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This article is fundamentally flawed. Any one who has poor quality of teaching, or uses corporal punishment, or is a sexual abuser is not worthy of being called or known as a teacher!
No offense to anybody, but everyone who instructs students in a classroom cannot be declared a teacher- there are only good teachers, anybody who is a ‘bad teacher’ in any aspect, including the ones you’ve stated here is not a teacher in the true meaning of the term.
OK, as per the auther of the article, a full fledged Moron, after abolishing the importance of the day, will everything become alright? Anyone here in this dumb media and so called column writers, to think about the teachers’ lost freedom to correct their students? Modern Law Law Law… Child rights act etc., Teachers’ hands are tied tightly.
And to strike on a dead snake, these kind of heartless articles are written and published. ‘Metacognition’ is word. Think about it.
Hzt.Ali(Karmula wjha) has said that a person who has taught me single word is free to keep me a slave or set me free.The role of any tr can never be ignored.The tr helps to explore the hidden talents.One idea of a tr imparted to a student changes the whole world.A tr.affects the eternity he never knows where his influence stops.On the occasion of trs day I pay a big salute to all my trs whose compound effort has moulded me into a responsible person.All trs deserve appreciation.If there is any fault that lies with the system but not with a person.
In your life time on earth didn’t you get a teacher which qualified your so called standards??
Just sit back and think of your teachers and your way of thanking them…!!!!
You have written about teachers don’t forget about the students he/she teaches. Neither a teacher is saint nor students.
Let me share few incidents that might take you to rethink: some engineering students thought it will be fun to throw eggs on black board. Will you call this a teacher’s fault for not able to impart good values.
A girl falsely accused a teacher for sexual harassment because teacher poked her to complete the assignments. If a teacher asking for complete assignments it means he is asking for sexual favors.
Similarly a cateogry student made a complaint under the act of harrasment. Does a teacher always ask your cast before teaching you?
Parents of a student complained why their child was punished. A teacher can not punish when a child is indisciplined. If parents are not concerned with their chid reality is it a teacher’s fault?
Teacher’s ability to impart knowledge , can you tell me one school which hire such teachers. All they want to show is how their students achieved in board exams. Is it a teacher’s fault for not experimenting?
In our culture, it is said parents are next to god. Are parents not human, do they not mistakes, do they know everything? A teacher is there to share knowledge and every person has a limit. Why it is expected that a teacher should know everything?
In last I will summarize that it is not teachers but we all are responsibke equally for the degradation.
I will also add that I am a student and I got not all but few wonderful teachers who are true to their profession.
Lastly if you can’t find a good teacher have you ever tried to be one- just a thought?
What a stupid article by a half nitwit who does not understand the institution or the spirit of teaching. Surprised that such a biased article is being promoted by the print…this article needs to dumped into the dustbin
All valid points. It should also be celebrated as the day when we can make teachers accountable for teaching outcomes. Any way, this day does not increase or decrease respect for teachers. The government teachers are now well paid and hence should teach well and with sincerity. Majority of private school teachers are poorly paid. They should be paid well too.
Shivam my only question to you who taught you to read and write ? You are not one of those unfortunate ones who have not even seen a school. Be thankful that you had teachers who taught you to think, may be irrationally, but you can think!
Then abolish Father’s Day as well. Yiu can allege a modern Father of similar crimes which you have associated modern teachers with. Also, going by your logic, why celebrate Valentine’s day? Most boys cheat girls in the name expressing love on Valentine’s Day, which devastates their lives. Let’s stop all this first.
You are absolutely correct, teacher should be some one who a student should feel like a friend ask some thing he does not know and teacher himself should try to motivate students who are not attentive in class and try to capture ones skill if they identify that and convey that to their parents so we can get more out of them rather than normal engineer or doctor
I do not agree to your agreeing of this article. Teaching a profession which creates other professions, and I do not think it applies to any other.
There are corrupt and incompetent people in every profession who are employed by equally incompetent people. Eg. Bankers who are corrupt enough to exchange black money with new currency notes for a commission and making common people wait in queues.
