Phew! It's been two and a half years since my last update. Many things have changed since then, personally and professionally.
On the personal front. I was once a naive geek, and have now changed to a more broad minded, multi-skilled and much more aware geek. Heck, you can't get the geek out of me! I've interacted with a whole bunch of different people, and have gained a bucketful of knowledge of human behaviour and emotions. On the way, I've made some really good friends, who have seen me through thick and thin and have stayed on as my friends. Kudos to you folks for bearing with me! I've seen the ups and downs of what life can dish out at you, and have stuck on, thanks to tremendous support from Arpita. Together, we make a good team - she with brains, and me with beauty. No seriously, she is the guiding light, and I am the person who gets things done where the light beam is pointed to. Our children have grown up, and for the past year, due to a variety of professional bindings, I could hardly spend time with them. I missed seeing my daughter turn into a big girl, from a little girl. I missed seeing my son grow from a toddler to a little boy. Maybe I can make it up to them now...
Professionally, I have grown leaps and bounds on my view of the education industry - have interacted with the government, with parents, with children, with other educationists, and technology specialists. Putting down my experiences in words is going to be impossible, but I now have a 360 degree view of K-12 education - what it takes to start / re-start and run a school - finances, infrastructure, technology, administration, catering, transport, liasoning and HR. What is missing? Academics! Now what sense does that make? Shouldn't I know most about academics since I am "involved" in K-12 education? Heck, no! I beg to differ. And the people who know me from childhood would be thankful for that. Academics is best left to Arpita. There is no one who can challenge her on that. She can kick some serious a** in education. She can win arguments about education hands down. For the past many years that she has been involved with education in Millennium National School, she has created waves in education. K-12 academics and organization = Arpita. Simple. Back to me.
Along the way, I have realized that people management is the most crucial of all the roles that anyone ever plays in any industry. Other qualities that are required in the education space are self-realization, emotional intelligence, stick-to-it-ivity and patience. All the things that I have learnt in the past two years, I will put up in separate posts.
Anyway, to sum up, I am now going to be actively posting stuff here. Not that I have any followers, but it would be good to get frank feedback on what I write.
On the personal front. I was once a naive geek, and have now changed to a more broad minded, multi-skilled and much more aware geek. Heck, you can't get the geek out of me! I've interacted with a whole bunch of different people, and have gained a bucketful of knowledge of human behaviour and emotions. On the way, I've made some really good friends, who have seen me through thick and thin and have stayed on as my friends. Kudos to you folks for bearing with me! I've seen the ups and downs of what life can dish out at you, and have stuck on, thanks to tremendous support from Arpita. Together, we make a good team - she with brains, and me with beauty. No seriously, she is the guiding light, and I am the person who gets things done where the light beam is pointed to. Our children have grown up, and for the past year, due to a variety of professional bindings, I could hardly spend time with them. I missed seeing my daughter turn into a big girl, from a little girl. I missed seeing my son grow from a toddler to a little boy. Maybe I can make it up to them now...
Professionally, I have grown leaps and bounds on my view of the education industry - have interacted with the government, with parents, with children, with other educationists, and technology specialists. Putting down my experiences in words is going to be impossible, but I now have a 360 degree view of K-12 education - what it takes to start / re-start and run a school - finances, infrastructure, technology, administration, catering, transport, liasoning and HR. What is missing? Academics! Now what sense does that make? Shouldn't I know most about academics since I am "involved" in K-12 education? Heck, no! I beg to differ. And the people who know me from childhood would be thankful for that. Academics is best left to Arpita. There is no one who can challenge her on that. She can kick some serious a** in education. She can win arguments about education hands down. For the past many years that she has been involved with education in Millennium National School, she has created waves in education. K-12 academics and organization = Arpita. Simple. Back to me.
Along the way, I have realized that people management is the most crucial of all the roles that anyone ever plays in any industry. Other qualities that are required in the education space are self-realization, emotional intelligence, stick-to-it-ivity and patience. All the things that I have learnt in the past two years, I will put up in separate posts.
Anyway, to sum up, I am now going to be actively posting stuff here. Not that I have any followers, but it would be good to get frank feedback on what I write.
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