ThinkZone’s Awesome Educator Awards
As a part of our celebration for Teacher’s Day, we asked teachers to share with us in a brief write-up – “What they loved about being a teacher?”. What we received was a number of teachers who shared their love for the profession and their ideas on education. This is worth a read!!
- The thing about teaching is, when you’re working to educate children you can see the positive effects on a daily basis – little things like helping a child overcome a problem or understand a tricky concept can suddenly become incredibly rewarding. Being able to have a laugh with the people you work with is a definite perk to any job. When working with young children the lack of predictability might be tricky at times, but it will certainly keep you on your toes. – Mallikarjun M R, Teacher, GHPS Kodathi, Bangalore
- Being a teacher comes with a lot of responsibilities. One of them is to be an agent to shape a better world by developing the minds of the new generation. It is a teacher’s responsibility to instill the values of discipline, modesty, and humility for children to grow up and be good citizens. I had a dream once but due to some issues in my family, I could never complete my education or my dreams, being a teacher I want to inspire my students to never give up on their dreams. This is why I love what I do! – Annapurna Malla, ThinkZone Fellow, Jamara, Cuttack
- A person’s character is the backbone of his/her personality. As a teacher, I have the power to shape someone’s character and make my students the best version of themselves. I love being a teacher because I believe I can bring a change and shape my student’s personality and thus their future. – Basumati Das, ThinkZone Fellow, Dolasahi, Bhadrak
- I realized that the students I try to inspire are the ones that end up inspiring me, I really wonder if I teach or I learn more. We as adults have grown for sure by age, but we have lost that innocence and the real us. The only way to bring that back according to me is by being around kids, letting them be the way they are. Today we are guiding them, tomorrow our students will lead the world. I’m a proud teacher who aspires not only to teach but to touch lives forever. – Bhoomi Naresh Parekh, Teacher
- There is no profession that does not begin from a teacher – be it a doctor or engineer. I like to teach children not just through textbooks but also in a way that they have the ability to utilize skills in their real life. Young children are like clay in the hands of a potter, they have the potential to be amazing with the right amount of effort. – Mausami Bhuyan, Anganwadi Worker, Gangapur, Cuttack
- A teacher’s main motive should be to dedicate their service to building the nation. I like that I am a part of such an amazing profession. I want my students to have a unique place in society and I help them to be that. I want every student to have a positive mentor in their life so that we can create an equitable world. – Jyotirmoi Nayak, Teacher
- My motivation for being a teacher is that I like being around children and I want to be their guide in learning. The fact is that learning cannot happen in an environment of fear and hence I make sure that my students and I share a friendly relationship and they are not scared of me at all. – Chinmayee Tripathi, ThinkZone Fellow, Kendrapara
- It is very important for a teacher to build in their students a good and moral character. I love being a teacher because I can build society by building the strong character of my students. I like motivating children to be the best version of themselves. – Madhusmita Sahoo, Teacher, Bhadrak
- A noble profession as teaching is a lifelong learning process. It gives me immense pleasure when I share my learning with others. The engagement with students in the process of teaching and learning keeps me enthusiastic in-spite of my growing age. Even after retirement from this profession, teaching helps us gain the love and admiration of all through the betterment of society. – Narottam Senapati, Professor Shantiniketan
- An ideal teacher is the one who can bring out the best of the capabilities of their students. I try to be like that, I teach my students the value of self-independence and being good citizens. To me at home is the first school, and thus I never shy away to teach parents too if needed. – Samikshya Sahoo, ThinkZone Fellow, Bhadrak
- I like being a teacher because a teacher is key to the holistic development of children. Only through such a development, can we ensure an educated and healthy world. Our aim should be to rebuild society and enlighten everyone with the ethos of humanity. – Puja, Teacher
- It has been my childhood dream to become a teacher because my own teachers have been inspirations in my life. I want to follow their path of spreading my knowledge and constantly learning as well. I want to inspire them towards a path of development for and of this country.- Sanjyukta Swain, Teacher
- I teach pre-primary and primary children. My focus has been to provide foundational learning which can help children in their future. I believe education is a powerful weapon to change the world and that is what I love about my profession. It gives me a chance to shape the future of my students. – Soudamini Sutar, ThinkZone Fellow, Sahalpur, Cuttack
- I think teaching is one of the hardest jobs in the world because it is a huge responsibility. My responsibility is to make a difference in the lives of my students, to make them into good citizens. Being a teacher I can give back to society, the way it has helped me become what I am today. – Subhadarshani Kar, Teacher
