Our personality is the result of connectivity. Well, it isn’t science but logic that I am referring to. Our body is connected to our soul, which in turn is in connection with our heart and mind. A sound connection implies a sound life.
However, often we tend to connect our mind to our soul and ignore the heart or basically, our emotions. Sometime we consider the latter. Nevertheless, when we strike the right balance, we get a clear picture of things ahead of us.
Recently, when I was invigilating for an exam, I happen to catch a girl copying. She is my student and has been reasonably good in the classroom activity. It was the board exam she was copying in and consequently, she was likely to lose Three precious academic years of her life. My heart was reluctant to take any action and considering that she wasn’t a dumb girl, I didn’t take the matter further. I asked her to see me in the staff room after the exam.
When I reached the staff room after submitting the answer scripts, she was waiting for me. I called her at my desk, asked her to sit in front of me and expressed my disappointment over her action. Remorse was on her face and tears in her eyes. I asked her why she couldn’t prepare for the exam to which she said, she never took the exams seriously. What she said next was even more disheartening; she said she has been copying in exams since her intermediate days.
A statement of this sort was the last thing I was expecting. I gathered my senses and asked if she finds it difficult to understand or was she forced to read the subjects she didn’t like. She said she has chosen this stream and her parents supported her choice. I was waiting to know what made her copy.. She finally did blurt out.. She said her classmate during her intermediate days taught her how to copy. Initially it was just for fun and unknowingly she got used to it. It was the thrill of committing the sin without getting caught that kept her going..
She said she never took a Pause to feel the guilt.. She kept on copying though she was aware that she is intelligent enough to do well without it… I asked if what she does is right. She said it isn’t..
I then realized that she has been in the state of disconnection with herself, her life, soul & mind. I felt it is my duty as her teacher to do whatever I could to help her change her attitude.
I told her that she is capable of doing well in life without resorting to such means. I explained to her that exams aren’t something on which life is based. Life is all about the values we cultivate, something that will live within us all throughout our life. The repercussion of her actions might bring a lot of disgrace and that is something I feel she doesn’t deserve.
She said she is sorry about what she has done and promised that she would never ever cheat in life. I told her I trust her and I advised her to Take a Pause regularly in Life. A Pause, that will help her figure of what is before her.
I am sharing this incident with you all as I learned something from it. I felt we are often busy in our lives, we might be disconnected within and there may be a need for us to take A Pause and think.. If you haven’t taken A Pause in a long time, it is time you take one now and feel the connection..!
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Have a Wonderful Week Ahead.
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