Dedicated to my teachers!!

Jus ate and I know I have so much of work !! still couldn’t resist writing on teachers day! Inspiration being I visited a school today for some social work and the change was so stark that it’s almost unbelievable.
Let me rewind back….1993…7th grade…teachers day…the day is so vivid in my memory even today…we had a new class teacher that year.. and she was different from others because she was younger than the average “teacher age” in our school and she really tried to make our classes more fun! !we planned a whole surprise program just for her!! I know one other friend of mine who can recollect this as good as me coz we planned this together!! Students danced for 2 songs.. fusion.. rakkamma and black or white!! Then sang songs…lighted candles and got cake! !It was such a grand day and the enthusiasm we had in executing the show just for that one special teacher makes me smile even now..
Again 12th grade…we were leaving school and its our last teacher’s day!! We planned again with so much fervor like this was the just the last chance for us to showcase our gratitude to them!! remember singing one song from dalapathi and a skit we managed in the last moment on how special teachers are at each stage in our life!! we had a usual invocation dance too!!
This year the principal(of another school) I was talking to was telling me the same thing! Students nowadays don’t give a damn about anything.. Even the principal is not revered as much as we used to!! I can still recollect the respect Sister Leena demanded! We used to even rehearse what we need to talk to her lest we say anything that is in correct! Discipline was so strongly enforced and we followed instructions without a word because we trusted their judgment!!

On this day would like to say thanks to my school for making us what we are now!! All those assembly lectures did not go waste after all!!
Dedicated to all the teachers I can remember..let me recollect them....Meera,Anitha,Sister Leena,Ramani,Ernest,Matilda,Jothi,Sonia,Shiela,Mercy,lily,Helen,Precilla,Ratna,Antoinette,
Digna,Bernanded,Alamelu,sudha,Regina,Indrani,Manimegalai,Mary,Shanti,
Saroja,Shyamala,Vasukhi( I know we have made fun of so many..still!).........The list is longer but I have to go...Rosarians can definetly add on and complete this list!!