PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

The 3rd day of November 2008 was more than just a ordinary day for me, as it was on this day I had once again stepped foot on one of the most venerated institution I have ever come across in my life, It had been almost seven years since I had left this institute, after completing my +2, and nothing much has changed here; every little thing around me was taking me back to my bygone glorious days. The morning assembly, as usual, starts with the singing of hymns accompanied with “harmonium” and “dholak” echoing in the serene atmosphere, the distinct visibility of the fidgety students amongst the “at- ease” students, the hurriedly racing student towards their classes afterwards.


But the difference between now and then was that, I had come here not as an adorable student but as a Computer teacher, A teacher, who is intended to teach a subject which is considered to be one of the miracles of scientific achievement, and here I was, a computer professional, expected to have experience, knowledge, wit, awareness and of course well equipped with so called “human random access memory”, I swear I was having second thoughts.

As I stepped for the first class, I had to face a volleys of ruthless question from the innocent faces, How to retrieve a lost password? How to fix audio problem in a PC? How to customize animation in a MS power pointer? What is an OS operating system? And so on and so forth…. Every time I would take my practical class, I would see a long queue of enthusiastic souls desperately waiting for their turn to come or I would always find someone lurking by the door, waiting to have a glimpse of this weird machine or hoping to feel their dream machine.

Whatever might be their outlook, they had one thing in common, engraved in them, and that was their pursuit of Knowledge. They had strong contemplation and now they were ready for action. It was a perception that lurked in my mind and my inner voice that kept saying that these are our future of the nation who would make a difference in the future to come. Their queries were nothing but a quest to quench their thirst of knowledge, sparkling like a star in the midnight darkness. Their hand so fragile yet their mind so tough, geared up to take challenges of the modern world.

I believe that the triumph of a student is not only the aim of teachers teaching at schools and colleges, but of every individual living in a society, it must be realized that it is the responsibilities of each one of us to nourish them with virtues of humanity, to hold the hands and pull them up every time they falter as they march towards their journey of life. No talents can flourish unless it is nurtured and projected so; let us join our hands together to strengthen the wings of these budding souls and guarantee their flight to the zenith of success.