Teacher is a guide and philosopher who imparts knowledge, is created than any God and King. Kingdoms in past have revered Gurus they received guidance from, even Lord Ram was guided by Gurus in his quest. In the digital age where kids are compelled to feel neglected, lonely and lost, its the teacher who spend most time to under stand the kids thoughts and help them.
Just like if this guy Vij is an arse doesn’t mean all of ThePrint.in is, so one teacher out of a million turning out to be bad does not mean all teachers are bad
Article like these prove that the Liberal media will never understand the idea of India. One by one they are villifying every sentiment that India and its people stand for. Shame.
None of the above reasons can substantiate abolishing observation of Teacher’s day. This could be the day when we realize the importance of a teacher, and try to identify our lacunae (such as few mentioned above) and contemplate long term solutions, from root up.
Hi Shivam,
At the onset, this was a good read. And indeed some of the points picked up by you are commendable and kind of ‘truish’. Only issue, it seems to a lopsided view towards the teachers and the profession itself per say since;
* The true spirit of Teacher’s Day is not for gaining respect. I hope you the real reason and don’t need me telling you that.
* I am pretty sure most of the teachers like me around the world, would love to consider our jobs as a ‘job’ And be considered as proffessionals, since that would increase our chances of equal pay as compared to other profession and lead a good life of our own.
*Having said that, point to be noted that in no way am i supportive of poor teaching quality, or trying to justify the same with the poor payment scenarios; but I guess one would agree better payment grades would attract better teachers.
* ‘Forcing students to celebrate Teachers’ Day also forces them to pay respect to those teachers who abuse them physically or sexually. This is not to say all teachers do so. But some teachers do, and Teachers’ Day celebrates all teachers.’
I somehow am just not able to fathom the falsification of truth here, or baised viewpoint presented. Point to be noted, neither do I support sexual crimes against children, nor do I support corporal punishments. But the way points are presented here, it kind of leaves an aftertaste that sexual abuse happen because Teacher’s Day is celebrated.
*Last but not the least the corporal punishment, much debated topic, wherein everybody wants a piece of pie and has a suggestion for the teachers. Giving suggestions easy peasy, want to change something, be the change, pretty sure you’ve heard this before. The education sector can use a blue blooded indivduals like you and me to make schooling fun again.
Well, these were my suggestions, viewpoints and corrections (habit die hard) on the submission you’ve made (*chuckles). Here’s wishing you a HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY!
For sure you are one of the communist traitor who leaves no occasion to propagate ill agenda to defame Indian treasures.. kids respect those teachers who all are respectable and neglect who are not and no body force them for it.
You don’t see this occasion to motivate underperforming teachers by involving religious aspects.
Some one who searches only problems in everything has ill mind.
Stupidest article ever!! I wonder who the author was trying to impress while writing this non-sense. A very immature manner of writing and highly biased. Too much deviated from reality. By this logic, we must atop celebrating Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Abuses are everywhere, in all relationships. Suppression of critical thinking is everywhere, in all relations and spheres of life. Even most developed nations suffer from this lack of virtue on part of teachers, where teaching is considered as just “profession”. BTW, FYI, World Teacher’s Day is celebrated all over the world on 5th October. Google it and plz editors of The Print, senseless articles like these should not be published.
Teacher come from society and if we make merit list there will be topper in Ias, income tax ,police ,excise ,mcd ,fire hospital etc Teacher has failed because what you spend on education and what you expect from teacher ,teaching or all useless work of the govt.
Stop Celebrating all days as every body has failed…
Poor article and poor thinking
Absolutely wrong.Despite all such allegations teachers are doing tremendously to make a society. It is quite easy to denounce and defame anyone these days but before it be ateacher and then say.anyone is where it is due toa teacher at any stage.some cases and persons can’t be a parameter to judge a noble profession.
