Teachers Will Teach..

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A relative of mine who is a teacher, once asked me- how can strangers after spending only five minutes with me come to the conclusion that I am a teacher? Teachers are human too – they talk in the same language and look like any other normal person. She certainly  didn’t seem very pleased about it. I had no answer to her question then but yesterday after meeting a friend I could understand the difference to a certain extent.

This friend of mine didn’t seem very happy. I couldn’t stop laughing when she told me the reason of her annoyed look. She  has a son of a marriageable age and since he couldn’t find a partner for himself, as a mother it was her duty to arrange a suitable partner. The parents of the eligible bachelor like all good parents advertised in a leading newspaper and as a result they received some particulars from suitable girls. They shortlisted a couple of them and a meeting was arranged between the families of the eligible bride and groom.The husband of my friend is a professor and gives English lessons  to people from different embassies. Now when the girl’s brother handed over the bio-data (not the most pleasant word but unfortunately that is what it is called in arranged marriages), the professor took a pen and to the shock of the guests made circles around the words and sentences which according to him were not grammatically correct or were spelled wrong. When he was correcting the girl’s brother, the poor guy sheepishly said- I made this bio-data, my English is bad but my sister can write very well. All this while my friend sat quietly, not knowing how to react. I don’t know the result of the marriage proposal, it is too early to guess that but the marriage of my friend and her professor husband is definitely undergoing some strain.

There are certainly some differences between teachers and the rest of humanity. When they are not in the classroom, the whole world is a classroom. Teachers cannot ignore an incorrect spelling or a mispronounced word. Their children and spouses are often embarrassed when they lecture on the importance of cleanliness to somebody who throws a piece of paper on the road. It might lead to a traffic jam but they won’t let him go till they are finished. To make sure that people understand their point they give examples and demonstrations in social gatherings. While other people normally mind their business, it is difficult for a teacher to keep quiet when they see a guest’s child  jumping on the sofa even if the house is not their’s and the sofa belongs to somebody else. More often than not their advice is ignored but this doesn’t deter a true blue blooded teacher. Probably this is how people can differentiate between teachers and an ordinary mortal.

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