Curious Tourist

I boarded an evening flight to Ahmedabad as I had to attend school the next morning. I entered the school with a big smile on my face and was brimming with vitality and energy, so eager to transfer that zeal to my kids. I was just about to climb the stairs leading up to my classroom when Raj(name changed) stopped me from going any further and started to tell me with a sad face what had happened in the classroom. At first I was in disbelief, so I continued my ascent and went inside the class. No sooner had I entered than I began to get an extremely obnoxious and foul smell from the room. Manthan was actually right, there was a dead cat covered with flies lying rotting near the blackboard. The putrid smell was burning my nose and it was just getting impossible even to move further inside the classroom. God knows how some of the kids managed to get in to keep their bags inside. I was definitely not expecting anything remotely close to this. It was not a very hopeful and  promising star

Today I celebrated friendship's day with my children. I got colorful ribbons and a delicious chocolate cake for them. We danced like crazy for the whole day and my kids had a great time tying colorful bands to each other, singing melodious songs, decorating the class together and sharing the scrumptious cake with one another.  A Throwback to my days in Korea My TFI friendship started much later as I was earlier friends with Samsung people in Korea.  Let me rewind to my days in Korea- my best pal! I want to share my friendship with Korea and how it shaped me as a person. You will get a glimpse of my 10 month long stay in Korea through the following video- a glimpse of the winter snowfall and how I am creating a Vlog for my parents back in Delhi. Cheers!! My First Snowfall in Korea

Sometimes I am afraid of entering my class in the morning for the fear of not being able to deliver my best self to my kids. My students deserve the best education in the world and I always begin my day with a feeling that I am not yet fully prepared to be that quintessential role model for them. Being  a teacher is a huge responsibility to bear on my immature shoulders. I can't even begin to imagine the influence I would be having on them over the two years of my fellowship. My very own mindset, thoughts, beliefs, strengths as well as weaknesses will start to show in them over the course of next two years. I have already started to see the influence I am having on my little stars. It makes me feel thrilled and excited when I think about all the good qualities they are going to learn from me but it also leaves me so much nervous and scared when I think of my very own limitations and weaknesses. I am very mindful of my limiting mindset and would do anything in my power to overcome