year after my B.Sc; 1958-59

Though academically the year after my graduation in July 1958 was lost but I got very rich experience of my life during this year. I was aware that I was not good at Maths and Physics , so I did not try my admission for post graduate studies in these subjects. I was reluctant even to go for Geology. However at the last moment, I tried my admission for Geology and even for LLB . Prof Raj Nath could not admit me in BHU and Prof Ganju in Aligarh ; Prof Gyan Swarup,( from my Home town Jhalu, a cousin of our family friend, Shri Om Prakash Sharma)  being the Dean of the Law School at Lucknow University could not help my admission . So I accepted all this as programmed by my destiny and watch as what is going to be the next.
To keep myself engaged, I tried to get some thing to do : Tried to seek some work as a volunteer at my Alma Matter , Hindu Inter College , Chandpur, no luck; tried here and there but no luck any where. Finally in December, I got an opportunity to work with S J Inter Collge, Gajraula. Read in detail about this experience at; . htmlhttp://shubhkamnadavendra.blogspot.ca/2010/07/my-first-job.html
Fortunately , I got a job of Chemist with Dyers Stone Lime Company at Katni. This provided me very rich experience of life to deal with varied situations. A detailed description about it is given here:  http://shubhkamna-davendra.blogspot.ca/2010/07/my-job-as-chemist.html.

If I look back at this, it reveals to me to be an act of destiny; not getting admission to any academic programme; not getting a proper job even as a volunteer; getting a job as a Chemist - a profession I never planned or thought of, rather I never liked the subject of Chemistry. Why should I apply for such a job for which I never thought or planned? But I was quite successful in this job to the extent that my employer was ready to hire me on my terms. This also added to my experience to seek my admission in Geophysics- a subject with only a few seats at post graduate level and with wide open opportunities for jobs and career; . Admission with a scholarship of Rs.150/- PM  - almost equivalent the salary of an Asstt. Professor. A reward in disguise.
At the end I do not feel that I wasted my year; It was all planned and designed by my destiny to be like that and I was only  guided to act   in certain manner.

Teacher's Day

To day I watched the Prime Time Show of NDTV presented by Ravish Kumar. It was really nice to watch and observe a few things from the show. Ravish ji invited some of the teachers out of 345 who are honoured with President award for their excellent services and extra ordinary contributions to raise the standards of education. The awards will be given to these selected teachers from all over India on Teacher's Day on 5th. September.
From the discussions, it was obvious that there is no specific criteria to say that such and such Private School or Government School  is good for its performance; nothing can be said similarly about the teachers whether a permanent teacher is good or bad in comparison to a Contractual teacher. Salary , low or higher also does not matter.Dedication of teachers and resources available to the schools are important for the quality of education.
I am sure that some kind of survey through questionnaire must have been conducted , at least taking the views and opinions of these award-es as  well as their experiences from their schools. Out of that feedback a good document could be prepared to circulate widely in the schools for the awareness of other teachers. It could be a quite motivating document to  other teachers. It is never late if not done already, Ministry of Human Resources and Development may still do it.