"Magic " moments ...

The moment I walk into a classroom, irrespective of the number of students and the underlying purpose I know that there will be a feeling of warm affection toward them, without which the genuine desire to impact them (should that be one's ultimate goal) does not work ...

I've recently experienced quite a few "magic" moments while teaching ... (or maybe I should say "learning") ... According to an unknown author to teach is to learn twice and there is definitely some truth in it ...

If teaching one particular group seemed to be rather challenging because of the technical Language involved, the other two, where the approach to the English Language was less likely to lead us into "technicalities", was no less challenging precisely because of the subjectivity of the themes we should be discussing.

I don't think it might be possible for anyone to really understand how "precious" these moments were, except those who actually shared and contributed towards them with their almost contagious enthusiasm, committment, singularity and unique approach based on one's life experience and perception tinged by specks of poetry, sadness and even humour.

What  a marvellous way it was to start the morning ... knowing that there would be "inevitable" differences of opinion ... turned into rather special and "magic" moments for us all ...