Starting as a student in school , I always had fear of teachers. I knew they too were humans but was afraid of them. It wasn't that I was bad at academics or sports but never opened in front of them. I still have many friends who claim their school teachers being best but for me they were nothing more than just teachers. I may like some of them on the basis of their teaching or nature but they were like those friends in class that come and go as we move on ..
College was the place where I found a teacher whom I wasn't afraid off, who was a friend, a guide , a mentor, although this relation didn't started as a nice story. She came to the class and assigned some questions, on seeing my solution she remarked a taunt ( in a positive way). But the thought I had at that moment was " I know my answer is right, why can't she look at it and not its surrounding". Slowly and gradually the classes went by. She would teach us and clear my doubts related to the subject in almost the perfect way. My first exam came and we were handed our answer sheets, she had deducted marks for a small mistake which can be neglected but her point of view was to make me realize the importance of the mistake although we did argue on it. Her tutorials were the most anticipated lecture for me as in those lecturers she would solve my doubts. I think no one else in my batch ever solved questions in her subject but a friend of mine used to ask my doubts from her as we have alternate tuts (and she used scold mildly students for not practicing as she was concerned for our studies). There were many students who used to hate her for the same reason , for her strictness and still do but I started liking her. It wasn't like love (b/w couples) but like respect, like understanding, like love we have for are true friends , our family , a connection. She would often scold me for my mistakes but it made me more confident to learn what was correct. A day came when I got to know that she stays near my house , I was ecstatic but never crossed my lines. I knew she was a teacher and helped many students but had a feeling that she was concern for me. She would often meet me while going home and we would discuss about stuff in college. My first year result came and she was happy. Second year came and now me and my friend were more carefree as now we knew are teachers. I know we used to side comment on things but not on teachers , it was only for fun and she also took it lightly. There were many incidents in second year that made her closer to me in view of respect for her. Third year came by and now this teacher student bond was more like a friendship respect bond for me. She used to scold us for eating chewing gums in class, for talking , etc.. There was an incident when I was busy with our departmental fest work ( she had suggested my name and a few friends of mine for it) and did not attended her class , she had assigned some questions to student . Next day she came to the class and asked if everyone had solved it? But no one had, although I had copied the work but didn't solved it, actually i did not understood it. She was unhappy, she took a round and saw no one had done the homework , came to my seat , said just one thing " I did not expected that you also didn't do it ? " and left the class in anger.
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