Umesh Gurukar

I experienced many great moments while teaching. These were days when I ended so happy and enthusiastic that I knew I had selected the right profession. On the other hand, I had days where I sometimes questioned teaching as a career. These were days where the students seemed interested, too much enthusiastic or even come on and take my extra hours to learn & the task is accomplished.
Through my 14 years of teaching and working in education, one event stands above the rest as my absolute best teaching experience. Through it I learned so much about teaching and dealing with students. My hope is that the student involved was at least partially changed for the better from the experience as I was. I hope that there is something in this story inspires you.
My Best Teaching Experience
When a troubled student enrolled and is in class numerous behavior management issues and a student have impulse control and anger management issues.
I devised a plan. On the day of his return, I stood at the door waiting for him. As soon as I saw him, I asked him to talk for a moment. He seemed unhappy to do it but agreed. I basically told him that I wanted to start over with him. Further, I gave him permission that if he felt like he was going to lose control in class he could step right outside the door for a moment to collect himself.
From that point on, he was a changed student in my classroom. He listened, he participated. He was actually a smart and I could finally get to see this in him. He ev