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Suppose, you ask a student to do a job quickly within a time frame which demands ingenuity; shower him with praise unhesitatingly when he completes it. On the other hand, if he fails, guide him in a manner as if he feels that the accomplishment is his. The spirit of love and to excel is imbibed in students only in this way. This also nourishes his quest for knowledge, the genesis of love start on one hand with the urge to know; the root cause on the other hand, call it love, respect or even worship for the subject, is also the same quest for knowledge. For nurturing this urge, students are to be kept in the realm of applied and pragmatic world. Do not make them prisoners of books only. Again, say, you ask a student to get information on a particular thing. When he is back with the information, ask repeatedly every conceivable, consequential and relevant detail concerning the subject especially on the points he had not enquired. Request him to get these once more and then elicit essential details to see that nothing else on these is required to be known. Ensure that he appreciate the necessity and meaning of your repeated questioning and their practical relevance to the subject. Take up topics one by one and expose him to these in similar fashion so that his thoughts, knowledge and deeds crystallize only after perceiving whatever is to be known, thought of or done regarding these subjects. Engross him in work to fashion his responses to inspire and instill confidence in his ability so as to modulate his performance without any blemish and with total endeavor and comprehensions. By and by a habit forming knack would be forms in shape and broaden horizons of his behavioral pattern of perception.
If the teacher thinks and acts in a half baked manner without the urge or clarity of thought, sharpness of feelings, without an eye on overall perspectives, without making any distinction between any good and bad, merits and demerits, without grasping topical relevance with other related and allied matters and if such a teacher is happy to be and to create a book worm, then it is certain that nurturing of urge and creativity which are so much necessary and vital for students, would be a far cry. The more practical oriented you are, the more would you feel the necessity for the creative urge.
By educated persons, I mean persons who are doers. They are indomitable wherever they happen to be even under critical and adverse circumstances. Prime requisites for this are intelligence, quest for knowledge and exercise of will power. Deploy men according to their characteristic qualities, aptitude and expertise. Arouse in them a frenzied determination to succeed even in never environments and with greater responsibilities.
A teacher must have at his fingertips all the knowledge and repertoire of experiences to be able to delve in it when required. He ahs to be given tasks where he has to apply his experience to face unknown situations with the help of common sense. Unknown transformed and brought into the world of known in this way. This is the basic tenet of education. Manipulative adjustments and control is its key. Human relations are its greatest concern. But, are we imparting education in a sense that brings into being a better perception and control of human relations to help develop the being and becoming? Education is totally futile and sterile if it does not lead to flowering of these qualities.
 Suppose, one of your boys is in a very bitter and sulky mood and you enthuse another boy with the task of putting him back to his happy self with words of encouragement like “Oh, surely you can do it by your charming personality. He would hardly be able to resist you beyond five minutes. “Hurry and go this instant please”. Such gentle and elating approach would elevate the spirit of goodness, will to excel and strength of character to a new high. Because to achieve the desired end, the boy has to plan how to initiate the dialogue to derive maximum mileage, how to soften his voice, how to control exterior expression, and above all how to find a way to reach his heart by sweet and charming countenance? These are easier said than done and would never be a mean achievement. This way, you would open a door for him to acquire and develop expertise in a wide variety of activities. Use different techniques for different persons. You would notice then that it is not necessary to cry hoarse to bring about this awareness and urge for excellence. It would come spontaneously as a natural sequel with a loving affection for the job.
Necessity is the mother of invention and so keeps the boys as also you always in need of these necessities with spontaneous, clear, Ista-fulfilling and intoxicating divine urge. This would ease matters immensely. Do not make education a lifeless bore within the confine of pen, paper and books. Education extends to entire gamut of our existence from beginning to end transcending class room to world room. A teacher should have an overview of everything and should keep himself in constant endeavor and stage of preparedness. Then only his teachings would have a meaningful impact on students in their preparation to face challenges of life. Education then becomes lively and acquires a dynamic vitality. Sometimes you have to put questions in a very general way to help develop student’s quest for the subject. On the other hand, whenever problems and questions are posed by the students, their answers should invariably be clear and within their grasp and understanding.
I asked in a mathematics class. “How can one and another one make them two? Rather there can be two ones. Two exactly similar and identical objects are not seen in this world. All have characteristics of their own and distinct entities”. May be I could not put it across to the teacher clearly as I put it to you now. Any how I did as I could then in a way known to me. But the teacher on hearing this beat me cruelly and mercilessly almost flattening me to the ground. I could not fathom what was my fault nor why did I deserve such terrible beating. This caused a fear psychosis for mathematics in me and I gave up learning mathematics since then. I cite this to emphasis that a teacher should not have ill-feeling towards students. Love generates urge whereas wrath completely negates it. A teacher should be research-oriented and then only he would appreciate the significance of knowledge seeking questions posed by the students. He should never show his wrath even if he cannot answers questions straightway. A teacher is completely unsuitable if at heart he is not a student and thinks and acts like one.
Affection for the teachers brings success that much quicker. Conduct of the teacher should at the same time match it to generate such love. A teacher should love but should always maintain honorable distance from the students. Students should perceive him as the embodiment of simplicity, dynamism and vitality as also one with a loving affection for ista. The teacher should be able to appreciate what the boys want, what gives them the fillip to do a job, how much eager the students are or even their competency and then only he would be in a position to involve students in tasks. Such hallmark of character would invariably attract students and they would be mad to please the teacher. A hue as brilliant as this in the character of the teacher would also generate a tendency in students to attempt completion of jobs entrusted to them quickly in order to please and attract attention of the teacher. A sharper mind with ability to take spot decisions would then be born.                             -Sri Sri Thakur
(Translation by=Shri A.K.Maitra)



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