Saturday, December 18, 2010

Where there is a will there is a way..

Yesterday I happened to meet a primary teacher called Malini. She is my sister's friend.Very vibrant and jovial person.She shared one of her experiences with us which was very witty. Here it goes..She was teaching in one of her 'observation' classes.A term used by teachers where they are reviewed by some senior teachers to assess their quality of teaching. She was supposed to explain to the kids the story of the clever rabbit who made the arrogant cruel King of jungle beleive that there is another powerful lion inside the well and convinced the lion to jump into the well and thus escaped from death.And the moral of the story was explained-"Where there is a will, there is a way'. Perfect.Class over.After half an hour of her explanation, it was time to check what the kids have understood. As every class would have some bright students who would want to impress their teachers, usually first benchers,one smart guy raised his hand giving the teacher a gesture that he would like to honour her by explaining what she taught right now. She proudly said, "YES". He asked for special permisssion to explain the jist in Tamil.She said ok to that as well..Here came the explanation, "Enge kinar irukkummo ange vazhi irukkum" (read as "Where there is a WELL, there is a way").Perpexled, she looked at the senior teacher who came for observation.She said, " Engayoo poyittenge" (read as "You have reached great heights")..

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