Weigh every word that you tell your children, and consider consequence of every action. Children take every word and action seriously. When they think of their childhood, let them remember one kind word, one loving pat and a smile that gave them a million hopes.

There are all kinds of teachers - Bossy, Lazy, Creative, Compassionate, Caring, Insensitive, Helpful, Indifferent, but there's one thing common in them. Teachers are after all human beings. Don't put them on a pedestal.

When I teach, I shape a team.When I teach, I grow trust. When I teach, I allow transparency. When I teach, I rear courage. When I teach, I enable opportunities. When I teach, I learn about hopes and fears of my students.When I teach, I also teach beyond books. I teach to sculpt a better world.

A driving licence only gives permission to legally operate a motor vehicle, it does not promise efficiency. Most amateur drivers have to face flak and occasional road rage until they learn to master the vehicle like a boss. Similarly, a teacher’s degree only gives permission to officially teach in classrooms. Teachers have to face flak until they learn to master classroom situations. It is all about consistent practice, willingness to learn, patience and persistence.

Good teaching is like a vehicle that runs on four wheels of conceptual efficacy, instinctual guidance, imagination and innovation.

Bright and well-behaved students can be taught anywhere and by anyone, but real success is when a teacher is able to engage the naughtiest and the least interested student unconditionally in the classroom.

When children like a subject, it has something to do with that teacher who taught them to use invisible binoculars in order to look at concepts that are a long way away.

What salt is to food, passion is to teaching.

A classroom is like a Greenhouse where the teacher must provide essential amenities like knowledge and life-skill with patience and empathy, control temperatures and provide adequate ventilation to release unwanted energies for everyone and everything to bloom.