INTERACTIVE LOVE AND LEARNING

Undoubtedly the journey of life starts once a child leaves the mother’s womb. His first mentor is his mother but in the world of wisdom, it’s the ‘Certified Teacher’ who holds his finger and marches ahead.

    Time has changed; therefore along with the change of time a massive transformation in the field of education has also been observed. The education system that has been followed in the last decades has drastically undergone a significant alteration in recent time. Through conducting various research and experiment programs, it has been concluded that children learn much quickly and easily when a teacher deals them with love and affection and through a proper way of communication. Now, by the term ‘Interactive Love’ I mean a strong bond of relationship of love and affection between a teacher and a student that develops through mutual understanding and by both means of communication – verbal and non verbal. The ultimate goal of teaching-learning process is to emanate passion to learn and explore, blended with an untiring zeal to achieve the target dreamt and set forth.

       Alex was a newly appointed teacher in an international school in London. He was a very humble and soft-spoken teacher. The first day, when he was with class V students, a student named Marry stood up and said,“Sir, please promise us that you will never scold and punish us.”

    Alex smiled at her and said, “Ok, I won’t but you all promise me that you will also learn your lesson nicely and pay full attention to my lecture.”

    “Ok Sir, we will.” Everybody said. And thus the class went on.

     After a few days Alex planned to take a verbal assessment on the topic he had recently taught. He asked a question to Marry. But she couldn’t reply to that and burst into tears. Alex was astonished with her such reaction. He felt very sad and went up to her, seeing her crying.

    “What happened to you Marry? Why are you crying?” Alex enquired.

    “Sir you teach us so nicely with love and care and yet I couldn’t reply to your question.” Marry replied, eyes brimming with tears.

     That was enough to break Alex emotionally. His eyes became moist. Controlling his emotions, Alex patted her and said in a very polite tone, “It’s ok Marry; I will teach you again. Please don’t cry.” But she went on crying. Alex pretending that he was searching something around him and said, “Look at me Marry; I don’t have a bucket to keep your tears. Where will I keep them?” Marry looked at the moist eyes of Alex,

      “I am sorry sir..! I will learn my lessons nicely and will never disappoint you again.” She replied in a submissive tone.

      A few days later, Alex again took a verbal assessment and in that, he had observed that Marry could answer all his questions correctly and efficiently.

     Thus, Alex is just an example. I am sure, there are many other teachers who follow the principle of interactive love in teaching-learning process. It not only makes the learning  process much easy and effective but also helps to develop moral values in children.

     Each and every child is a unique creation of God. It is the upbringing that churns the nectar present in everybody. If you could remember the film ‘Taare Zameen Par’, Darsheel Zafary plays the character Ishaan, a boy who is affected by dyslexia. The condition impairs his ability to read as well as to perform mathematical equations, and the child finds himself slipping through the cracks at school, unable to cope up with his classmates. When things hit rock bottom, the boy is slipped off to a boarding school, as his father believes his poor performance is strictly a matter of indiscipline.

But although Ishaan’s academic skills prove to be lackluster, he displays a set of extraordinary abilities that go virtually unnoticed by his parents and teachers: he has an unusual talent for drawing and art, as well as a keen eye and sensitivity towards nature. His teacher, Ram (played by Amir Khan), noticed the boy’s gifts, and draws them out into a limelight for his father and all to behold. In the end, everyone is forced to re-evaluate their perspective of ability, which they come to realize may manifest in ways other than academic proficiency.

     This inspiring film marked a new era for education for India. With its slogan, ‘Every child is special’, ‘Taare Zameen Par’ caught the pulse of everyone, which had been growing increasingly frustrated with the ‘Factory-Style’ system of education. People knew that there was something more to education than memorization for the sake of passing exams.

    Undoubtedly the journey of life starts once a child leaves the mother’s womb. His first mentor is his mother but in the world of wisdom, it’s the ‘Certified Teacher’ who holds his finger and marches ahead. The journey devoid of love, care and compassion will merely render the education process incomplete and charmless. Present society demands those teachers whose mission is to embrace all with love and make this world a beautiful place to live in sans of bloodshed and hatred.

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                                             Lekhnath Sarmah, Asst. Teacher, Rangaloo L.P. School

                                             Mobile : 9706480065, e-mail : lekhnathsarmah@yahoo.co.in

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