Ignorance is
the greatest enemy of human race and teachers are the enlightened masters who fight
against the evils of ignorance. However, the enlightened masters may become too
helpless when the gift of winter i.e. COUGH catches them. Then the utterances
of sentences in class by the masters get prefixed, suffixed and interspersed
with coughing fits. And the masters lose grounds. The students smile because
now the cough brings uneasiness to the master and relieves the class of the
master. This often provides the class a happy break from the monotony of
class-room teaching and the stern presence of typical Indian teachers.
Now let us
view the case of a cough-ridden human mortal in teaching profession. He longs to
let out a lot of human wisdom through his vocal chords for the benefit of
his/her students but the stream of sputum stubbornly intervenes the stream of
knowledge and the master gasps for breath. Perhaps this is the reason why most
teachers in India get about a week’s holiday in the last part of December. At
this time the winter is at its height and the teachers can cough peacefully and
can have a period of recuperation for the greater interest of society.