Since the Indian way of imparting education was destroyed by Macaulayan theories and continued to be so even after Independence, why should we blame the teachers? It is the borrowed and government that should be held responsible. Who told them to appoint teachers on the basis of Reservation and not by their abilities? Who kept the teachers at the lowest rung of the society?
Mothers day should also be abolished because many and many offsprings have turned out to be criminals. Even mothers are being hostile towards their kids (so many examples on the media). Kuch bhi likh do! Being critical is good if it has some positive outcome.
Good article. Our teachers should be a guide, friend, mother and afterall a source of inspiration to the students. Instead of asking questions to them let they ask queations to the teacher.
The author sees things only from poor teacher-ship. Why such teachers are there in the first place? How the system of posting, training and supervision of teachers is practiced. Do those who know nothing have to be posted on the basis of caste, creed and social backgrounds alone even after 70 years of Independence? Consider the political angle which is playing hell with teaching and schooling. We have a minister in AP who declared that the mother tongue (Telugu) is useless for the future of pupils. So he got s GO issued that from KG to PG only English will be tgd medium of instruction. When sufficient English knowing teachers are nit found, he wants to trsin such teachers in his personal corporate education school / colkege net work! There are such perverted geniuses in all states. Nothing in schooling system is out of bounds for politicians and their corporate chums. We hsve a chsotic practical ground level education system.
An article that is in bad taste and written by someone who feels he is self made person. A person who cannot and does not respect his teacher need not be respected by anyone.
Very true. By the article’s logic, we should also stop celebrating Mother’s day or Father’s day as many parents, abuse their children in one way or the other, more than teachers do. Non sense article.
I had decided not to read the article after seeing the headline and knowing what Shivam typically rights – meaningless conclusion without any strong foundation for his arguments. Unfortunately for me, I have read it today. A weak moment for me I guess. I am teacher and I am what I am because of my teachers from a rural school to an urban school to a religion based school and college to an elite institute of the country. No teacher ever fitted Mr Vij’s description and I am not saying that we don’t have such teachers. They are not majority. A majority of teachers and Indians are good people – irrespective of what people like Vij say. Mr Vij is probably following the footsteps of our third rate politician who keeps saying that no one else has done anything good till he came in. Mr Vij probably does not know that teachers are respected ahead of politicians anywhere in the world. Even journalists are behind teachers in any global ranking. You may forgive me for saying all this, but you no business to insult a community even if you had bad teachers all your life. I am not asking you to respect teachers but let others do what they want to do. You can write to Mr Modi and ask him to abolish the teacher’s day. He may like your idea, as he also does not seem to have respect for anyone other than himself.
Completely agree. I am not if Shekhar Gupta and people who have funded Print have read this article. Some of them are reasonable people – who would look at the facts as they are – rather than say or write just because they have been given space to right or a chance to speak. It is a good have an opinion but one has always guard against being an opiniated!
this artcle is rubbish, the author seems that he never attended a school. in india we respect teacher as guru brahma,, more then god.whatever their draw backs, and their poor salary, teachers doing marvellous job in india. indian consumer society who worship filmstars , cricketers and politicians does not deserve teachers.
We come from a family of educationists. Grandfather was always affectionately called Masterji. Father started life teaching economics at Hindu College; sister taught for a while at Pratt Memorial School, Calcutta. So one would vote for a rose stem to be presented to our teachers on this day, Most of them are solidly middle class, struggle to keep the show going. They should be paid better; before they start their careers, they should also be trained better.
Thank God, I’m not the sole believer that this article is not even a bullshit but a dog’s which isn’t useful for any purpose but spreads its stinks.
This article is fundamentally flawed. Any one who has poor quality of teaching, or uses corporal punishment, or is a sexual abuser is not worthy of being called or known as a teacher!
No offense to anybody, but everyone who instructs students in a classroom cannot be declared a teacher- there are only good teachers, anybody who is a ‘bad teacher’ in any aspect, including the ones you’ve stated here is not a teacher in the true meaning of the term.
