Last Benchers Quotes

Teaching Career does not begin with the completion of graduation and post graduation and attaining a degree – it begins the moment one starts caring about learners.

Good classroom management is the art of dealing with problems positively and looking for solutions together so that everyone is involved and willing to find a remedy.

The sign of great teaching is not in the Child’s marks or grades; but in the Child’s positive attitude towards learning.

Dreams come at a price of honest blood, fearless toil and God fearing wars.

Teaching without talent, compassion and endurance is like an octopus on skates - there will be movement without direction.

Teachers are silent and unassuming spectators of the beautiful world they create without expecting anything in return.

Education is incomplete without learning self-preservation.

Competent teachers do not challenge students to achieve, they challenge themselves to create such learning environment where every student is a willing achiever. That makes all the difference.

A degree, designation and dictionary put together aren't enough to make substantial difference in life. It is acumen, attitude and fortitude that finally matters.

A teacher does not necessarily have answers for all your questions but a good teacher is always open to every question.

Everybody criticises Politicians, but some take honest responsibility of people. Many criticise Teachers, but few step into those shoes that walk on personally barren paths with selfless dream to drive the Nation to prosperity and success.

It is not only about braving a storm but making a rainbow after the havoc that life is all about.

Artistic teachers can, on a sudden desire stop teaching, and turn a class upside down by making students laugh. They can create galaxies on walls, make marine life crawl out of windows and invite pharaohs out of class cupboards!

True leadership of teachers count in building humanity and character in students, and not in writing their report cards.

If you want to annoy someone, write. If you want change, write. If you want to rebel, write. That's the only way to make yourself heard. Be heard.

There are all kinds of teachers - Bossy, Lazy, Creative, Compassionate, Caring, Insensitive, Helpful, Indifferent, but there's one thing common in them. Teachers are after all human beings. Don't put them on a pedestal.

Every human has a personal story to tell, a private moment to share and poignant experience to contribute; one need not steal from another.

When you plagiarize someone's story; you steal their feelings, you steal their dreams, you steal their soul. And you lie to your readers. Stories as these are nothing but intellectual robbery.

If you survived a difficult teacher in school, you will survive every challenge life throws at you.

When life is hard, it appoints itself as the best teacher.

The best way to a student's mind is through the heart.

What salt is to food, passion is to teaching.

Bright and well-behaved students can be taught anywhere and by anyone, but real success is when a teacher is able to engage the naughtiest and the least interested student unconditionally in the classroom.

There are no back-benchers in a classroom when teachers walk about and teach instead of sitting at their desk in front. It is not the position of students that define them as front-benchers or back-benchers, it is position of the teacher that decides this.

Teaching is not just about dissemination of knowledge, but drilling three major skills in children - personalized study strategy, time management and memory retention. This means teaching course material is not enough, teaching how to learn is equally important.

Exam is a journey and not destination, Failure is a lesson and not judgement, Success is a beginning of something and not the end of everything.

We are so busy teaching small things about life to children that we forget to learn big things from them.

Teachers are the architects of a Nation. They build characters, construct personalities and strengthen spirits in learners who become National Assets of tomorrow.

Teachers influence more by what they are, what they do, what they represent and what they believe than by what they teach and preach.

Theodore Roosevelt: ‘The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

All the while schools and teachers have been working hard 'to fit' the Millennial generation into the orthodox classroom culture, ironically the Millennials are busy shaping the classroom culture to fit themselves.

A classroom is like a Greenhouse where the teacher must provide essential amenities like knowledge and life-skill with patience and empathy, control temperatures and provide adequate ventilation to release unwanted energies for everyone and everything to bloom.

A shower of rain rejuvenates nature; similarly a Good Teacher rejuvenates learners with the beauty of knowledge. A shower of rain in the desert rejuvenates the most barren wasteland and helps hibernating flowers to bloom with an explosion of colour and eagerness; similarly a Great Teacher rejuvenates hibernating learners to bloom with an explosion of love for learning, curiosity and eagerness to explore the world without fear and inhibitions.

Good Teachers are like Accomplished Drivers on high-risk roads. They have a fabulous sense of direction, control, judgement and respect for signals - they know when to speed, when to stop and when to give way to others. They save innumerable lives everyday.

