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A Teacher’s Dilemma

But he did not know what to do. He could teach extra
hours, but his school management would not understand
why he would want to teach students the same thing again
after school hours and earn more money through it. After
all, if the students needed more lessons, it could be
arranged for in school as well. He also did not know how
to say no to the repeated requests that the parents were
putting before him.

At first, he hesitated and told them to give him some time
to think about it. Then, he just grew quiet when they came
daily to discuss the matter with him. He also suggested the
parents to go to the school management and talk to them
about extra classes. But the parents would not listen. They
thought it would take a lot of time to get their request
considered and executed at school. They wanted a short
cut. So they kept going to his house.

Finally, Mr. Ramshankar couldn’t bear it any longer. He
would just get up and leave the room when a parent came
to his house on the pretext of a having cup of a tea with
him. Parents did not know how to convince him any
longer.

Except Raju’s father, who had a bright idea. When a group
of parents gathered in his house to discuss the matter of
Mr. Ramshankar’s stubborn refusal one evening, he
shared his idea. “Why not offer Mr. Ramshankar a new TV
set?” he said. “He owns a pretty old set that isn’t working

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