Always does it RIGHT! -Frederick Wright

“My MA results were out and I, surprisingly, had stood first in my University and conventionally, was offered a job as a lecturer in Ravenshaw University. Ever since, it has been a dream run. I learnt the art of captivating my students using my creativity around words and writing. As my lessons advanced, the students’ crowd went beyond what I was assigned. It so used to happen that the very next lecture- Chemistry, taken by the Principal himself- was delayed often because of how engrossing the Literature lectures would turn for me as well as my students. I was the youngest lecturer in a major department of the Uni back then; I was called to the Principal’s and he was unusually impressed- the way I had kept him waiting for his lessons and how interested the children were in my class. 

Teaching, for me, has always been more of a relationship than a profession. I always had jam-packed classrooms, mesmerized students, rapt attention. Once it so happened- I noticed this boy in my class, sleeping on the very first bench. I spent the day wondering ‘how could I bore this one boy?’. The same happened the next English class; I woke him up after class- he hadn’t even realized the class had ended. We went on a walk, stopped at a tea shop and I offered him samosas. The way he ate it- I realized the boy had been hungry. On interacting further, he broke out to me that his father was a beggar in the village; he had fared well in school and joined college. He slept in a man’s garage, fed on the leftovers- in return, he tutored his 2 children. I was so upset. I got him enrolled in the free accommodating hostel and mess, despite the hesitation there. The boy did really well and went on to become an OAS and deputy collector. 

Teaching has been such an adventure into the imagination of people’s minds. In all my years of career, these were little things that have mattered more. Educating is so rewarding, and I’m immensely happy to be remembered by my students.” -Frederick Wright