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Sunday, 1 December 2013

The Teachers of Modern days Deserves Respect or Not, My Findings


“Anything happened in the class room whether it is positive or negative; its sole responsibility is in the teacher”.

                   Do you agree with this? If you are a teacher you surely cannot agree with it. The reason is we cannot accept the responsibilities. The only easy solution teachers consider is that they can blame someone for their fault. If teachers have lost credibility, integrity, faith, respect and courage among the students, then will certainly evaluate themselves what is happening around them. Instead they point out some one for their fault. It is a universal accepted standard that nobody can undervalue oneself without his consent.  Everybody has a certain value, and this is achieved by their commitment, dedication, sincerity, professionalism, superiority of mind with simplicity, genuine, gentleness, energy levels, purity and the capacity to provide the protection. If anyone failed to achieve such qualities, he will be automatically degraded. Because his attitude reflects what is happening inside his mind. This is reflected on others mind. As a result evaluation is performed on mental level.  This in turn converted to respect that we gathered from the society.
                             Then think how others can be a part of your expected respect?
I will come to the point. I will not consider every one in the teaching community as teachers? All the problems happened in our schools and colleges depends on the teachers. Their inability to handle the situations or no values to convey to convince the students community. Because the students of the modern age are more knowledgeable than our most teachers. They have lot of questions to get answers. If anybody fails to answer, the game of respect is over. Then there begins the arrogance. Most of the teachers are not empowered to handle the problems of modern age. They feel no safety, then how they provide safety to their students.

Who is a teacher to me? What qualities he/she needs to get accepted as a teacher in my view?
            In my view, a teacher is a role model to all in all aspects whether in his personal life and professional life. We think only our professional life needs evaluation. But, how we get the professional life? It is a result of personal life. Hence indirectly our personal life is under evaluation. A teacher should radiate a mind blowing positive energy to their students. Only this much energy is necessary for solving all the problems and to create a faith in their students. A teacher should be courageous in all matters. I found many teachers are slaves of some thing. They have a lot of fear. Most of the teachers are playing double games to survive. They need identity. For getting identity they sell their values, truths and receive bad names. Because everything is under reflection. We cannot imitate or hide the reflections. Another thing I found is, teachers are selfish. How we can believe such teachers? During my stages of development, many of teachers taught me. I also evaluate them. Most of them are shame for the profession. Most of them are pathetic. Most of them are tragedy. Many of them are comedy. Some of them are partial. Several of them knows only subject. To describe the portions we need no teachers. We can substitute demonstrators. But the role of teachers is to be a guiding light to the students in all matters. They must realize themselves that there teacher is capable and the qualities to handle them. Then only faith is automatically bridges in between the two parties.
                                    During my profession as a teacher, many students approach me to share their problems. After discussing it with me they feel some healing. It’s not my ability. The faith solves all. Many teachers have a view that I am very close with the students. But I keep everyone at a distance. I am very strict and straightforward in all matters and dealing with humans. My approach to the students is not the matter of closeness. But the result of evaluation. I am very open to all and respect all whether it is a student or teacher or big profile or small profile or girl or boy. I think students can understand me more accurate than teachers. So they believe me, respect me and approach me. I channelize my entire energy to the students who are in front of me. During this process of synchronization, everything gets synchronized. They get answers to their problems. They can realize values. I get many recognitions form many one for handling the youth effectively. I consider them as awards. Because I value anything that gets out from mind.

                        When I enter the class room, I can feel some changes happened in me. This is repeated all the time. Now I can realize that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. I never prepare anything more to talk inside the class rooms. But my soul pressurizes me to speak more than academic sessions. I just obey the intention of the soul. I am a human. Sometimes I am very much tired mentally and physically. But, this situation also when I enter the class room the entire scene changes. I filled with the aura of power. Some one filled my mind with life altering knowledge. Some one controls me from some where. I am only a tool.

  I understand and accept the fact that to be a real teacher is divine calling. Whoever called you is capable for showering his mercy and power to you. This belief helps me not to fall in all the challenges that life or people offers. I am get going with the belief. 

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

STAINLESS CHARACTER & COMPETENCE


         STAINLESS CHARACTER & COMPETENCE



“The Price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret”.

