She knew that she was fighting a losing battle, yet she persisted.
For the third time in the day she made the 30 student class to recite in unison -
"A for Apple, apple matlab sev"
"B for banana, banana matlab kela"
"C for cat, cat matlab billi"
and so on ...
The class consisted of kids whose age ranged from 3 to 10, most of them belonging to families who could not afford to send their kids to school. In fact, their meager income was augmented by that of their kids. Thanks to an effort by some NGO, the classes were running with a hope that at least 5 students from the 30 see how a college looks like, but the number was too optimistic a guess. No one from that village had ever seen a high school, leave alone a college.
She was a firm believer of - "Match is never lost till the last ball is bowled".
Being naive enough for believing this to be true, she persisted ... with a hope that she doesn't lose the battle.
For the third time in the day she made the 30 student class to recite in unison -
"A for Apple, apple matlab sev"
"B for banana, banana matlab kela"
"C for cat, cat matlab billi"
and so on ...
The class consisted of kids whose age ranged from 3 to 10, most of them belonging to families who could not afford to send their kids to school. In fact, their meager income was augmented by that of their kids. Thanks to an effort by some NGO, the classes were running with a hope that at least 5 students from the 30 see how a college looks like, but the number was too optimistic a guess. No one from that village had ever seen a high school, leave alone a college.
She was a firm believer of - "Match is never lost till the last ball is bowled".
Being naive enough for believing this to be true, she persisted ... with a hope that she doesn't lose the battle.
Nice.
ReplyDeletetwo posts on education back to back - Teach India ya kuch similar join kar liya hai kya? :)
ReplyDelete@ Kanan - Thanks
ReplyDelete@ Shrinath - No such reason as such! Just that I felt like posting twice, I posted it !!