SUPER HEROES WITHOUT A CAPE
From the heart of a teacher. Ever since the closure of schools/colleges following the lockdown, I have been feeling a strange awkwardness in being a teacher. The entire hue and cry over school fees(to be paid or not) has led to an uncomfortable feeling in my heart. Almost every colkege/school went on a war footing to be online. Suddenly, a teachers work and worth is being made to look directly proportional to the school/college fees being paid. This part saddens me. This lockdown made me realise that teachers are many miles and mindsets away from ever getting their due. The closure of educational institutions was immediately looked upon as though teachers had decided to sit back home and have a "happy time" holiday. However, the online classes initiative by all educational institutions was the time when the teacher was back in action, though on an unfamiliar territory. People not even for a moment emphathized with the problems of a teacher. Almost immediately, the things whi