 

          Our external life can never grow bigger than our internal one. Life is really a mirror. It reflects who we are. In my opinion, a stainless character means ‘make your life as your message, live your truth, walk your values and behave your philosophy’. It is so easy to talk a great game. But harder to live it. But only great ones can do it simply. One of the thing that separate leaders from followers are that those who lead speak openly, honestly and courageously.

 

          In my perspective, Competence means ‘do it all with rare passion, bravery and sparkle in your eyes with intensity’. Competence comes when you create something with your life that is only bigger than you. To be competitive, use each day as a platform for filling your life with more adventure, passion and energy by injecting it into more things. We can also setup some standards to which we all can rise. After reaching set standard upgrade the standards to new heights.
          Finally everyone must realize that ‘brilliant results don’t just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice’.

HOW TO BE RESPECTED?

HOW TO BE RESPECTED?





“When people feel respected, they feel better about themselves and people who feel good do well”.

         

          Studies and researches confirmed that the people who felt most respected were also the ones who felt the most loyalty to the companies they worked for. In today’s competitive world where attracting and keeping superb talent is one of the most critical of all success factors.

Following are a few practical strategies every one can use.

1.     Say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.

2.     Be on time.

3.     Treat excellent people in excellence.

4.     Become a brilliant listener.

5.     Coach the people you work with and help them realize their potentials.

6.     Promote openness and truth telling.

7.     Give people permission to take sensible risks and the freedom to fail.

8.     Encourage creativity and authenticity.

Sunday, 10 November 2013

GREAT TEACHER

In all ages, society’s success and failure depends on great teachers. They are called great, because they are the source of light to all the generations. He is the one who exists and continues. In modern societies every thing is under evaluation. Based on the result of evaluation we categorize persons. Teachers have no escape from it. But, how we can evaluate a great teacher? Tools and measures are useless when we start evaluation. Because we know him in person and by means of a teacher. But he is more and more. He radiates the aura of truth to the generations. 
 I can point out some qualities that make a teacher great.


  1. Thorough knowledge on his specialized area.
  2. Knowledge of the divine doctrines.
  3. He knows life is adventurous and it needs courage to handle.
  4. More demanding.
  5. He is a person of competence.
  6. Approachable and helpful.
  7. He manages a class makes a lot of difference.
  8. His personality is a guiding light for the students.
  9. He is treated as a man of God.
  10. They never underestimate their influences. 

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Today's Education

“Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled”.

                                                                                           -Wu Ting Fang

                                    At all times, the term Education is given more importance than any thing. Because it is one and only that can raise the society and man kind from ignorance, slavery and blindness. The purpose of education is to know one’s way. In olden days, education is handled with utmost care and by the wisest and virtuous persons.
                                    But, when we think about the modern days, it is a comedy signifies nothing. The main reason I found is, today most of the education institutions are run by ignorant, careless, Egoist, unethical and money motive people. In higher education, colleges perform trial and error method. In my experience, I found the following problems in colleges.


  1. Leadership of the authorities is very much poor.
  2. It needs 2 or 3 years to make a decision and also it needs minimum of 5 years to execute it. It is not by the size and complexity of the problem, but by the lack of expertise and incapability of the authorities.
  3. Management and the Principals are the blind people with open eyes.
  4. They have no proven procedures to follow.
  5. Most of the colleges appoint principals after their expiry period. Most of the retired principals took in charge to enjoy their retirement life. They have no responsibility and commitment towards the students.
  6. Infrastructure is very much poor.
  7. Most of the teachers behave slaves of the students and the management.
  8. Facilities provided for teachers are shameful for refuge camps.
  9. Principals rule the colleges based on curtain lectures and to please someone.
  10. All these made our education a tragedy and a comedy for the society.

