Who was your most influential teacher? Why?
In childhood, our parents are like our first teachers. In a way, they are our earliest and initial sources of inspiration.
Among them, the mother is our first and foremost teacher and source of inspiration. It is because of our mother that we grow and develop, and she shapes us. No one can ever replace a mother.
“Swami tinhi jagacha, aai vina bhikari!”
– this is a proverb in Marathi which means,
In this world, a mother’s status surpasses that of the earth, the underworld, and the heavens. No matter how much wealth or success a person acquires, without a mother, their existence amounts to nothing.
During childhood, our schooling begins when we are about five years old. It starts with kindergarten, followed by the first grade, then the second, and so on. By the time we reach the fifth or sixth grade, we have developed a good understanding of things. At that time, if we get a teacher who explains concepts well and clearly, we are truly fortunate. Otherwise, no matter how much effort we put into studying, nothing makes sense.
The same thing happened to me! When I was in the fifth grade, the math teacher didn’t explain concepts properly, which left me weak in mathematics. Since I couldn’t understand what was being taught, the subject never really settled in my mind.
However, the teacher who taught me English explained everything so well that I became very good at the subject. Similarly, the teacher who taught me physics was also excellent at explaining concepts. This teacher encouraged me to participate in a teachers’ competition and explained a math equation to me, which I later taught during the competition. I ended up winning the competition and secured the first rank! I was just ten years old at that time and had to wear a saree for the event. It was because of this physics teacher that I was also inspired to appear for the scholarship exam.
The English teacher and the physics teacher were my first sources of inspiration, and their memory remains fresh in my mind. Although their faces have become a bit blurry in my memory, I still remember their surnames. The English teacher fondly called me “Shubhu” and I was his favorite student because I used to answer questions quickly and confidently. I really admired both these teachers.
On the other hand, I had a lady teacher who taught me chemistry and biology from eighth to tenth grade. However, she taught like a college lecturer—speaking too quickly and asking us to take notes at a rapid pace. She never asked questions from the textbooks during exams. We had to memorize what she taught verbally and write that in the exams. I never really liked that teacher because of her excessive strictness. As a result, despite buying chemistry and biology books, they were of no use, and they remained as good as new. Those textbooks were just for namesake and had no relevance in her teaching.
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