Human beings are gifted with enormous faculties such as knowledge, feeling, volition, passion etcetera. I was very much inspired by the term “Passion” which means “power of possibility” according to Durka. In order to be a successful and happy human being all of us need to have this great quality. As a teacher I have realized how much important it is to be passionate in my own mission as an educator. If there is no passion there is no life in teaching at all; everything becomes boring; students do not enjoy the classes as the result there is no learning possible. I had won the hearts and minds of my students in the school only because of my great strength e.i. passion. I was able to make my classes interesting and fun-filled, I was lively so also the students. There was mutual learning from both sides. Learning became a fun not a burden. We all need to have passion in our mission as a good educator.
The catchy word for me when I was reading the third chapter was “Imagination.” I very much appreciate Frye when he says, “The fundamental job of the imagination in ordinary life is to produce out of the society we all have to live in a vision of the society we all want to live in.” I firmly believe that the result of new invention or discovery is the fruit of imagination. We all need to be thankful to God for this greatest faculty. Our imagination makes the world better, happier and healthier to live in. It is a great need to inculcate this value of imagining in our students today. Where there is imagination there is creativity. When I was teaching, I used to ask my students to imagine different things possible and impossible. The results of their imaginations were often surprising and rewarding too. I know many of my students have been successful in their lives today because they were not afraid of imagining high ideals. It is the responsibility of a good teacher to cultivate the quality of imagination.
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