Thursday, 25 April 2013

One who make me Empty

Everybody has an ego of their own level. That ego control individual in all aspects of their life. It needs no time to be gone out. Some actions or some one comes to us with a divine mission to open our mind and our visions. Such one happened in my life some months before. 
            Here I am not specifying the name of the person. But he is a PG student in the college in some other department. He is a national champion in Sprint. He is not my student or disciple. But he voluntary consider me as his teacher. When I am in the college, he comes to me daily morning and have some chat. In that conversation he expresses his views, ambitions, problems to me. This is a routine for him for the last one and half years. This conversation is an irritating one for his own department. The reason is just human nature. ie, he is not considering this matters with the home department and with the teachers in the department. The home department scold him for the discussion with me. So I just trying to avoid him form stopping this discussion. But in vain. Each day his routine have no change. In  my mind I also scold him for wasting my time.( It is not n open scold)  Because I am also a human. 
             On the final day of his college, he comes to me without speaking any word. He bend in front of me and touch my foot  and put his hand to his heart. He walks away without speaking any thing. He needs my blessings. That thing utterly changed my mind and heart. I feel my mind that is going to be big zero. That time my ego gone out some where. My mind is empty with no thoughts for some time. I can't forget that day and that person. When my mind comes to my control I pray for him with the purity of mind. 

Friday, 29 March 2013

My Experience as HOD.

Here I am going to share the real facts that I experienced during my profession as a department head.
             To be a teacher is a high calling, never under estimate it. Teaching is a divine mission to escape the generations from moral death. No one can substitute for a great teacher. I know this. For that reason the career of a teacher is never in my mind. My ambitions is to reach the top of a corporate ladder. But the Almighty created a drama, and for every individual he assigns a role to play. No body can escape from it. That is what is happened to me. In some day I take the role of a teacher. I surely believe it is a divine mission. That a day I took a decision in my mind. ie, I want to be a great teacher in all aspects. I will try my best and is trying now to achieve that level. 
         There is a saying, "As time ripens you will be rewarded that you deserved".  I was designated as the HOD.  But I am not mentally prepared to take this responsible position. In my perspective, a HOD is a person with all wisdom and a man with all answers. If he fails to answer a single question , then he will ruin the generations. ( Questions are not relating to academic). My Principal and my family advised me to take this responsibility. But I give it to some one with my filled mind and I think I am escaped. But the things are not so.
          There is another saying, "You can only play your own role". The designation of HOD again comes to me and the management brings me into that position. This time I never look for escaping options, But to admit the call of God. From that day I am looking for more and more options to improve the department to some extent. During these days I face  a lot of challenges. Some are demoting and some are unimaginable. But God is with me to survive from that challenges.  During these days I got an opportunity to guide intelligent and talented students. I have a characteristics that I openly criticize those who do mistakes and to protect them those who needs.  When I protect some one I never consider the losses that are happened to me. But I never do unethical end injustice. I am always   in the side of justice. Whether it is in the side of students or in the side of teachers. Doing justice is my ultimate aim. By doing justice, someone may hurt. It will not affect me. 
               Some teachers are blaming me for caring the students. But they are not realizing that our students need care, considerations and more over protection. Is some teachers can't control the class well, how they can blame some one. In a classroom, the teacher is the superior authority. But our teachers lack awareness  about it. It is the sole problem of theirs. Their quality degradation. The students of the modern age questions everything and they needs answers. If the teacher fails to answer, the teachers acceptance gone out.  
             I have one advice to teachers, train oneself and gain great wisdom to lead the intelligent and talented students. Don't imitate, this is the time of genuineness.

Does age brings wisdom?


“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.”    

                                                                                                     Oscar Wilde.

 What is wisdom? From where it comes? How we can apply it?

            We cannot simply define wisdom. Wisdom is divine and it is above all. Wisdom makes us real humans. When we hear the term wisdom, then all are looking towards an old man for it. Is it there. Surely not. It is not in one's hand. That means it is with someone who knows himself and he is in an irresistible urge for gaining it. Then he will be rewarded with great wisdom. It does not need age, it needs your will. If you have a good will receive this great treasure, you are the eligible one to receive it. 
              Applying wisdom is not easy. Wisdom plays an important role in daily life and it dictates all the lives and personal affairs of individuals and the whole society. In the societies, colleges, houses we can find many injustices, arrogance and misleading facts. These are the results of lack of wisdom. In these situations wisdom is not applied properly. The reason is, authorities and the people that guide the society have no wisdom. But they pretends that they are the source of all wisdom. How such idiots can believe so. During these days I observed a lot of things in the colleges and the society. I know some teachers with age and absence of wisdom. How they guide the students to the ultimate truth. They are the teachers of stone ages. They demand respect without sacrificing nothing. We can gain wisdom by understanding others. So we utilize     more time to understand others and help others. It is the duty and call of the teacher. 
                Our society is to be traveled a lot to reach the destiny of wisdom. In some eras they will get it. 

