Education – Now a Profession, Teacher – A Merchant

As the heading suggests, wasn’t the condition 20-30 years ago. It (knowledge) was used to be given by a well-known and learned person to another in a positive manner. Positive in this respect that, they didn’t bother about the money or, what they would get in return. Their sole purpose was to give all their knowledge, share every experience and transfer all goodness to the young ones so that, they could become good, lead their nation and be able to educate the coming generation. In ancient times too, there were teachers like, Dronacharya – who transformed Arjuna into a great warrior (though he was biased towards him), Chanakya – who helped in the unification of India by helping Chandragupta Maurya achieving a great feat etc. They (teachers) used to be completely devoted to their disciples – through mind as well as soul. But now, things have been changed for bad and transitioning into worse, though not completely. Now-a-days, teachers run behind money. They don’t bother about the future of students. We also have teachers like Ramakant Achrekar – Sachin Tendulkar’s coach, S. Iyer – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s teacher, who devoted their life in spreading knowledge. Today also there are teachers like them but, there numbers are few. It’s because of those good teachers that the society is in equilibrium. Otherwise, their anti-parts believe that “wicked and not-so-good in study” students could be transformed only through punishment, which is a conjecture and a false notion. They (students) could be changed through love and care also, as love comes more naturally than hatred. Whatever be the reason, it needs to be sorted out or, it would transform into an epidemic.

After all – A Teacher is one who makes two ideas grow, where only one grew before.