Teaching – Touching Lives

Three Cs of Success

Yes. Three Cs. You might say, success is spelled with only two. Of course you are right. But to make success happen in your life, you are certainly going to need one more. So what, you might ask, are the three Cs? It goes without saying that achieving anything meaningful and/or noteworthy begins with the

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To Judge or Not to Judge

Judgment happens everywhere, every day. Based on how we look, talk and walk. We are constantly judged and knowingly or unknowingly, also judging others. I have definitely gotten better at noticing when I am judging others. Judging others has got nothing to do with the person getting judged, but everything to do with you. A

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Five Books to Upgrade your Teaching Skills

The last seven years of my life, working as a teacher, have been rich with experiences and encounters that I will always cherish. I have learnt so much and grown in ways I couldn’t have imagined possible. And through the years, I have found that I have also had many guides, companions, supportive elements holding

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Learning is Loving – Working at Touching Lives

Give me some sunshine Give me some rain Give me another chance I wanna grow up once again! Soon after I crossed my early teens, this song became my anthem. I have always loved celebrating my birthdays, but in the recent years, I began to feel I was becoming an adult too soon. I felt

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Working with Parents

Parents and family are the first teachers of a child. Directly or otherwise, a child internalizes most anything that she/he experiences in his family including their thoughts and behavior and in general, their way of life. In short, parents are the mentors for their children. They guide each step of their child’s developing stages. That

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Work on Self to Become an Effective Mentor

Us teachers and mentors always have a lot on our hands and on our minds. We are constantly on our toes, learning, trying to figure out teaching hacks. After all who doesn’t love a classroom full of children enjoying and making the best of their learning journey. I too am always working out new ways

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How to Prepare for Your Class…

How to Prepare for Your Class: a Community Leader’s Advice to His Fellow Leaders In his play Henry V, Shakespeare wrote, ‘All things are ready, if our mind be so.’ Henry V, Shakespeare Each success is a result of a prepared mind and focused efforts. It is important to figure out what needs to be accomplished

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Some Instructions To Follow while Instructing

It is almost imperative to begin by sharing an episode from my class. Here’s how it went: While I was involved in an activity with my students, many asked questions, requested spellings, some demanded answers. I responded in a calm and patient fashion, oblivious of what was to follow. In the midst of that whirlpool

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