Approaching the end

“Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?” Leo Tolstoy "Whereof we cannot speak, we must remain silent." Ludwig Wittgenstein The End has come. In many ways I cannot believe how long it has taken, and yet in others, it has come so soon. Such is life I suppose- the days have…

Unexpected notes. Unexpected kindness.

"Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change." Bob Kerrey You have all heard the tales of anger, woe and anguish from my classroom. But today I have a tale of kindness. A tiny tale. But a tale that shows kids caring, a tale that shows kids being…

Invisible impact

I realised that I would have to shift from Jafari within a week of starting there. And from that time onwards, I made a concerted effort not to connect with my students. I did not want them to like me, I did not want them to have any attachment to me. I chose not to…