Investing on Trust

 

I know it is very squeezing with lot of pending works around but wanted this little detour on my blog to align myself better 😊. Also, work is a never-ending process so forcefully taking a break might increase productivity. That’s what I am hoping for when I will resume to work after publishing this short post. With no further delays, I will reveal the point I had to say. The word, “Trust”! It is just a powerful and an awesome tool. I greatly believe and invest on, “Trust” and of course not on everyone. We build trust on many people in our personal and professional lives.  In this post, I just wanted to narrow it down on the trust that we build with the younger generation. Since I am a teacher by profession, personally and professionally, I meet a lot of younger generation. No matter what, I just blindly believe the younger generation. Starting with my own daughter who is 10-year-old, I always tell her, “I believe in you”. I keep saying this to her and she feels so happy that I trust her and It is a fact to be accepted that the younger generation has a lot of thought clarity than us 😊 Before I meander, I would cite my experience I had a day before with one of the parents of my student.

 

Here it goes. Many students approach me for Letter of Recommendation (LOR) for their master’s degree. It would be surprising to see students  those who even who passed out from college in 2016, will mail me remembering my name. Recently, a student had mailed the Controller of Examination, who is one of the superior bodies of our University, asking for my phone number and I got that mail through our Head of the Department 😊 Happy that they trust me even after many years😊 One recent pleasant shock was from one of my students, Ravi Teja who passed out from college in 2016. He suddenly came to my room and asked me if I remember him. I barely remember anyone these days. With huge number of instances being met and conversed on a daily basis, it is becoming so hard to remember and yes, I will also count my age factor here 😊. He could have told his name but he did not  say that and he was telling all clues to guess him. Sometimes, I remember students for their  notorious attitude 😊 I recognized a student’s name recently, even while we was wearing a mask. He is also a  2016 passed out student. He was surprised and he must be thinking that I have a great memory 😊 😊 😊. The fact is that I would have used his name most frequently to mail his faculty advisor or his parents for his frequent absence  in class😊 😊 😊. Coming back to Ravi Teja, he was speaking for almost more than half an hour but  I did not recognize him and I was already feeling guilty as he got me so much of sweets, chocolates and savouries. Usually this makes me feel so uncomfortable, but we also need to accept from them as they give with so much love and respect and importantly earned from their  hard earned money. He was giving many clues but din get him  and finally made up my mind to ask his name and he said . I told him , yeah then I know you and asked him why  you did not  tell this in the first place 😊 Coz he created a lot of delays in submitting his project reports and he also admitted that he was one of those mischievous  students. He used to be very active is Aarush student club and will not come to class often.  This is one of the sweetest perks that you get in teaching profession. You get so much of unconditional love and respect, and this would add so much meaning to life 😊

 

Yes, I know meandered a lot and I am sorry about it and this is part of my thought process 😊 Actually yes, I wanted to share this particular experience of mine. A parent of a student was constantly in touch with me for getting an  LOR. Usually this does not happen as only students approach me for LOR . I thought the student must be sick or busy with his placements but even amidst busy schedules, students only approach us. I asked her what happened to her son why he is not speaking to me. I was bit disappointed with her reply. She said, “I am not confident about my son that he will finish this process successfully”.  I can’t be harsh on her no matter how I felt inside 😊. I told her you should be the first person to believe your son and even if he makes mistakes in this process, it is ok.  I even told her, "He is going to U.S all alone for his masters degree and you are not ready to believe him for this tiny responsibility”. I don’t think she got convinced as she sent a mail to get my digital signature even after that conversation. This hurt me and this should have hurt the student as well. To err is human and making errors is a continuous process in life and that is what is going to make all of us to grow. It is ok to let the kids to make errors and of course that will have its own cost coming with it and let them undergo that and let them learn from their mistakes. Maybe I am wrong, or Maybe I am right, I am not sure but investing on "Trust" at least on the younger generation will yield great returns and that’s what I strongly believe in.

 

Thanks for reading. Have a great day ahead 😊

Subalalitha