"A primary school teacher in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu has bicycled 32 kilometers each day for the past 20 years without missing a single day of school." This appeared in Times of India in May 2005.
Because of his commitment and also his ability to inspire students, a surprising number of his former students went on to become hugely famous. When asked about the roots of his motivation, he answered, "Teaching is my dharma."
In contrast to the above case, a study on government primary school teachers in India revealed that one out of four teachers is absent and one in four, although present, is not teaching. Thus one out of two teachers in our primary schools is not doing his/her job.
I read the above facts in a book titled, The Difficulty of Being Good by Gurcharan Das. I tried to search in the internet for the name of the teacher mentioned in the first paragraph of this blog. I could not get it. I would have felt lot more happier if I could have mentioned his name. Anyways, I admire his sincerity.
I am reminded of a Tamil couplet, its rough translation may be given as follows:
Establishing a thousand free food distribution centres
Building 16,000 temples
More rewarding than all those
Is educating one poor person
I truly admire the dedication of that primary school teacher of Dharmapuri. May his tribe expand and flourish.
Because of his commitment and also his ability to inspire students, a surprising number of his former students went on to become hugely famous. When asked about the roots of his motivation, he answered, "Teaching is my dharma."
In contrast to the above case, a study on government primary school teachers in India revealed that one out of four teachers is absent and one in four, although present, is not teaching. Thus one out of two teachers in our primary schools is not doing his/her job.
I read the above facts in a book titled, The Difficulty of Being Good by Gurcharan Das. I tried to search in the internet for the name of the teacher mentioned in the first paragraph of this blog. I could not get it. I would have felt lot more happier if I could have mentioned his name. Anyways, I admire his sincerity.
I am reminded of a Tamil couplet, its rough translation may be given as follows:
Establishing a thousand free food distribution centres
Building 16,000 temples
More rewarding than all those
Is educating one poor person
I truly admire the dedication of that primary school teacher of Dharmapuri. May his tribe expand and flourish.
And I was directed to this webpage when i tried searching about the same anecdote in the book..😅
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