This is a part of the April A to Z Challenge. My theme is my Bucket List. Read about it here.
Next is T. T for Teach.
Teaching, they say, is the noblest of all professions. They say that a teacher has the opportunity to shape the future of individuals and communities. And the teachers have the responsibility to shape the future of individuals and communities.
A teacher can inspire, can change the way a pupil thinks and works. In fact most great men became great because they had access to great teachers. Look at history. There is Arjuna and Eklayva and Guru Drona. Look at modern times. There is Warren Buffett and Ben Graham. Examples are plenty. So many that I can write a whole book about teacher / pupil success stories.
So, I am very sure that before I die, I want to take up the opportunity of being a teacher. And the responsibility of being a teacher. There are ifs and buts. And I know I would find answers.
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| Prof. Sanjay Bakshi |
Ifs are, what if I am not a good teacher? What if I fail? What if I cant communicate well? What if I am redundant?
Buts are, but why would someone want to learn from you? But what would I teach? But is what I teach relevant in the modern world?
Tough questions. Tough to answer. I have a few years to find answers. And I will. I have to teach. There is no two ways about it. Thing is, when you teach, you are defending what you proclaim to be an expert at, in front of so many curious brains with their respective individual perspectives. Each interaction, each conversation, each defense, each objection, each rebuttal, is like a lesson. Its like a sentence, its like an execution and its like a new life.
More than responsibility and the opportunity, teaching is a brilliant way to improve yourself. Try it and you’d know. I have done some bits of it and I am dying to get back in front of a class and share what I know and learn from others.
Thats it. Bucket List item starting with T is Teach!
Oh, this post about teaching would be incomplete without a few words about Prof. Bakshi. He’s one amongst the multiple giants who’ve kindly given me their shoulders to stand on. I am very fortunate that I took his course on behavioral finance at MDI. It has changed me for good.
To be honest, I was a really poor student and he may not even remember me. But whatever limited I know in life, whatever little that I am proud of, Prof. Bakshi has played a large part in helping me achieve it. Thank you Sir.
Do read Prof Sanjay Bakshi’s Story. This has to be one of the most inspiring stories that I’ve ever read.
Onwards to U tomorrow!
Other posts in the A to Z Challenge: Ancient Ruins, Book, Coffee Shop, Date a Supermodel, Entrepreneurship, (Be a) Finisher, Give Away my Wealth, Handle a Baby, Inspire, Jack of all trades, Keep my shirt on, Make a lot of money, No, Off the Grid, Poker, Question Everything, Run a Marathon, Settle in the mountains.