Teach for India is an organization that I deeply admire for its vision, focus, passion and execution. So as part of the annual Microsoft Giving campaign, some members of our team volunteered to teach primary school students at a Teach for India adopted school - Sarva Siksha Abhigyan Govt. School, Jubilee Hills.
The topics were varied, reflecting the passions and comfort zones of each "teacher" - Photography, Origami, Jodo gyan, Mandalas and Story-telling.
Overall,
it was a touching experience for all of us!!
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It was so exciting to be part of this absolutely fun day. It is easier to do presentations here but it is so difficult to have a class of 20 - grade 2 students stay engaged in your stories for 1 hour. I hope the kids had fun but I think I learnt a lot from them. --- Sandeep
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I was very much excited to go and meet the kids as I have heard a lot of great things about TFI classes. We spent around an hour in each class (2nd, 3rd) teaching origami and it turned out to be an awesome experience for me. Though we had complex origami models kids were very enthusiastic in completing them and they were asking for more. For me it was a great learning experience and time well spent :) --- Sindhuri
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Click Click Click, coding and discussing forms the major part of our days as Software Developer. But being their in TFI among a bunch of extremely enthusiastic and energetic children around you all the time calling "bhaiyas" was one experience I never had before. Teaching them origami to make wolf and ships was just a one part but I guess I ended up learning more from them. Overall it was very exciting and entirely different experience for me, one I would always remember. --- Akash
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It was a humbling experience for me to go to this school and engage with these kids. I was amazed to see the kind of questions these kids were asking and the level of engagement from them. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The TFI fellows there were also very engaging and truly passionate about what they do. It is nice to see how TFI is positively impacting the life of so many children in this world. --- Babu
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I had the pleasure of taking the Photography session for the 5th graders and was pleasantly surprised at their maturity. It was more of a lesson for me on what kids that age are capable of if guided right. I absolutely loved the value system that TFI is trying to inculcate in the students and thoroughly enjoyed my time teaching these smart and well behaved kids. --- Jimson
This was my first ever time at a TFI school. TFI experience for me would be one of the stepping stones for personal transformation as the kids here teach you a lot indirectly. The kind of curious and inquisitive vibe they carry is spectacular. We all went with a notion to teach them(Origami, stories, Mandalas, etc.) but ended up learning a lot from them. --- Sowmya
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I am amazed by the talent and approach to learning that I saw in the kids during the program. When Jimson was explaining rule of thirds for photography one of the student asked “Why?”. One of the student was trying to correlate what they heard us say with the concept of blackhole sucking in light! It’s so refreshing to see young mind actively engage to learn, as opposed to get awed and overwhelmed. BTW I was planning to skip the session as I felt feverish and had pesky headache to deal with. Thanks to Sanjay for the firm nudge. By the time I reached office, I was at a different energy orbit!!! I think the kids gave me back more than what I offered them 😊” --- Biju
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