Wednesday, September 05, 2018

21-day challenge for teachers

Happy Teacher's day!
(To people in India.*)
Happy teachers day to all the people who came into life and played their role. Without which certain learning would not have been possible. Few played a very big role. From my parents, near relatives, neighbours, friends, school and class teacher, few institutes and many more.
Before 2008, exactly 10 years back. I denied being a teacher and working as a teacher.
From 2008, u started seriously thinking about teaching.still many times (almost all, I kept on saying I don't want to become a teacher. I am not a teacher.)
Today in 2018,
I humbly accept and feel grateful of The Divine on being a teacher.
Why I never liked calling myself as a teacher. As I always thought and firmly believe that teaching is noble profession. It's a true service. Teaching for me is not  an occupation, a career. Teaching is more of learning. And more than learning it is about living the life. Living the life in its true form. As a learner seeking the truth, moving towards light. I can go on writing and describing all this thoughts and feelings. There is already enough on social media and on internet about this topic. Specially today, they are in circulation a lot.
Here I want to present something little different. Many of us might be doing something alike or similar.
Today, I want to share them as a challenge to the teacher.
This 21 day challenge is for the teacher.
I have put 24 challenges.
You can select any one and do them for 21 day.
Or select one for a day and go on for 21 days.
You can share your feedback, experience of challenge and your stories, to me on
jiyomaitry@gmail.Com
Or
9560839287
Or just put a comment on google document.
This 21 set of challenge is a work in progress. So pls share valuable insight what works more, any such challenge which we can include here.
I am grateful to following organization and people. Either I learned few practiced presented here their or got an opportunity to do them on campus. People who inspired and supported.
mirambika - on becoming director of my life. Bringing me more near to my true self, near to The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. I love you. Special thanks and wishes to tara di, kamala di, srila di, sulochana di, baren bhai, rashmita di, minati di, nithya shanti (my connection is through mbk only), ramesh bhaiya, matthijs bhaiya and neeltje di and all other didi bhaiya of past, present and future. Children and their parents who were always there for new learning and opportunity.
Few other people from Sri Aurobindo Society, vetal ben, kaivalya bhai, shiva da, vijay bhai, shantanu da and sampadanad bhai and more....
Gayatri Parivar - without whom I would not have came to know about Sri Aurobindo. And also providing me my first chance to work with the children at borivali, mumbai. Nivedita ben, amar bhai, truptiben, poonam ben, darshit bhai, manish bhai, sheetal ben, manisha ben and others for supporting and allowing to be part of sunday school. And also vajpayee ji for trusting and giving responsibility to conduct workshop in uttarakhand.
The Yoga Institute, Santacruz, mumbai.
For consolidating my learning and giving back the faith. Anjele mam, krunal sir, hansaji, varsha mam , vandana mam and many more... It's a place where few ideas and belief got reconfirm and also got new fresh to test and move on the path.
Few ideas of challenge are from there and few I had been practicing in my own sense but here it got refined and reconfirms.
The Polymath school and EL education
My last ground where I did few experiments and lived with children. EL from where I found new ways and making simple thoughts and idea work. Few challenges are take from EL core practices. Some of them were followed at the polymath school.
Service Space, Nipun bhai and wonderful people associated with moved by love.
Mihir pathak - for taking initiative, pushing  and supporting me for beautiful learning curve.
At the end today, happy teachers day to all. Special thanks, love to all wonderful divine , soul who came as a student, children to this life.
Eti Shubham.
*UN celebrates teachers day on 5th October.

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