That is not true it only happens in some schools
OK, as per the auther of the article, a full fledged Moron, after abolishing the importance of the day, will everything become alright? Anyone here in this dumb media and so called column writers, to think about the teachers’ lost freedom to correct their students? Modern Law Law Law… Child rights act etc., Teachers’ hands are tied tightly.
And to strike on a dead snake, these kind of heartless articles are written and published. ‘Metacognition’ is word. Think about it.
Hzt.Ali(Karmula wjha) has said that a person who has taught me single word is free to keep me a slave or set me free.The role of any tr can never be ignored.The tr helps to explore the hidden talents.One idea of a tr imparted to a student changes the whole world.A tr.affects the eternity he never knows where his influence stops.On the occasion of trs day I pay a big salute to all my trs whose compound effort has moulded me into a responsible person.All trs deserve appreciation.If there is any fault that lies with the system but not with a person.
In your life time on earth didn’t you get a teacher which qualified your so called standards??
Just sit back and think of your teachers and your way of thanking them…!!!!
You have written about teachers don’t forget about the students he/she teaches. Neither a teacher is saint nor students.
Let me share few incidents that might take you to rethink: some engineering students thought it will be fun to throw eggs on black board. Will you call this a teacher’s fault for not able to impart good values.
A girl falsely accused a teacher for sexual harassment because teacher poked her to complete the assignments. If a teacher asking for complete assignments it means he is asking for sexual favors.
Similarly a cateogry student made a complaint under the act of harrasment. Does a teacher always ask your cast before teaching you?
Parents of a student complained why their child was punished. A teacher can not punish when a child is indisciplined. If parents are not concerned with their chid reality is it a teacher’s fault?
Teacher’s ability to impart knowledge , can you tell me one school which hire such teachers. All they want to show is how their students achieved in board exams. Is it a teacher’s fault for not experimenting?
In our culture, it is said parents are next to god. Are parents not human, do they not mistakes, do they know everything? A teacher is there to share knowledge and every person has a limit. Why it is expected that a teacher should know everything?
In last I will summarize that it is not teachers but we all are responsibke equally for the degradation.
I will also add that I am a student and I got not all but few wonderful teachers who are true to their profession.
Lastly if you can’t find a good teacher have you ever tried to be one- just a thought?
What a stupid article by a half nitwit who does not understand the institution or the spirit of teaching. Surprised that such a biased article is being promoted by the print…this article needs to dumped into the dustbin
All valid points. It should also be celebrated as the day when we can make teachers accountable for teaching outcomes. Any way, this day does not increase or decrease respect for teachers. The government teachers are now well paid and hence should teach well and with sincerity. Majority of private school teachers are poorly paid. They should be paid well too.
what u written is correct for north Indian schools but in south situation is different there no sexual abuse, and so called bad teachers.
Shivam my only question to you who taught you to read and write ? You are not one of those unfortunate ones who have not even seen a school. Be thankful that you had teachers who taught you to think, may be irrationally, but you can think!
Then abolish Father’s Day as well. Yiu can allege a modern Father of similar crimes which you have associated modern teachers with. Also, going by your logic, why celebrate Valentine’s day? Most boys cheat girls in the name expressing love on Valentine’s Day, which devastates their lives. Let’s stop all this first.
Teachers are far more special in my life than celebration of a day every year.
Respect should come from within, it should not be imposed forcefully on innocent minds.
Absolutely agree
You are absolutely correct, teacher should be some one who a student should feel like a friend ask some thing he does not know and teacher himself should try to motivate students who are not attentive in class and try to capture ones skill if they identify that and convey that to their parents so we can get more out of them rather than normal engineer or doctor
I do not agree to your agreeing of this article. Teaching a profession which creates other professions, and I do not think it applies to any other.
There are corrupt and incompetent people in every profession who are employed by equally incompetent people. Eg. Bankers who are corrupt enough to exchange black money with new currency notes for a commission and making common people wait in queues.
