Hi all, Its nice to hear all these things. Without proper mentorship and guidance no intellacts will be identified. Hope more will get admired and help the next generation to be succesful!!
Regards Abinanthan B -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 28/04/2005 09:09 Subject: Re: [tech4all] Role of Teachers in Technology HELLO to all, i hope every one is doing well thr....................and every one is fine. i m very happy that many of u admire the teaching profession............. but today's teacher role is not that much popular .................. i decided that i will try to become a good teacher...................and try to change the missconcept of teacher role. in india we r trying to improve teaching profession............by taking industrial training. INFOSYS company giving training to the teachers so that each teacher knows all the new technologies and current requirements of the market and industry. so that they can teach students accordingly. but i dont know abt other countires..........well this kind of group will porvide me good knowledge and information............as like as industry. thanks ........... hav a nice time......... take care all of u. byeeeeeeeeeeee danny staple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is very much the same situation anywhere Rocky. In the Uk, I would actually enjoy and quite entertain the idea of being a university lecturer, but to be fair - I really could not earn as much doing so. The nearest I get to indulging it is when I teach students robot building at the club. Orion -- http://orionrobots.co.uk <http://orionrobots.co.uk/> - Build Robots On 4/26/05, Rocky Geddam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The following is neither really technical, nor a > question, nor an answer - it is a _long_ mail listing > my views on something related to technology, if > somebody believes this is the wrong place for this, > blow a whistle, let me know. > > Hi, > > Teachers have always been held in utmost reverence and > equated to god for centuries in India. <cliche> guru > devo.. </cliche>. sadly this is not the case anymore. > though people say things like what the parent mail > (below) says about admiration and teachers, it is not > the case in most engineering colleges in India. > > Teachers are among the lowest paid positions, and > thereby hardly attract any talent anymore. Most people > who end up as lecturers especially freshers, are there > because they do not have another option and they need > the cash. (No offence suchu_it, I'm making a > generalization here). > > If the teacher is not talented, or driven, it is hard > for him/her to command any respect from the students > they teach. they employ various methods to earn it, > I've seen the use of force and screaming - all my math > teachers, I've seen them become buddies with students > and smoking/drinking with them... all in all the > teacher-student relation does not remain the same > anymore. > > in sharp contrast, I am currently in the US and > teachers here are very different, most of them are > driven individuals and passionate about what they do, > money is not objective no 1. But then it also happens > that they end up co-founding companies with their > students and becoming honorary members of boards of > companies and money does not really cease to flow. > > I have a friend who is a brilliant student and a very > good thinker. He is completing his masters soon and is > planning going back to India and joining the > acadamicia. He has a vision for the program he is > planning to join, and is currently submitting project > proposals for award of funds in the tune of 100,000 > USD for robotics projects in India. But when his > parents heard about it, they started fighting him > tooth and nail. for a good student to become a teacher > is a bad thing to do? > > as the quality of teachers and teaching goes down in > India the quality of the technically trained workforce > graduating from these places goes down too. And that > will reflect on the quality of the work we put out. > > I'm not sure if there is an easy solution. > > Rocky > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____ Yahoo! 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