Great Teachers are passionate and compassionate - they have a powerful personality to engage every mind in the classroom. They are never forgotten.

I thought I would teach my students a thing or two from the text books once I got a job in school but to my surprise my students teach me things about life and myself every single day.

Back-benchers and Last-rankers in School; they have determined hands, powerful minds and courage to turn the mountain of opportunities in their favour, grind challenges and mould desires and dreams into Grand Realities.

Teaching is not about how we see things, it is about how children see things.

A Teacher who has courage to laugh at herself or himself; laugh with students, and laugh off difficulties is the harbinger of positive trails and cheerful learning outcomes.

Being obnoxious occasionally is not always wrong. It is a kind of outrage, passion and determination to overcome obstacles and fulfill dreams. Be obnoxious with troubles, not with people.

Mistakes write inspirational stories of success for people who refuse to quit.

You cannot buy Great Teachers. You earn them....

Teachers are people who put their own life, their own family and monetary benefit as the last things on the list. Happiness and wellbeing of students always come first in their list.

Your best teacher is someone who learns, develops and grows in diverse directions and takes students everywhere in that journey. They learn, develop and grow together.

If physical classrooms forced students to be at their seats out of fear, virtual classrooms tempt students to be in front of their computers out of curiosity and eagerness. The baby steps of the teachers into the technological world have progressed into giants leaps now. Cut the flak and acknowledge the courage of teachers who evolved as digitally smart educators overnight with 21st century skill set.

A soft-spoken teacher can cook a storm in the classroom with right words. Students only listen to powerful words spoken softly. A loud teacher cooks a storm outside the classroom only for bystanders.

Education is relished when it is served with ardour and fervour.

A driving licence only gives permission to legally operate a motor vehicle, it does not promise efficiency. Most amateur drivers have to face flak and occasional road rage until they learn to master the vehicle like a boss. Similarly, a teacher’s degree only gives permission to officially teach in classrooms. Teachers have to face flak until they learn to master classroom situations. It is all about consistent practice, willingness to learn, patience and persistence.

Weigh every word that you tell your children, and consider consequence of every action. Children take every word and action seriously. When they think of their childhood, let them remember one kind word, one loving pat and a smile that gave them a million hopes.

When I teach, I shape a team. When I teach, I grow trust. When I teach, I allow transparency. When I teach, I rear courage. When I teach, I enable opportunities. When I teach, I learn about hopes and fears of my students. When I teach, I also teach beyond books. I teach to sculpt a better world.

Get teachers who would do anything to keep schools safe even if they come dear because children are dearer.

Something to worry – Few want to be teachers today. Something to think – One reason for someone to be teacher today. Something to do – Empower Teachers. They need to flourish, not flounder.

Curiosity is the Currency to Cognitive Functioning of the Child's brain. It drives children to start learning in the most effective way.

Children are gifted healers. Without them, we would be broken. Keep them alive within yourselves and you will see that the world is a better place.

It is a myth that students hate strict teachers. Students possess an innate ability to respect knowledge and recognize effort which ultimately paves the way to cognize good intentions of the teacher.

Good teaching is like a vehicle that runs on four wheels of conceptual efficacy, instinctual guidance, imagination and innovation.

Students are extremely honest – when they like what they do, they are curious and ask questions. They are even more honest when they don’t like what they do – they look into their watches.

Online teaching during the pandemic is like mastering the game of the Blind Man’s Buff

Great teachers are not made in training institutes. Great Teachers are made in classrooms when they are cornered, questioned and tested by students. The way teachers face these challenges with patience, efficiency and dignity defines their greatness.

Teaching Virtually through the Pandemic meant Flying through Dark and Stormy Skies. It meant flying through uncertainties and unsettling changes. But Schools across the World Confronted Everything through and beyond Crisis With unbeatable Courage and Perseverance To emerge stronger, smarter and sassier!

The final result of classroom teaching is seen in the way students present themselves, deal with challenges and contribute to the world. Rest is just history.

When children like a subject, it has something to do with that teacher who taught them to use invisible binoculars in order to look at concepts that are a long way away.