Helplessness of being a teacher

Shakespeare was right when he averred the cosmic vastness of the universe in his best play Hamlet with almost its mountainous proportions of mysteries that; there lies more things in this heaven and earth which human mind is capable of comprehending .We wax eloquence over his uncanny insights to peep into deep recesses of human mind .To, me it seems that so called mature students, too are driven by the very same syndrome where to measure out levels of their expectations for a teacher is almost an act of impossibility. At times teachers have to work under various constrains which remains inexplicable.  This degree of severe restrain at times is embossed either by syllabic requirements or by circumstances which are beyond the control of a teacher. At times they have to befriend themselves with that curriculum which is almost inimical to them as it is necessitated by rules .Any teacher whose mind has been indoctrinated with different ideologies cannot thrive when he is saddled with the responsibility to deal with a subject that he least relishes. Teaching at its acme is an act of inspiration not of perspiration therefore, at times teacher’s status of being a mere mediocre could be well understood.

After being exposed to multiple teaching assignments in professional colleges what I have observed is that it is nonprofessional subjects which invites indignation from certain section of students. English being one of them is also roasted by the students instead of being toasted. It is almost a herculean task for a teacher to resurrect this subject for these students at this stage as it gets almost buried after the end of the schooling .However, despite all odds I do agree that it is the teacher’s duty to add girdle to it with golden splashes of light in order to make it more engrossing and alluring one. But this task is too arduous and cannot be achieved in a wink of time, it requires great liberties and ample time for the teacher where, he can be allowed to unravel the mysteries of student’s mind which remains till now fitted with that software which ultimately filters out something that is non-professional for their syllabus. Making penetration in their (students) hermetically sealed mind with nonprofessional subjects is too big a task to ask from a teacher who is making frantic efforts to overcome this transitional phase to meet the exorbitant aspirations of students. Everyone has his embedded fallacies and flicker of strength and to strike a balance between these two antagonistic forces is not at all easy. At its best a teacher is either left to stifle his own literary urge or to allow his mind to be encroached and powered by those subjects and values which were never been jewels in his crown .I can only invoke the bountifulness of Almighty to bless me with those acumen and insights with which I can revitalize and rejuvenate a subject that is passing through a rough weather because of decadent literary values!