Page 18 - Teachers of India Stories

and troubleshooting ITmissues, the list just goes on. This was multi-task-
ing on an entirely different level for me.
Still, the biggest challenge of all was to get familiar with technology,
mouse and keyboard replacing chalk and duster. I could not operate
a simple MS paint before, butmnow installing and operating complex
software… learning daily. What once seemed like a thermo-nuclear
quantum machine is now a child’s toy. This pandemic has unlocked my
potential and am testing my own boundaries every day.

I really want to say thank you to my kids, both in the final year of
graduation, who aremkind of tech savvy and came to my rescue at the
right time, without their help I could have never achieved this feat.

Our confidence gives strength to students and we as teachers are con-
fident when we know what we are dealing with. May God give strength
to all the people who have suffered due to this pandemic, but one thing
that we cannot deny is that it has truly given us time, time to think over,
time to make plans and time to act. In a way, nature is preparing us for
what is in store. Future belongs to ones and zeros and that is what we
are getting ready for. What we were before, are not now, what we are
now, will not be tomorrow.