Teacher is a guide and philosopher who imparts knowledge, is created than any God and King. Kingdoms in past have revered Gurus they received guidance from, even Lord Ram was guided by Gurus in his quest. In the digital age where kids are compelled to feel neglected, lonely and lost, its the teacher who spend most time to under stand the kids thoughts and help them.
Couldn’t have said it better
Ye bikk gaya hai ThePrint, iss main ab kuch nahi rakha, ye sab milke pagal kar rahey hain
Rubbish article
Just like if this guy Vij is an arse doesn’t mean all of ThePrint.in is, so one teacher out of a million turning out to be bad does not mean all teachers are bad
U seem to be illiterate.. if you get what I mean.. probably been to school but still uneducated..
Article like these prove that the Liberal media will never understand the idea of India. One by one they are villifying every sentiment that India and its people stand for. Shame.
None of the above reasons can substantiate abolishing observation of Teacher’s day. This could be the day when we realize the importance of a teacher, and try to identify our lacunae (such as few mentioned above) and contemplate long term solutions, from root up.
Pathetic article.
Hi Shivam,
At the onset, this was a good read. And indeed some of the points picked up by you are commendable and kind of ‘truish’. Only issue, it seems to a lopsided view towards the teachers and the profession itself per say since;
* The true spirit of Teacher’s Day is not for gaining respect. I hope you the real reason and don’t need me telling you that.
* I am pretty sure most of the teachers like me around the world, would love to consider our jobs as a ‘job’ And be considered as proffessionals, since that would increase our chances of equal pay as compared to other profession and lead a good life of our own.
*Having said that, point to be noted that in no way am i supportive of poor teaching quality, or trying to justify the same with the poor payment scenarios; but I guess one would agree better payment grades would attract better teachers.
* ‘Forcing students to celebrate Teachers’ Day also forces them to pay respect to those teachers who abuse them physically or sexually. This is not to say all teachers do so. But some teachers do, and Teachers’ Day celebrates all teachers.’
I somehow am just not able to fathom the falsification of truth here, or baised viewpoint presented. Point to be noted, neither do I support sexual crimes against children, nor do I support corporal punishments. But the way points are presented here, it kind of leaves an aftertaste that sexual abuse happen because Teacher’s Day is celebrated.
*Last but not the least the corporal punishment, much debated topic, wherein everybody wants a piece of pie and has a suggestion for the teachers. Giving suggestions easy peasy, want to change something, be the change, pretty sure you’ve heard this before. The education sector can use a blue blooded indivduals like you and me to make schooling fun again.
Well, these were my suggestions, viewpoints and corrections (habit die hard) on the submission you’ve made (*chuckles). Here’s wishing you a HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY!
For sure you are one of the communist traitor who leaves no occasion to propagate ill agenda to defame Indian treasures.. kids respect those teachers who all are respectable and neglect who are not and no body force them for it.
You don’t see this occasion to motivate underperforming teachers by involving religious aspects.
Some one who searches only problems in everything has ill mind.
A very negative approach. The author of this article whose English is very good owes it to his/her teacher. Let us celebrate the good teachers
Stupidest article ever!! I wonder who the author was trying to impress while writing this non-sense. A very immature manner of writing and highly biased. Too much deviated from reality. By this logic, we must atop celebrating Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Abuses are everywhere, in all relationships. Suppression of critical thinking is everywhere, in all relations and spheres of life. Even most developed nations suffer from this lack of virtue on part of teachers, where teaching is considered as just “profession”. BTW, FYI, World Teacher’s Day is celebrated all over the world on 5th October. Google it and plz editors of The Print, senseless articles like these should not be published.
Teacher come from society and if we make merit list there will be topper in Ias, income tax ,police ,excise ,mcd ,fire hospital etc Teacher has failed because what you spend on education and what you expect from teacher ,teaching or all useless work of the govt.
Stop Celebrating all days as every body has failed…
Poor article and poor thinking
Absolutely wrong.Despite all such allegations teachers are doing tremendously to make a society. It is quite easy to denounce and defame anyone these days but before it be ateacher and then say.anyone is where it is due toa teacher at any stage.some cases and persons can’t be a parameter to judge a noble profession.
