Meeting with a difference

As the Covid was prevalent for nearly two years regular classes were suspended and online classes were conducted in full swing. The parents had no idea as to who were the Class incharge and respective subject teachers.

When regular classes were in progress for the past one year an interaction session between students and teachers are called for in most schools. In other words a face to face contact between the parent and teacher in the name of Parent Teacher meeting.

One such meeting was held in my son's law college yeaterday for the first time in his 5 year degree law course. Since 3 years after his admission this is the first time we got to meet the staff and principal. The journey to the college was 5hrs. by road. We left around 6 a.m. from home and reached by 10 p.m.

As the Principal was a new person she took all the credit of the running the institution successfully. She was praising herself and degrading the students and the parent community. I myself worked in an educational institution for 15 years and never did I get to have an experience like this in my school or in the schools where my children studied.

Infact it was a different experience. A meeting with a difference. Usually in every institutional meeting to my knowledge if a child is weak or naughty, the parent is advised to take an extra care of the child and not a negative point is being mentioned.

After the meeting I and my husband ddecided to meet the Principal. When I heard her talks I had a hatred towarda her but when I met her personally she was a simple person. She said the children now-a-days are very bold so just to bring them under control she said she had to be harsh to the parents. Somewhere I felt she was right indeed.

She wanted to implement new plans like institutional training with reputed firms, placement facilities for bright children, introducing new courses etc.

After this, we just left ro my son's hostel which was 3 kms away from the college. This was my first visit after he shifted to this new hostel few months back. It was a farm house. The house was surrounded by organic fruits,vegetables and medicinal plants. There was a beautiful lake flow in front of the house. We could hear the rough sound of the water gushing.

There were lots of cows, goats, hen and ducks. Some of the vegetable bearing plants were papaya, ladies finger, bell pepper, Tomatoes etc.

This was how my day went off yesterday. All photos were captured from my mobile from my son's hostel.