Teachers' Day Poem by Renu Kakkar

My childhood days I sometimes remember
those classrooms, staff room and the principal’s chamber
It was so much fun to go to School daily
no tension in life but to play and study

In College came some responsibility
to make notes and do self study
No notes by teachers in college were given
lectures were compulsory at 75% minimum

A Kid feels being grown up is more important
passing out from school to become a college student.
As an adult priorities change even further
past fun and frolic become a back bencher

I remember the teachers who were dedicated
genuinely concerned about children’s studies
Extra classes they convened for weak students
to ensure that in exams they stood fair chances

They sometimes taught in the way of story telling
many chapters of history they were explaining
A physics teacher opened up his car even
to explain to us working of a four stroke engine

A biology teacher brought the whole class to our home
to show the sensitive plant in reality grown
A geography teacher took us on an excursion
different types of rocks to see in their habitation

It is said that one’s memories fade with time
recollecting incidents is sometimes not very fine
But the memories of school and college I attended
and the teachers who taught me will never get faded

I remember my teachers for all that they taught me
inculcated in me self confidence and the spirit of inquiry
Teachers’ day comes around on 5th September i.e. today
I pay homage to my teachers of school and college today

renukakkar 5.9.2011
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