What 16 Years and 160,000 Students Taught Me: Lessons for Teachers Everywhere
What Training 160,000+ Students Over 16 Years Taught Me: 25 Brutally Honest Lessons for Teachers For the past 16 years, I have been on a journey in education, training more than 160,000 students and working with teachers, schools, and parents in different contexts. One thing is clear: teaching today is no longer about just completing a syllabus. It is about transformation. Transformation of students, of classrooms, and of ourselves as educators. Here are 25 brutally honest lessons this journey has taught me. 1. Communication defines you Whatever subject you teach, whether Math, Science, Arts or Robotics, your ability to communicate in English shapes how you are valued. 2. Outdated syllabi don’t matter Schools don’t look for theory anymore. They expect results, creativity, and measurable outcomes. 3. Students remember experiences, not lesson plans Children rarely recall your structured plan. They remember how involved and inspired you made them feel. 4. Complaining about pay doesn’t hel...