Saturday, 23 March 2013

Why teachers didn't get respect from the students?

I am going to write this article about the  things that I observed in my professional life recently.  Here I observed great problems in the attitude of  the teachers. If any one can rectify the problems I mentioned here, surely they get respect.
        In the earlier days, the teachers are respected and admired by the society and the disciples. To the society they are the guiding light and the source of all wisdom and knowledge.That days teachers are considered as the representatives of the God. So they are admired. But, the conditions of life and the widening of the knowledge deteriorates the importance of teachers. Here conditions of life get changed, but the attitudes of the teachers not changed. They think they are the Gods. Yet they have no such respectable qualities and they need respect. How it should be possible. In my opinion respect is not demanded, but it must be earned. Earning respect is not an easy one. To earn respect one should practice genuineness, personal excellence, leadership, wisdom, morality, virtues and also sacrifices. Here I remember one thing that    age never brings wisdom. In modern teachers they lack wisdom and they don't know what is right. 
                  When a great teacher walks into the class room, the whole situation automatically changes. This is due to the powerful aura they beholds. They attain this much power through their quality life.For satisfying this, some educationalists conduct a research with the dogs. When ever the master of the house get into the house, dogs behave in a respectable manner. When other members came there, they show some listening attitude. It denotes an indication that everyone knows how to respect any whom to respect.
           If the teachers need respect they should practice the following suggestions. 
1. Be good at what you do.
2. Be open to criticism.
3. Hold your values.
4. Be your self.
5. Be a way to others.
6. Be sincere
7. Be human.
8. Radiate confidence.
9. Be answerable to all the questions.
10. Overall be faithful.

Saturday, 9 March 2013

Guru


Do you realize now the sacred significance and the supreme importance of the Guru's role in the evolution of man.
A Guru is a significance of God, is free from envy, knows himself and is intent upon it. In my opinion a true Guru has the following characteristics.
1. The society is demanding more from him.
2. He is a person of competence.
3. He is approachable and helpful to his disciples.
4. He is always a guiding light to his disciples.
5. He is treated as a man of God.
6. A real Guru's influence goes beyond generations.
                          Can we compare the above qualities with our modern teachers? Why they are still be teachers? Why the formation is not applicable to them to Gurus. It is the time for teachers to assess themselves.  

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Importance of Body Language in Presentation

Vital and visible part of presentation is the use of body language. Body language can be used to deliver your message with power.
  Some guidelines are specified below:

1. Make sure your hands are not distracting the flow during the presentation. ( Playing with buttons, Hair
    Slides etc.)


2. The gestures you use should be natural and not mechanical.

3. Gestures used above the shoulders helps to convey spiritual or uplifting messages to the audience.

4. Ordinary messages are conveyed by gestures located in the middle of the body.

5. Hold the palm upwards and outwards to offer support, request, response and openness with the audience.

6. Use professional clothing during presentation.

7. Make a powerful and straight walking style

Distracting Mannerisms

1. Gripping or leaning on the lectern.

2. Toying with coins or any other material.

3. Biting of lips.

5. Adjusting the collar of the shirt.

6. Adjusting hair or cloth.

Guidelines for Seminar Presentation using Slides

1. Slide presentation should include less than 12 slides.

2. Prepare the illustrations such as pictures, charts and graphs if necessary.

3. Never include too much information in each illustrations.

4. Notify the points in bullets or number format. 

5. Use only one statement in each bullet.

6. Clearly state the publications/authors/technology/application area of the topic.

7. Face the audience most of the time.

8. If you feel nervous, mind it, it will not kill you. Try to face some friendly faces in the audience
   for attaining confidence.


9. Don't read from the screen/manuscripts. Instead use your own words.

10. If you realize that your presentation takes longer than expected skip some materials.