The Pathashala Times

Teaching is a profession with great social and moral responsibility. Teachers directly facilitate the formation of future society and so they should handle this crucial responsibility with poise and care. But teachers themselves should be matured enough to understand this responsibility. Imagine a class where a teacher walks into the class goes on rambling about a topic with the sole intention of finishing the syllabus for the mid-term tests without bothering a bit about the dozing students, blank faces, and clueless minds. Is this what is expected of a teacher? The students might as well sit at home and gulp the subject matter scribbled in the textbooks. Definitely, here I am talking about students who have fair reading and writing skills and a sound grasping power. I guess each child needs something more from a teacher—may be a role model, may be a guide, may be a friendly philosopher who’ll simplify the code of life for them. But to do all this, first the teacher has to reach a

There comes a time in parents’ life, when they have to send their child to a school. Going to school is almost a norm for a child, but selecting the right school is a parent’s responsibility. A school plays a major role in the formative years of a child and it can totally break or make a child’s personality. So, it is essential to make a conscientious decision in choosing a school for your child. You can follow these simple steps while selecting the right school for your child: Explore the available options Find out the schools in the vicinity and make a list of them. Research and see if you have covered all the options in your list. Check the internet and talk to your neighbours and acquaintances to add good options to your list. Set the priorities for your child’s development It is very essential that you decide in advance the kind of development you are expecting for your child. That decision will aid you in choosing the school relatively good in meeting your expectation. Y

A child's journey from highschool to college is a major transition in his/her life. This transitional phase is epochal in a child's academic as well as personal growth. Till highschool, a child is exposed to a constrained world--less complex and posing fewer challenges. But the child is exposed to a more complex world in the college life. And so, it is essential to prepare your child to face this complex world outside the confinements of the house and the highschool. The first step in preparing the child is to help him/her explore the academic interest. A child, especially a teenager, is very vulnerable in making a decision under pressure. Peer and parental pressure plays a key role at this stage. Many a times, a child’s decision is influenced by the choices of his/her friends and expectations from parents. Not many kids can actually identify their natural skills and interests, and further, very few amongst them can harp enough strength to chase their interests or to flow ag