The profession of teaching has been built over the years on
the foundation of sharing information to students. Today, the pressure to do so
has increased tremendously, so much so, that students take drastic measures if they
are not able to deal with the overload of information.
What’s lost here, is the scope of students to transform
themselves to responsible citizens and be the best they can be. The key is to have a quite balance between
teaching to inform versus teaching to transform. Why not give transform a
thought!
A teacher or a boss who is a mentor can give a start,
or redirect. Mentors build up confidence
and provide a network that allows individuals find the avenue of success and
take on failures positively. They help in connecting the dots between
capabilities and potential, goals and successes. They give critical feedback
which is actually a catalyst for self-awareness and eventual transformation. This teachers’ day, as teachers in
schools and colleges, as leaders and mentors in corporate organizations, let’s
ponder over how we balance information and transformation.