- I want to become like a pole star for my students, a star that always guides them in the right direction. Shaping the future of students is like shaping clay into beautiful pottery, it takes immense hard work and dedication. The best part about being a teacher is that this is an opportunity for me to keep learning throughout my life. – Sunita Rani Sahoo, Teacher, Bhadrak
- Apart from making students learn, a teacher’s responsibility is also to make sure children understand basic concepts of like humanity, values, and ethics. Only through this can we contribute to the prosperity of the country and the formation of the society. I like that as a teacher I can reinvent the ways of society and make a better world.- Prashant Kumar Kabi, Teacher, GHPS Kodathi, Bangalore
- I am proud to say that I am a teacher. Because the teaching profession is a noble profession. In this profession, we can meet selfless people like children. The teacher is the only person who can create remaining all professions in the world. This job is also highly respectable everywhere. The teacher can inspire everyone to make them as perfect human beings. In society also each and everyone listens to the teacher’s voice. The teaching profession gives chance to study new things until the end. Thus, I love my profession. – Dileep Kumar S., Teacher, Govt Upper Primary School, Kannada
- In ancient scriptures, a guru or a teacher is considered to be before God. A teacher gives birth to everything and every profession – a doctor, a lawyer, or engineers. That is what I love being a teacher that being that I can shape a better world. When my students succeed in anything I feel happier than my own success. – Laxmipirya Sahoo, ThinkZone Fellow, Chandbali
- I have been teaching children for the last 12 years of my life. I don’t differentiate between extra-curricular and the usual courses. I think everything is connected in the practical world and hence I teach them in the way they want me to. I love my work because through this I can also teach children whose parents are not that financially well and can’t afford their education. I teach children to be independent thinkers, be self-sufficient, and creating their own identity. – Smitanjali Raut, ThinkZone Fellow, Kendrapara
- I try to be an ideal teacher every day. An ideal teacher is someone who has immense love for their students, someone who can make students into good citizens, teach them to be self-independent, bring out their best capabilities, and create a better next-generation. If required also educate parents so as to help children. – Rupali Malik, ThinkZone Fellow, Salipur, Cuttack
- A teacher can spread light and remove darkness from the lives of their students. Even small changes can bring big changes in the world which a teacher can easily do. A teacher’s biggest responsibility for a student is to help them achieve their dreams in life and that is what I love about this profession, an opportunity to help my students fulfill their dreams. – Rashmiprava Nayak, ThinkZone Fellow, Angyapur, Cuttack.
- As a person I love challenges! If you think about it, then what is more challenging than developing a new generation of children who can change the future of this world. I want to instill in my children the importance of having individual and unique thoughts and thus creating a unique identity for them in this world. – Tejasmita Mallik, ThinkZone Fellow, Nankar, Kendrapara
- The best part of being a teacher is that all professions start with a teacher. My students can become doctors, engineers, and teachers too and I am proud of that. I believe in an equitable society, and I believe that through quality education and the right mentorship we can easily create an equal world by teaching our students in the right manner. – Tamasa Swain, ThinkZone Fellow, Chualia, Cuttack
- I believe that education is the key to the advancement of this society and the world. Education has always been an important thing for us in this country. A teacher is a guru and they not only teach us but also shape our behavior, our personality, the way we interact with other people, etc. I believe in teaching all of this through love. – Gayatri Behera, Teacher, Narendrapur
- The thing I love about teaching is seeing the happiness in children’s faces when they learn a new thing. Whenever I am teaching I ensure that the session is fun and children also enjoy while learning new things. My only desire is to share whatever I know with my students and keep learning from them – Pujarchana Parida, ThinkZone Fellow, Nankar, Kendrapara
- I want to become a teacher because I want to serve my country and my village. I want to help every child in my village to be educated. A good teacher’s journey starts from being a good friend, I want to start there and become their guide, towards a better future. I want to help them understand things which I did not understand in my own childhood, to teach them in new and different ways. That is my dream, to be around children and help them as a teacher as much as I can. – Shalini, BalShikshak, CHIRAG, Uttarakhand
- I want to be a teacher because it is an opportunity to learn all life. I believe that teaching young children makes their foundation for the future, and that is why I want to work with them.I want to be the light to children whose lives are filled with darkness and help fulfill the dreams of children through educating them. In this unequal society, I want to bring a change and change how people perceive the world. I care for equality in thoughts and behavior, and that is what drives me – Devika, BalShikshak, CHIRAG, Uttarakhand
