We started with updating our kids with news and when The father of the White Revolution in our country passed away I thought it was my responsibility to inform my kids about who this man was and what he had done.
I stepped into class the other morning with several pictures of Mr. Verghese Kurien and went in to talk about how he was responsible for making India one of the largest milk producers in the world. To give the kids something to relate of course I couldn't help but mention Amul and how he was the founder of this dairy giant.
I didn't expect my kids to retain everything I said to them, considering they had no prior knowledge what-so-ever of this great man and remember all these factual details which I gave them in 15 minutes of class time was a great deal to remember anyway. In that moment I just wanted them to know who was responsible for the milk revolution in our country.
HOWEVER, the next day, Sajid Ali, came to me in the morning, pulled my hand to call me and handed me this piece of paper which he had cut out from a newspaper remembering what I had told him in the class a day before...
Needless to say, I was beeming with joy.
I stepped into class the other morning with several pictures of Mr. Verghese Kurien and went in to talk about how he was responsible for making India one of the largest milk producers in the world. To give the kids something to relate of course I couldn't help but mention Amul and how he was the founder of this dairy giant.
I didn't expect my kids to retain everything I said to them, considering they had no prior knowledge what-so-ever of this great man and remember all these factual details which I gave them in 15 minutes of class time was a great deal to remember anyway. In that moment I just wanted them to know who was responsible for the milk revolution in our country.
HOWEVER, the next day, Sajid Ali, came to me in the morning, pulled my hand to call me and handed me this piece of paper which he had cut out from a newspaper remembering what I had told him in the class a day before...
Needless to say, I was beeming with joy.
Very nice to know this... children consider their teacher, their role model...and they most of the times do the unexpected
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