From Rameswaram to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, it’s been a long journey. Taking to Nona
Walia on the eve of Teachers’ Day, President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam talks about life’s
toughest lessons learnt and his mission being a teacher to the Indian youth. “A proper
education would help nurture a sense of dignity and self-respect among our youth,” says
President Kalam. There’s still a child in him though, and he’s still curious about
learning new things. Life’s a mission for President Kalam. Nonetheless, he remembers
his first lesson in life and how it changed his destiny. “I was studying in Standard V and
must have been all of 10. My teacher, Sri Sivasubramania Iyer was telling how birds
fly. He drew a diagram of a bird on the blackboard, depicting the wings, tail and the
body with the head and then explained how birds soar to the sky. At the end of the
class, I said I didn’t understand. Then he asked the other students if they had
understood, but nobody had understood how birds fly,” he recalls. “That evening, the
entire class was taken to Rameshwaram shore,” the President continues, “My teacher
showed us sea birds. We saw marvellous formations of them flying and how their wings
flapped. Then my teacher asked us, ‘Where is the bird’s engine and how is it powered?’
I knew then that birds are powered by their own life and motivation. I understood all
about birds’ dynamics.”What inspiration do you gain after reading about Dr. Kalam’s experiences as a
student?
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Walia on the eve of Teacher’s Day, President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam talks about life’s
toughest lessons learnt and his mission being a teacher to the Indian youth. ”A proper
education would help nurture a sense of dignity and self- respect among our youth,” says
President Kalam. There’s still a child in him though, and he’s still curious about learning new
things. Life’s a mission for President Kalam. Nonetheless, he remembers his first lesson in
life and how it changed his destiny. “I was studying in Standard V and must have been all of
10. My teacher, Sri Sivasubramania Iyer was telling how birds fly. He drew a diagram of a
bird on the blackboard, depicting the wings, tails and the body with the head and then
explained how birds soar to the sky. At the end of the class, I said I didn’t understand. Then
he asked the other students if they had understood , but nobody had understood how birds
fly,” he recalls. “ That evening, the entire class was taken to Rameshwaram shore,” the
President continues, “ My teacher showed us sea birds. We saw marvellous formation of
them flying and how their wings flapped. Then my teacher asked us, ‘ Where is the bird’s
engine and how is it powered?’ I knew then that birds are powered by their own life and life
and motivation. I understood all about bird’s dynamics.”
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