Since the Indian way of imparting education was destroyed by Macaulayan theories and continued to be so even after Independence, why should we blame the teachers? It is the borrowed and government that should be held responsible. Who told them to appoint teachers on the basis of Reservation and not by their abilities? Who kept the teachers at the lowest rung of the society?
Mothers day should also be abolished because many and many offsprings have turned out to be criminals. Even mothers are being hostile towards their kids (so many examples on the media). Kuch bhi likh do! Being critical is good if it has some positive outcome.
Good article. Our teachers should be a guide, friend, mother and afterall a source of inspiration to the students. Instead of asking questions to them let they ask queations to the teacher.
The author sees things only from poor teacher-ship. Why such teachers are there in the first place? How the system of posting, training and supervision of teachers is practiced. Do those who know nothing have to be posted on the basis of caste, creed and social backgrounds alone even after 70 years of Independence? Consider the political angle which is playing hell with teaching and schooling. We have a minister in AP who declared that the mother tongue (Telugu) is useless for the future of pupils. So he got s GO issued that from KG to PG only English will be tgd medium of instruction. When sufficient English knowing teachers are nit found, he wants to trsin such teachers in his personal corporate education school / colkege net work! There are such perverted geniuses in all states. Nothing in schooling system is out of bounds for politicians and their corporate chums. We hsve a chsotic practical ground level education system.
This kind of casteist attitude is the main reason behind this article. The kind of education and upbringing you had, is as bad as this article.
A very Sensible Story. Lack of Maturity as well
How can the print which i thought a rare sensible media house publish this kind of rubbish? You have stopped too low
An article that is in bad taste and written by someone who feels he is self made person. A person who cannot and does not respect his teacher need not be respected by anyone.
Yes Teachers must improve
How can The Print allow such frivolous articles? This is sub-standard, disgusting and showcases the lack of common sense.
Very true. By the article’s logic, we should also stop celebrating Mother’s day or Father’s day as many parents, abuse their children in one way or the other, more than teachers do. Non sense article.
I had decided not to read the article after seeing the headline and knowing what Shivam typically rights – meaningless conclusion without any strong foundation for his arguments. Unfortunately for me, I have read it today. A weak moment for me I guess. I am teacher and I am what I am because of my teachers from a rural school to an urban school to a religion based school and college to an elite institute of the country. No teacher ever fitted Mr Vij’s description and I am not saying that we don’t have such teachers. They are not majority. A majority of teachers and Indians are good people – irrespective of what people like Vij say. Mr Vij is probably following the footsteps of our third rate politician who keeps saying that no one else has done anything good till he came in. Mr Vij probably does not know that teachers are respected ahead of politicians anywhere in the world. Even journalists are behind teachers in any global ranking. You may forgive me for saying all this, but you no business to insult a community even if you had bad teachers all your life. I am not asking you to respect teachers but let others do what they want to do. You can write to Mr Modi and ask him to abolish the teacher’s day. He may like your idea, as he also does not seem to have respect for anyone other than himself.
Completely agree. I am not if Shekhar Gupta and people who have funded Print have read this article. Some of them are reasonable people – who would look at the facts as they are – rather than say or write just because they have been given space to right or a chance to speak. It is a good have an opinion but one has always guard against being an opiniated!
this artcle is rubbish, the author seems that he never attended a school. in india we respect teacher as guru brahma,, more then god.whatever their draw backs, and their poor salary, teachers doing marvellous job in india. indian consumer society who worship filmstars , cricketers and politicians does not deserve teachers.
We come from a family of educationists. Grandfather was always affectionately called Masterji. Father started life teaching economics at Hindu College; sister taught for a while at Pratt Memorial School, Calcutta. So one would vote for a rose stem to be presented to our teachers on this day, Most of them are solidly middle class, struggle to keep the show going. They should be paid better; before they start their careers, they should also be trained better.