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Even though I had good teachers in every class, my most memorable experiences with teachers were during high school. Being studied in government schools, I had studied in 4 schools in 12 years. During high school, i joined Khmhs Alathiyur. At that time, my school had only 8th, 9th, and 10th standards. Now we have higher secondary classes as well.Every standard had almost all divisions from A to P, and each division had around 60–65 students. At one time, our school was the one with the highest number of students attending the SSLC exam.
My grade was 8th A when I joined my school, and my class teacher was Saleena Miss. She teaches social sciences. She was always like a mother to me. Even now, after these many years, we have contact, and when I go home, Megha and I mostly go and see her. She always used to tease me in class, as I have a serious concentration deficit. I would always go into daydreams in between classes, so she would ask me, Where all did you go? Now come back to class. She always encourages me to study and talks very proudly about me to my mother. When we were in 9th grade, Miss had some issues with her joints and was having trouble walking. So our class was shifted to the ground floor. Next year, when we were in 10th grade, she had to take leave, and Sukumaran sir became our class teacher and Moideen sir was our social science teacher. After school, during every vacation, we meet and talk about all of my batchmates and my own life. One day, a few years ago, when I was doing my MBBS, one of our schoolmates died in an accident. She called me at night, told me that she was very upset and felt like calling me, and asked me to take care while driving. Every time we talk, she showers me with the utmost love, care, and concern.
Ansari Sir was my biology teacher in high school. During the first midterm exam, I had good marks in all other subjects, and very bad marks in biology. I was not very good at biology. Ansari sir called me to the office room and asked me why I was not studying and if there was anything wrong with his teaching. I felt very sad, and since then I've started studying biology, even though I didn't like it , i studied. He was a very sensitive human; he would get hurt even if the students didn't listen properly in class. Ansari sir was best friends with Sukumaran sir, my math's teacher, and they both would tease each other during classes. 3 years before, Ansari sir passed away. It was a Sunday, and I was attending Bhatiya's pharmacology classes. I was sitting in the last bench, and it was around 8.30 p.m. My friend Megha started calling me repeatedly, and I was wondering why she was calling again and again. Then my friend Rahul messaged me on WhatsApp that Ansari sir had an accident and passed away. I couldn't hold my tears, and I came out of the class and came to the room, where Megha and I were crying over the phone. The next day I came back home, and me and Amma went to see him one last time. It was all crowded there; a lot of my classmates, the entire school, and the entire area were there. I had to wait in an hour-long line to see him once. I was amazed by the impact that he created in so many people's lives. He was such an amazing teacher and a true human.
Sukumaran sir was my class teacher in 10 th. and he is the best math's teacher anyone can possibly ask for. i already had great interest in maths and physics and his classes made it into passion. Sir's house was close to mine and he is someone who trusted me even when i was the biggest failure in my life, he didn't stop trusting or motivating. we used to have math quiz every week , where there will be 10 questions and who answers the most will get price. Me and my sister Hari used to get same marks as we prepare together and it would go to tie and she will get it all the time. sir would always ask me will he ever get a chance to give that price to me, sadly he didn't get . During and after MBBS i had a lot of downfalls and at a point i was thinking about dropping the profession altogether. one day i went for a marriage and he was there, it had been almost an year since i met him that time. He talked a lot and told me that when ever he get an illness, you will be the first one i call and just that 20 minutes of talk gave me enough energy to start it all over again.
Anil sir and Kasim sir were my math teachers in tuition class. They were great teachers and helped me build great enthusiasm for math. Anil sir was more of a fun kind of person and always talked to me very passionately about academics. Kasim sir was more of a professional person, and he talks very little outside of class. I couldn't keep contact with both of them after 10th grade, but I remember them often and how happy I was to attend their classes. Jaya teacher was my Malayalam teacher, and she was mother of one of my closest friends, Theertha. She was a little strict inside class but was very supportive and inspired me to participate in essay and story writing competitions in Malayalam, and in three years while I was in highschool and even after that, I was the one who represented our district.
Raju sir in Brilliant Study Center was not a teacher who taught me, but he was all in all in brilliant Ernakulam, and every day he talked to me on how to prepare and how to handle pressure. During exam time, I get very worried, and he would call me every day to help me concentrate better. Kishore sir was my physics teacher in school. Nizamuddin sir, my Hindi teacher were also my favourites. I had one A in Hindi in 10th grade, and he was more affected than me. Nasar sir, who was my English teacher, was one of the sweetest teachers I had. He used to pamper all of his students, and he would give me 2 extra marks for good handwriting. Jisha teacher of English. Kishore sir who taught English in tuition class were also teachers who inspired me a lot and supported me immensely.
There are so many i missed in the list, during mbbs i didn't have much contact with teachers , now during residency, i have got a supportive group of seniors and teachers who kept me going through some tough times.
Of all the people who come across life other than parents and a very few friends teachers are the ones who genuinely want good things for us, and i always consider myself blessed to have so many!!
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