in one of the road-side makeshift hotels. I ate like Kumbhakarna but surprisingly, I was billed a modest amount of Rs 30/-. My eating binge did not stop here. On my way I drank green coconut water, 7 bananas, one big-sized chocolate, 2 coconut stuffed cakes, a small packet of mixture, grape juice and my lunch at Baliguda. And when I saw my speedometer at home, I found the reading 22,541kms. I had covered 406 kilometers in 10 hours 40 minutes.

After my safe reach I was deliriously happy because of the following reasons.

* I was amazed at my own capability to undertake such a strenuous long journey all alone.

* I showed an accurate time sense and I could fulfill my wish to reach home safely by 5pm.

* I suffered no puncture, no harsh weather, no breakdown of the machine and no accident.

* I drove safely and completed the journey without any dependence on tea (During the journey I had not taken tea).

After-effect of movies

If you do not stand for ANYTHING, you shall fall for EVERYTHING- This was the very line which went on scrolling on my mental screen all this evening. This was the essence which I derived after viewing a few Hollywood films. In the rapid action of the movies, the super heroes stirred a passion in me for a moral way of living. The influences may be short-lived or may lead to a wild fantasy but I enjoyed them because they added another hitherto undiscovered dimension to life’s journey. This dimension of life makes life dance with the tunes of imagination and abounding possibilities. In a nut shell, it helps stretch the imagination creating another world above our mundane existence.