The Sassy Teacher Writes

You are never just a teacher remember dear friend, You influence million lives from starting to the end. Your pay may be less but you are loved the most, You build other professions; of that you can boast. So never lessen your worth in your own eyes, Keep learning and yearning until you reach your high. ~ Rebecca.Luther.Singh This post is dedicated to those who have made me who I am today. Who may be somewhere deep down in my sub conscience and inspired me to be one of them myself. Apart from the fact that almost 70% of my family is engaged in teaching and training, so i guess it runs in the blood ;). Yes, this post is dedicated to teachers. Love them or Hate them but you simply cannot ignore the contribution they've had in your life. Right from Guru to Master Ji to Ma'am/Sir , the teaching fraternity has been referred to by many names over hundereds of years. Their appearances changed, knowledge increased, influence grew but one thing did n...

Feminist is something I'm not. I believe in equality of all sexes. But when it comes to speaking on an issue as henious as Rape, I as hell become a feminist! I think everyone must be a feminist when it comes to a crime such as Rape. India will soon become the rape capital of the world. Such a sad state of affair for a country which 'worships Goddesses', a country which is refered to as 'Bharat Maa', a country which celebrates 'Raksha Bandhan' where men make promise to protect their sisters, they break this very promise when it comes to respecting another person's sister? Rape them, burn them, beat them, kill them in the womb, kill them in the name of honour. Is that the status women are reduced to? We need both men and women to be sensitive towards all three genders - Men, Women and those who don't have a gender. We in today's time don't just need Gender Equality. We need Gender Sensitization. I have been discussing with childre...