What Is A Good Teacher?
A Mentor . . .
I was in the 7th grade when I began writing stories. I used to write short stories. But they were all trash. All of them. They were so bad it makes me laugh. But one day, during a free class, I was with my friends. We talked while I wrote. A teacher of mine came to us and began talking and she noticed I was writing something. She asked me what it was and I told her. She asked me to hand it to her because she was amazed but I hesitated. I did not want to share yet. I don’t really know why. She took the pages out of my hand and read a little bit. She sent it to my English teacher.
I am very grateful to both of those teachers. The first one knew that what I did was worth encouraging. And she did the best she could — to let my English teacher know. I was a skinny kid, always average at everything — sports, studies, music, arts. And at that time, the worst at writing.
When my English teacher found out that I liked writing stories, she reached out to me. I don’t think she read my work because it was awful. But I am so happy that she wanted to help me. She encouraged me to submit my work to the school magazine and I did it every year. Every year, she asked me for poetry or stories. And I loved did it.
Not many teachers are able to encourage children, to steer them to the right path, or give them hope, or actually teach them something — something valuable. And I am truly grateful that I had a teacher who did that. She encouraged me and gave me hope. And she didn’t do anything quite extraordinary. Yet, the impact she had on me, was in fact, extraordinary. To this day, I send her my work to get feedback from her and she gives her honest feedback and I can see her pride. She is always happy to hear from me and always ready to help me out. In fact, she was the first person who read “Cotton In A Sea Of Blood” and gave me feedback.
My English teacher didn’t have one hater. All students insult their teachers behind their back. But surprisingly, no one ever insulted her. She did something different, something right.
And if there any teachers reading this, I want to let them know that it does not take much effort — to touch a student’s life, to help out a student, to mentor a student, to change their life. Insults and anger will never help but creating a moment to touch at least one student’s heart will help a lot. And they will always remember you . . .
Just wanted to share some exciting news with you! My first e-book called “Cotton In A Sea Of Blood” is now out on Amazon! It is available for pre-order. If any of you are interested in reading it before the launch and helping me out, then please fill this form to become an ARC reader. The form is only active till 14th.
(An ARC reader is someone who reads an upcoming book before launch and then leaves an honest review of that book on Amazon or Goodreads or any social media on the day of the launch. If you wish to be an ARC reader for my book, just fill this form. Thank you so much!)
Cotton In A Sea Of Blood follows the story of a young man — Agastya — who goes to a bathroom and finds the dead body of a minister. A soldier enters the bathroom and takes Agastya to be the murderer. Agastya gets sent to prison by the order of the King. He learns about the politics involved in the murder. He wants to escape but how?
Click Here To Buy!
