On 4th September evening my kids designed their own greeting card for their teachers. I was so happy watching them customizing it for each teachers.
On 5th September Teachers Day i decided to surprise my mam along with two more friends who stayed in Chennai. I told my plan to my husband, he said he'll take care of kids. I prepared dinner early evening for them and left home. It was an hour journey to her house. Since i was traveling alone and excited to meet her after a long gap my memory lane got down to the days in my school and college The days how i was pampered, advised, guided and scolded from my teachers when i was a kid. I remembered many many incidents with few teachers which made my eyes wet. Thought to pen down about few teachers who still gives me goosebumps when i think of them.
English Teacher - Mrs Sheeba Daniel
Pic : Me and Anitha with Mrs Sheeba Mam on Teachers Day
(Senior Students are asked to wear saree on teachers day)
Mrs Sheeba Daniel, English Teacher from my 8th grade in school. Though i lost contact of her after i left my school but her memories flashes often. The first female other than my mom whom i found so beautiful to my eyes. Her accent, pronunciation, way of delivery makes me struck to the lessons or poems which she teaches. She gives us best general advise on how to be and as per our request she sang two songs for us on last day of our school. One is "Konji Konji Pesi Mathimayakum..." and the other one is "Vennilavey Vennilavey Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya..." which still lingers in my ears. I wish i could wish her on her b'day in person every November 11th :)
Tuition Teacher - Mrs Kameswari
Pic : Me and Arun(my school friend) with Mrs Kameswari miss :)
Click on our surprise visit on 5th Sep 2018)
I call her "Miss" instead of "Mam" and i still prefer calling her "Miss" even though my kids give me weird look when i call so. Its not about learning academics in her home(i cant call it as tuition center its like a second home to me). I can anytime go to her house and she never asks me why i am there that time. I dont know when i started going to her home but until i finishes my school life i was there for the tuition. Though they are orthodox family they never mind me or my friends accessing all rooms of their home. They had PG for foreign guests so we had opportunity to interact with them know their culture, food, lifestyle etc. Its a place where i learned communication, confidence, decision making and much more life skills. When i don't listen to my parents, my parents calls her straight away, as they know i take only advise from her. She is always a part of our family :)
Programming Teacher - Mrs Kanagavalli
Pic : Me with Mrs Kanagavalli Mam
(Since my friends and me wore same model saree we bought a camera to click us and i used the opportunity to capture it with my favorite mam)
The first teacher who came to our class when i did my UG degree. It was our first day in class, after formal introduction she started with 'C' Programming. She gave us simple program to solve. She later handled Java for us. She instantly clears all doubt put forth. Her astonishing knowledge in programming and her way of delivering to us inspired me a lot to do more. Because of her constant encouragement i won many prizes in inter college symposium, debugging competition and programming competition. Her part was major for me in being a gold medalist.
I thank all my School, UG, PG, Certification Course Teachers who were along my side, encouraged my strength, pointed out my weakness, molded me to what i am now.
